Perfect game
Presentation Type
Abstract
Faculty Advisor
Yawei Wang
Access Type
Event
Start Date
25-4-2025 10:30 AM
End Date
25-4-2025 11:29 AM
Description
This project explores the Perfect Game Club Baseball Program, a developmental and competitive baseball platform for youth baseball players in the United States. Focusing on the program’s objectives, structure, and impact, this study will investigate how Perfect Game plays a role in their player development system. This program offers athletes the opportunity of high-level coaching, scouting, and advantage to make yourself a better ballplayer and an even better person. Through an analysis of major competitors, company and industry, operational side, domestic market, international market , pros and cons, viewership, showcase and tournament formats, this project will examine how the program involves skill enhancement, athletic development, and future opportunities for the professional level. Additionally, this project will go into the influence of the network of scouts, college recruiters, and connections to the major leagues which plays a role in shaping players goals toward college and professional baseball. This study will also investigate the structural aspect of Perfect Game which includes the organization's use of metrics such as pitching velocity, fielding proficiency, and hitting statistics by ranking and evaluating their players through this system. The research will also address the potential criticism of the program including the use of commercialization where it might put pressure on youth athletes. Lastly, this project will argue that Perfect Game has played a transformative role in modern youth baseball, balancing objectives for players development, while still raising questions about the future of competitive youth sports.
Perfect game
This project explores the Perfect Game Club Baseball Program, a developmental and competitive baseball platform for youth baseball players in the United States. Focusing on the program’s objectives, structure, and impact, this study will investigate how Perfect Game plays a role in their player development system. This program offers athletes the opportunity of high-level coaching, scouting, and advantage to make yourself a better ballplayer and an even better person. Through an analysis of major competitors, company and industry, operational side, domestic market, international market , pros and cons, viewership, showcase and tournament formats, this project will examine how the program involves skill enhancement, athletic development, and future opportunities for the professional level. Additionally, this project will go into the influence of the network of scouts, college recruiters, and connections to the major leagues which plays a role in shaping players goals toward college and professional baseball. This study will also investigate the structural aspect of Perfect Game which includes the organization's use of metrics such as pitching velocity, fielding proficiency, and hitting statistics by ranking and evaluating their players through this system. The research will also address the potential criticism of the program including the use of commercialization where it might put pressure on youth athletes. Lastly, this project will argue that Perfect Game has played a transformative role in modern youth baseball, balancing objectives for players development, while still raising questions about the future of competitive youth sports.
Comments
Poster presentation at the 2025 Student Research Symposium.