PHENOM IS LOOKING FOR TEAMS, PLAYERS AND COACHES TO JOIN THE MOST POWERFUL BRAND IN BASEBALL. (PLEASE READ) To: Team Managers, Coaches, Parents, and Players, Phenom Baseball Is A COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: Every time that we write the words travel ball, we think about how hollow these words really are. Just because a team travels, it doesnt mean that travel teams are producing results for their players In soccer, the U.S. Olympic Committee has ODP or Olympic Development Program. The equivalent in baseball could be called a CDP, or College Development Program. The key word is program. Development or progress cannot take place if there is not a plan or program to guide the players along. CDPs generally focus on the college placement of its athletes and separate themselves from travel teams whose primary focus is usually to win trophies and many times, win at all cost. Generally, there is nothing wrong with travel teams. In fact, we applaud that more kids are playing baseball. However, the player must be aware of the travel ball concept up front. Teams that travel for the purpose of winning can continue to call themselves travel teams and can even say that they are a step above rec ball. But if there is not a plan to develop, limited evaluation skills by the staff, and/or no rapport with college recruiters, then they are only travel teams and nothing more. The programs that have a track record of college placement, player development, and a business plan to get the athlete to the next level are the true College Development Programs. They are the CDPs that we refer to. Here are the 3 main types of amateur baseball a player can participate in before they enter a college program as a student-athlete. 1. Rec BallThese are teams/leagues that offer players the chance to play baseball but not with a specific goal in mind. Many rec ball teams play their 25 games in a season and are very democratic about the division of talent. In some parts of the country, especially in the cold weather states, rec ball is embraced and there are some players that will get recruited by cold weather colleges out of these leagues. In warm weather states, players have the ability to play year round and rec ball doesnt provide enough competition or year round play for serious players. 2. Travel BallThese teams provide more year round opportunities and the ability to play against better competition, but do not usually have the resources to offer much beyond that. These are the teams that sometimes come under scrutiny when the arguments and criticism between rec ball and travel ball heat up on message boards. There has been an increase of travel teams as of late and some are started by overzealous dads that want to showcase their sons. To be fair, some of these teams do provide a better opportunity to play against good competition, and some dads really know the game and CAN develop players. We applaud those teams. But after these dads realize that their sons need more to reach their goals of next level baseball on their own, these teams usually disband. The rest of the players are left wondering whats next? 3. College Development Program (CDP)CDPs are at the top of the baseball pyramid. These were the programs that we were referring to when we touted travel ball. Except going forward, we will not being calling them travel teams anymore. From this point forward, we will be referring to true developmental teams as CDPs. A very reputable amateur baseball program recently ranked the top 5 College Development Programs in the country, which was their second annual ranking. The teams that were ranked are the definition of CDP. They have a plan to develop, a database and rapport with college coaches and a long list of players that have been placed over many years of service. They are not as obsessed with winning a trophy as they are making sure that their players understand the game and are being showcased in front of the right recruiters. Obviously, when you get a group of top players together, their competitive spirit wants to win, and many of them do win a major tournament or two... but they do so in front of hundreds of scouts at a Under Armour event, the Arizona Fall Classic, a Perfect Game event or another high profile showcase tournaments. Phenom Baseball is committed to providing a positive environment for young men who aspire to higher education and or professional baseball within the framework of competition. Phenom Baseballs primary role is to provide player growth, development, and to be perceived as a “premier” high caliber, highly competitive baseball organization that competes at the highest level. “Phenom” is committed to maintaining a foundation based on teamwork, goodwill, developing relations on the field and in the community, hard work, and ethics with the goal to develop the players in sports as well as life. An additional concurrent goal will be to compete and showcase at the national level to both professional and colligate baseball scouts. Our level of competition will provide for the player to obtain this goal, and to further develop the players that are competing at that level currently. Phenom baseball is growing and developing players into college bound athletes, as well as continue to help players with the recruiting process. We have expanded into California, Washington, Las Vegas, New York and New Jersey. There will be more state’s adding in the next few months. We are looking to add teams, players and coach to our brand. Phenom is looking to add teams or players to this successful brand. Looking forward to discussing the brand and the map to success for the athletes. If interested, and looking to take your player OR team to the next level feel free to contact me with question. Thank you, Phenom Baseball Inc. phenomnations phenombaseball (909) 728-3436 joe.keller@phenombaseball * THERE IS A REASON WE HAVE ALL THE SPONSORS WE DO AND WANT OTHERS TO BENEFIT FROM OUR SUCCESS.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:00:08 +0000
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