OK, where are the HSBBW parents going to connect at the Stanford Camp?

Check in is from 10-12 on Wednesday. At noon, the boys eat lunch at the Sunken Diamond and then do all the skills stuff.

So, how about we congregate at around 11:30, in the row of seats directly below the press box?

Sounds like a plan. Any ideas on where to head for lunch that day?

If anyone needs info about the area, feel free to send me a PM. Son just graduated (and just got back from Omaha ).

Just to get you started: on campus: Jimmy's sports cafe and the cafe at Arrillaga Alumni Center are each about a 5 minute walk from Sunken. Nothing too special but close and convenient.

About a 10 minute walk or 2 minute car ride, there are a lot of restaurants at Town and Country Village at the corner of El Camino and Galvez (the street you take to Sunken): Hobee's, Kirk's Steakburgers, Village Cheese House (deli), Scott's seafood, Korean barbecue, Douce France (bakery/coffee house), Peet's Coffee, Cold Stone, etc.

For those who need it, Starbucks is on the corner of El Camino Real and Stanford Avenue at the south end of campus, about a 5 minute drive from Sunken. There is a market called JJandF a block further south and they have good deli sandwiches.

California Avenue off of El Camino has a lot of restaurants but it's a bit of a trek.

Hello all. Well, we're excited here to be heading to Stanford Camp. If they run it like last year, parents can buy burgers when the boys eat (and they smell so good that it tempted me last year!)

Also, they run the Sparq all day long, so leaving to eat lunch may not be an option.

How about we plan to meet where RK suggests, around lunch time if possible, and go from there. Also, we should keep checking the spot regularly since Sparq is run on another field just around the corner (again, assuming they do it like last year).

Bordeaux - probably not the first thing you would want to do, but would love to meet you if you have any thoughts of being near by during the camp.

Would enjoy meeting JBB too!

What was the general impression of the camp this year? Is it still generally considered the top camp in the country?

General impression was positive. I'd say it is still considered the top camp in the country.

The camp was a great experience for my son, but I think that in comparison to Headfirst, it is nowhere near as good in terms of exposure. After the first day when he played at Sunken Diamond, there were less than 5 coaches watching him the following two days, and only once was one of those coaches a potential school. With just short of 400 kids, I don't think it is as good as it used to be.

There were a lot of players at the camp, as we knew there would be. But we attended so that my son would be able to play in front of the coaches who he has been communicating with already.

So, at this stage for us, it wasn't just about playing in front of a bunch of coaches. There were 5 or 6 programs he wanted to have see him play, they were all there, and they all got a very good look at him.

That said, all doors are open, and if any one of the other coaches at the camp saw him play and want to talk with him, by all means we are listening.

But my advice to parents would be to attend the Stanford Camp only after tilling the soil so that the colleges your son is targetting will be making some effort to come watch him play there.

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how about we congregate at around 11:30, in the row of seats directly below the press box?

No fair, no fair, no fair!
Hope you guys have fun getting together.
I am pea green jealous!
Have a hot dog for those of us from the HSBBW who wish we could be there!

shortstopmom,
Somehow I knew you'd say that so I told them you'd pay for my hot dog. Look for the bill soon.