Your Guide to Softball Events: Camps, Clinics, Combines and Showcases
Softball recruiting events play a valuable role in helping you advance to the college level. To find the right event, it’s important to know the differences between each. NCSA’s guide explains everything you need to know about each softball recruiting event. Get insider tips from NCSA’s softball experts and search our list of softball camps, clinics, combines, and showcases below to find one near you.
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What are the various types of softball events? How are they different?
There are four main softball recruiting events: camps, showcases, combines and clinics. Each of these event types has something different to offer you when it comes to your college recruiting process. Explore the pages linked below where we outline the benefits of each type of softball event.
- Softball camps provide access to expert instruction and college coach exposure.
- Softball showcases are the ideal recruiting event to get evaluated by college coaches because they offer both rotating drills and gameplay.
- Softball combines are most valuable for athletes who need to update their verified measurements.
- Softball clinics are great for young athletes who need to work on specific skills and athletes who have received skill improvement feedback directly from college coaches.
NCSA’s guide to choosing which softball events to attend
There are many different factors that go into choosing which softball events to attend. The two most important for your recruiting process are whether you’re looking for skill development or coach exposure.
Below, we break down when and why athletes typically attend each type of softball event.
Camps (when to attend)
- Underclassmen: Attend for skill development.
- Juniors: Attend summer camps for exposure to college coaches you’re already talking to and to explore campus.
- Seniors: Attend winter camps (if unsigned) for last chance roster opportunities.
Clinics (when to attend)
- Athletes are encouraged to attend clinics at any point in the recruiting process to improve your skillset.
Combines (when to attend)
- Underclassmen: Attend to get verified stats to add to your NCSA recruiting profile.
- Juniors: Attend to get verified stats to add to your NCSA recruiting profile.
- Seniors: Combines provided very little value to seniors.
Showcases (when to attend)
- Underclassmen: Attend showcases to experience and get familiar with the format.
- Juniors: Attend to get exposure to college coaches you’re already talking to.
- Seniors: Attend for last chance roster opportunities.