Do you know what baseball college recruiting is really all about?  Fist of all, the recruiting process is extremely competitive. If you want to make it to the college level, you will have to compete with thousands of other high school baseball players from around the country and even parts of the rest of the world to get a baseball scholarship.

What It Takes

To make it to the college level, you need to make sure college coaches know about you and your baseball skills and talents. If you are a blue-chip player, that will most likely happen automatically. Let's face it, a kid throwing a 95 mile per hour fastball doesn't need to make sure coaches know about him. Believe me, they will know his name and his exact address!

For everyone else, you need to do a little work to make sure your name gets out there among college baseball coaches. Here are 10 tips you will want to keep in mind when it comes to baseball college recruiting. 

Ten Tips

1- Start contacting coaches early in your high school career (sophomore season)

2- Don't rely on your high school coach to get recruited

3- Decide what geographic location of colleges you are interested in playing for and then target those schools

4- Develop your athletic resume with your key stats, accomplishments and contact information

5- Attend baseball showcase camps and events

6- Play AAU Baseball, Legion Ball and/or USSSA Baseball

7- Attend games at various division levels (Division I through junior college) and see what level is really right for you

8-  Check on colleges that offer "select camps" to get even more exposure in front of coaches

9-  Check on the requirements to attend a pro try-out camp (it's good exposure)

10-  Market and Promote yourself to college coaches an make sure you do it the right way

The Most Important Tip

All of these tips are important and can help you with your goal of reaching the next level. However, the most critical college baseball recruiting tip is by far tip #10. Why? College coaches at all levels need talented baseball players each and every year.

Most of these coaches don't have huge recruiting budgets to fly around the country to find talent, so they have to rely on other ways of finding qualified baseball players. Therefore, marketing and promoting yourself to college baseball coaches is not only good for you, it's a win-win for college coaches also.

Summary

The baseball college recruiting process is very competitive, but you can come out on top if you roll up your sleeves and go to work. If you are not currently being recruited, or if you are receiving very little attention, you need to spend some time marketing and promoting yourself to coaches. It will take some effort on your part, but it will pay off richly by allowing you to play the sport you love at the next level.  Who knows what can happen after that!

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