Lorenzo Garmendia

Lorenzo Garmendía it is been one of the most popular baseball coach in Miami for the latest 20 years. Gaining his reputation with tremendous result seen in actual professional baseball players already signed with well recognized MLB baseball teams. Lorenzo Garmendia with Naturals Baseball Team and its new players[/caption]

Lorenzo Garmendia Showcases and College Recruiting

Parents wonder why their kids are not being recruited by colleges as do the players themselves. What players and parents fail to understand is that a player needs to have certain physical capabilities (strength/speed) and talent in order to play at a Division I,II.III/NAIA/JUCO program. When it comes to college recruiting it is essentially a numbers game. When a student is applying to colleges aside from athletics, numbers play a key role in their application and overall presentation they are trying to make of themselves. During a college application process, the college primarily looks at a student's SAT/ACT Scores, Grade Point Average (GPA), and rigorous curriculum level to determine whether they should be accepted or not. Looking at the situation of a prospective college baseball athlete is a replica of the situation of a prospective non-athlete college student. [gallery ids="16,17,18,19,20,21,22" type="rectangular"] The college recruiter looks at the player's tools (numbers): 60-yard time (speed), ability to hit for power (strength), throwing velocity (arm strength), ability to hit for average, and finally thou not quantifiable CHP (can he play). The important point to get from this is that these numbers determine where and if you will be recruited. The importance of these numbers cannot be stressed enough just like a student's SAT/ACT scores and GPA. Just like you have to have exceptional numbers (SAT/ACT scores and GPA) to get into a top University (Ivy League), the prospective baseball player has to have exceptional athletic/skill set numbers to be recruited into an elite college program (ACC, SEC). | Parents and Players spend an enormous amount of time and money going to showcases, tournaments and camps to try to get exposure to college recruiters. These events for players realistically are college admissions/ job interviews. The recruiters are looking for players that fit their tool’s (numbers) profile. There should be no doubt, since parents/players see that the first skill set test at 99% of these events is the 60 yard dash. For the most part, position players (excluding pitchers) chances of landing a scholarship (job) hinge on this number. Another detail that parents and players fail to see and understand is a college's need at a particular position for a particular year. If a college already has three shortstops then they are probably not looking for another one. Parents and players need to realize the college’s needs and find a college that needs a player in the athlete's particular position. Many parents/players believe that a 100% athletic scholarship is a guarantee. This is not true; parents need to realize that baseball scholarships do not cover 100% cost of attendance. There are on average 11.7 scholarships for DI programs available and that must be divided amongst the roster. DII programs are partially funded and DIII programs only offer academic scholarships. This is why academics play such a key role. If a prospective college baseball athlete has both a strong academic background and the athletic tools to play at the college level then that player has a realistic chance of receiving a scholarship. Below are Power Pyramid Training Baseball Recruiting Guidelines of what your numbers should be to play college baseball. In the next coming article we will go into how PPT can help you develop these numbers and others like ZEPP. It is time to realize that college recruiting is all about the numbers.