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Originally Posted by samcol
Well here's some info for baseball players who are looking to get to the next level from high school. I played some low level college, nothing impressive, but I learned what it takes.
Stats really don't mean much because every high school/college plays different levels of skill etc.
However, what I found in camps is there are 3 basic things that get you looked at:
Arm speed, bat speed, and running speed. If you are even average at playing baseball and understand the game, excelling at any these will get you opportunities for playing at a higher level.
Your frame size also does matter because they do look at the potential for you to fill out your body muscularly and thus your ability to improve in these areas.
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Similar experience to I had in the transition between boys and seniors football (soccer) and to a lesser degree cricket (I was never a great cricketer but I was captain of the u-16's and the best player in the team, and never was more than a decent 2nd XI as a senior)
Because I was physically strong and relatively bright as a youngster I could be quite a dominant player at school and youth level... and then you hit 16/17 and are playing against adults and its a different world and there are plenty of players as strong as you, and I never had the skill level to go to the next level.
In youth sports early developers can really overperform... but once youre 18 or 20 and everyone has caught up, then class tells... and I never had class - just brute strength and a decent sporting brain.