Travel Ball vs. High School - Here’s the truth. Does it matter with recruiting?

Travel ball versus high school baseball, which one actually matters in college recruiting and travel ball used to be the golden ticket. Not the case anymore. Just too many teams, too many organizations, too many tournaments. I saw a tournament recently that had over 400 teams in it. You're not going to get good exposure there. And I talk to these college coaches on a weekly basis and they say it's just gotten out of control. From a travel ball organization standpoint and game standpoint, they can't see everybody. And you probably know this. And are there a lot of college coaches at your games on a game to game basis? The answer is likely no. But then you have high school as well, which is great. And not to say travel ball is bad. It's good for skill development. Usually competition can be a little bit better. And then you have high school. It's good for skill development, as I mentioned, but also just camaraderie. Right. There's some nostalgia with playing for your high school team and going after districts and then states. That's a beautiful thing. And you're going to have a lot of good memories from that standpoint. Just from a recruiting side of things, it's not the best. So what is the best way to go about this recruiting process is you being proactive, you marketing yourself, you getting your name out there. Because college coaches can't recruit players that they don't know about. So don't just sit back and hope to be found. No, you go out and be proactive and market your name. Good luck.