Softball Showcases

Softball showcases may be one of the best things ever invented in the sports world. It's not your typical showcase. You don't actually keep score! I find that to be very nice because if you are getting absolutely murdered by a team, the college coaches aren't going to know that. They are going to see what you have to offer instead of worrying about how you're losing a game 15-0. 

Now it may not be the same for every club, but fortunately I have really good coaches, and they know how to handle showcases. My team is called a showcase team because all we do is go to showcases to get recruited. They know to rotate everyone in and out of the game, making sure that no one sits out more than two innings a game. Also, they make sure that if a coach is there to watch you in a certain position, they put the player in that position. The goal of the softball showcase is not to win, but rather to get players recruited. Now trust me, there are teams there that try and win every game, but they aren't there for the right reasons. 

I especially like showcases because they are just so relaxed. There is no pressure for anything to happen, and if I'm being completely honest, I don't ever notice when a coach is there. Probably because a college coach can't talk to you until after your junior season of softball, and in Iowa that means pretty much your senior year (VERY INCONVENIENT)

The only bad thing about softball showcases is that there aren't very many games. I played in a very big tournament in Florida, we played like 5 games in 2 days. Not a whole lot compared to a regular tournament! I've been to tournaments where we play up to 8 or more games! 

To be honest I don't know if showcases for other sports are different or not, I've never been to a volleyball showcase, and I don't really know if there is such thing as track showcases.. I guess we'll never know! 

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