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Recruiting process at the ABC

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You cannot apply for the ABC, the ABC selects you.

The ABC recruiting process is based on the professional model of Talent Identification and Development System (TIDS). The goal of a talent identification decision is to correctly identify a developing athlete with the potential to become a successful elite performer in baseball.

Generally, a TIDS involves five steps in the pursuit of sporting excellence, four that were defined in the early 2000s and one more recent addition. The first four steps include:

• 1) Talent Detection - the discovery of potential performers who are not currently involved in the sport in question;
• 2) Talent Identification - recognizing participants with the potential at an earlier age to become elite performers in the future;
• 3) Talent Development - providing athletes with a suitable learning environment to accelerate or realize their potential;
• 4) Talent Selection - the ongoing process of identifying individuals at various stages of development who demonstrate prerequisite levels of performance;

These fours steps largely involve the traditional approach to talent identification and development

• 5) The final step - Talent Transfer - focuses on transfer from one sport to another where there are greater opportunities to succeed.

ABC - baseball quebec annual talent detection cycle

The recruiting process at the ABC is an on-going process that starts in May every year. Here are the main steps in this annual cycle:

• May
  • Game evaluation 15U and 17U divisions
  • Regional monitoring
• June
  • 17U Mid-Season Championship evaluation
  • 15U Mid-Season Championship evaluation
  • Game evaluation 15U and 17U divisions
  • Regional monitoring
• July
  • 13U Provincial Championship or Quebec Games evaluation
  • Claude-Raymond Classic (14U) evaluation
  • 15U Evaluation Day
  • Game evaluation 15U and 17U divisions
  • Regional monitoring
• August
  • 17U Provincial Championship evaluation
  • 15U Provincial Championship evaluation
  • Game evaluation 15U and 17U divisions
  • Regional monitoring
• September & October
  • ABC Open Camp & ABC presence to showcase events and/or games
  • Games between the ABC and High-school programs (Sport-Etudes)
• November to January
  • Regional monitoring through High-school programs (Sport-Études)
  • High-school program visits
  • First ABC invitations for next year
• February & March
  • ABC Selection Camps - open camp in early February, invitation camp end-February
  • Regional monitoring through High-school programs (Sport-Études)
  • Final Selections for the ABC teams - 1st week of March
  • Following the official invitation, the player has an official visit at the ABC
  • Start of the Annual cycle at the ABC starts May 1st. Activities & meetings in April.