Recruiting Tips for Parents Just Starting the Process

[NoGoal]

Third parties are ok.
Usually her club coach, if you trust him or her.
Also, your kid can contact them by phone at a certain age, (I forget) as long as they pick up when she calls.
Have her call and leave a message saying when she will call back.
If she calls back, and they answer, theyre interested.

Bernie is correct, a player can contact the college coaches directly. The college coaches can't return the call, if they are a HS Freshmen or Sophomore though.

Your DD can also send an email when she plans to call, besides leaving a voice message. If the player also has the coaches cell phone (meaning they are very interested). She can send a text and say what time your DD will be calling. They just can't reply to the text.

BTW, there is a fairly new rule. College coaches can text players directly their Junior year.

 

[MakeAPlay]

In response to an email from my daughter, a Div 1 school she was checking out explained that they were bound by NCAA rules to not communicate directly with her until the spring of her Junior year (she's a frosh). I had a college basketball coach friend of mine confirm that rule, but he did say that the contact rules are more relaxed for D2&3, and nonexistent for NAIA. My question: for the kids who have verbally committed to D1 schools as frosh or soph, how do they know the school they are committing to is interested if the coaches can't recruit them yet? Is it back channel evasion of NCAA rules or are the players making the verbal commitment with the hope that there will be interest and a place? Thanks.

As Bernie and NoGoal said. Contact is initiated usually through the club coach (our experience). He calls us and says they want you to call at such and such time. You call, they answer and they converse. Fast forward weeks, months or years depending upon the timeline of initial contact. Offer is either extended on unofficial campus visit or following visit and/or camp. That is a compressed timeline and if you want more specifics about our situation then PM me.

Disclaimer: This is the general framework. Individual recruiting experiences may vary based upon the player.

 

[Mystery Train]

Thanks for all the responses. Very helpful stuff!

 

[CaliKlines]

MT, another way to keep your player in front of college coaches is to attend the Legends College ID camp. It is designed for individuals to showcase their talents and skills to bunch of college coaches in interactive, small group sessions. I have attached a link that lists the college programs that will be in attendance, and your DD could send an email to the programs that she has interest. It is a great way for the coaches to evaluate your player, and for her to evaluate those coaches. (Since they are running the drills.)
http://www.legendsfc.net/programs/college-id-camps/

 

[eastbaysoccer]

If a coach want u he/she will invite you to camp and for an unofficial visit. Coaches already have eyes on certain players. If u are not one of them it's not worth attending.

If you are not in the WNT pool or a minimum ODP state team / pdp ecnl /ID2 it's a upward climb.

 

[MakeAPlay]

MT, another way to keep your player in front of college coaches is to attend the Legends College ID camp. It is designed for individuals to showcase their talents and skills to bunch of college coaches in interactive, small group sessions. I have attached a link that lists the college programs that will be in attendance, and your DD could send an email to the programs that she has interest. It is a great way for the coaches to evaluate your player, and for her to evaluate those coaches. (Since they are running the drills.)
http://www.legendsfc.net/programs/college-id-camps/

Yeah all of the top players attend the Legends Showcase in order to get recruited. Oops sorry, I must have stroked out for a second. Only posers or Legends players attend this showcase.

 

[CaliKlines]

Only posers or Legends players attend this showcase.

Seriously, did someone pee in your Wheaties? This event is helpful to players who are unsure about their future collegiate plans, and would like the opportunity to run thru drills designed and implemented by a wide variety of college coaches. Mystery Train seems to be looking for advice to help his DD advance her early college aspirations. This event is sold out EVERY year by players from Legends, and many other terrific clubs such as Arsenal, Pats, Blues, West Coast, Beach, Real So Cal, CZ Elite, Fram, Slammers and others. It has proven very helpful to many players over the 4 years that it has been around, and I know that it was exceedingly helpful in getting my DD committed to a great school and a tremendous soccer program. Just thought I would share the advice...didn't mean to make you feel so threatened.

 

[RiverRat]

have to agree with cali...my daughter went with 2 teammates last year and i saw backpacks from a bunch of other clubs. btw, my kid isn't a poser, and it's kinda disrespectful for you to say that. she was nervous last year, but is going back with more confidence this time.

 

[Mystery Train]

I think MAP is just having fun yanking Cali's chain. I don't have a dog in the Legends vs everyone else brawl. We've actually did the camp last year as a U14 just to give her some experience in that kind of setting. She had a great time and it didn't cost much at all. I understand that these coaches aren't attending with the hopes of getting new kids on their radar, but she would do it again because it was a positive experience, and she learned a lot from the coaches who were there.

 

[MakeAPlay]

I think MAP is just having fun yanking Cali's chain. I don't have a dog in the Legends vs everyone else brawl. We've actually did the camp last year as a U14 just to give her some experience in that kind of setting. She had a great time and it didn't cost much at all. I understand that these coaches aren't attending with the hopes of getting new kids on their radar, but she would do it again because it was a positive experience, and she learned a lot from the coaches who were there.

Bingo. I like Cali's spunk. This is all fun for me. My player is through the process and in college. I just like to poke a little fun and stir the pot. There are only a few posters who's kids I have seen play and all of them are pretty awesome.

 

[MakeAPlay]

have to agree with cali...my daughter went with 2 teammates last year and i saw backpacks from a bunch of other clubs. btw, my kid isn't a poser, and it's kinda disrespectful for you to say that. she was nervous last year, but is going back with more confidence this time.

I apologize. I was just having a little fun stirring the pot. I wouldn't know if your kid was a poser or not. I haven't seen her play. I just like to mess with rah rah types like Cali.

 

[Zerodenero]

I apologize. I was just having a little fun stirring the pot. I wouldn't know if your kid was a poser or not. I haven't seen her play. I just like to mess with rah rah types like Cali.

Definelty been a min or two since cali last waived his Pom-Poms.

Sorta miss it

 

[GKDad65]

A round of Kool-Aid, on the house, for everyone....Cheers!

 

[Calisoccer11]

MT, another way to keep your player in front of college coaches is to attend the Legends College ID camp. It is designed for individuals to showcase their talents and skills to bunch of college coaches in interactive, small group sessions. I have attached a link that lists the college programs that will be in attendance, and your DD could send an email to the programs that she has interest. It is a great way for the coaches to evaluate your player, and for her to evaluate those coaches. (Since they are running the drills.)
http://www.legendsfc.net/programs/college-id-camps/

What's the deal with CIF rules and attending these kind of camps during HS season?

 

[CaliKlines]

What's the deal with CIF rules and attending these kind of camps during HS season?

The camp meets all CIF rules and regulations...I think the main one is that they do not participate in any activities that are greater than 5 on 5. The college coaches run all of the drills in small groups, so it is really just a training session, not a competition. The most I've ever seen is a 2 on 3 drill run by a Pac12 coach. The spirit of the event is to give these girls some up close and personal exposure to the training techniques of some great academic institutions, while giving the coaches an opportunity to evaluate the talent and skill level of the participants. A number of coaches have also mentioned to me that they liked seeing how the campers respond to their instruction, rather than just sitting on a sideline and watching them play.

 

[Calisoccer11]

The camp meets all CIF rules and regulations...I think the main one is that they do not participate in any activities that are greater than 5 on 5. The college coaches run all of the drills in small groups, so it is really just a training session, not a competition. The most I've ever seen is a 2 on 3 drill run by a Pac12 coach. The spirit of the event is to give these girls some up close and personal exposure to the training techniques of some great academic institutions, while giving the coaches an opportunity to evaluate the talent and skill level of the participants. A number of coaches have also mentioned to me that they liked seeing how the campers respond to their instruction, rather than just sitting on a sideline and watching them play.

Thank you for the info!

 

[MakeAPlay]

Seriously, did someone pee in your Wheaties? This event is helpful to players who are unsure about their future collegiate plans, and would like the opportunity to run thru drills designed and implemented by a wide variety of college coaches. Mystery Train seems to be looking for advice to help his DD advance her early college aspirations. This event is sold out EVERY year by players from Legends, and many other terrific clubs such as Arsenal, Pats, Blues, West Coast, Beach, Real So Cal, CZ Elite, Fram, Slammers and others. It has proven very helpful to many players over the 4 years that it has been around, and I know that it was exceedingly helpful in getting my DD committed to a great school and a tremendous soccer program. Just thought I would share the advice...didn't mean to make you feel so threatened.

I just noticed this post so here goes. I don't feel threatened at all Cali. To feel threatened you would have to have something to lose. My daughter is on the fast track in soccer and already has an enviable resume. My player is past the ID camp stage and actually only attended 2 camps at the school she is attending at the request of the coaching staff. In the summer camp that she attended her freshman year of HS the camp had one team composes of the players that they were actually recruiting playing with some potential recruits. In the winter camp she played with some of her current teammates that were also invited and had already signed letters of intent.

These shotgun style camps may help but it was completely outside of my experience. My player only attended camps where they were simply figuring out how much of an offer was going to be tendered and she already had an offer from one of her other two finalist. Most of her recruiting was done at ECNL events and the ODP regional and national championships. We never sent out one video or hired a service. But hey maybe it helped your player. Maybe you are just a good shill for Legends. We will see in fall 2018.

 

[MakeAPlay]

Oh and I hear that Boca OC is having tryouts. It's really hush hush but I hear they are at the tip of the developmental pyramid.

 

[CaliKlines]

I just noticed this post so here goes. I don't feel threatened at all Cali. To feel threatened you would have to have something to lose. My daughter is on the fast track in soccer and already has an enviable resume. My player is past the ID camp stage and actually only attended 2 camps at the school she is attending at the request of the coaching staff. In the summer camp that she attended her freshman year of HS the camp had one team composes of the players that they were actually recruiting playing with some potential recruits. In the winter camp she played with some of her current teammates that were also invited and had already signed letters of intent.

These shotgun style camps may help but it was completely outside of my experience. My player only attended camps where they were simply figuring out how much of an offer was going to be tendered and she already had an offer from one of her other two finalist. Most of her recruiting was done at ECNL events and the ODP regional and national championships. We never sent out one video or hired a service. But hey maybe it helped your player. Maybe you are just a good shill for Legends. We will see in fall 2018.

But your experience is not the only way. You either feel threatened or you feel insecure because most posters don't feel the incessant need to keep repeating their player's accolades over and over. My daughter participated in the Legends College ID Showcase (Jan 21st and 22nd), never created or sent out a video, never hired a service, and was recruited at USYS National League events, and USYS National Championship finals. The coach even visited a couple of high school games. Her method was effective, but there are other paths...even though we didn't create a video, it can be helpful for some players. We didn't join NCSA or CaptainU, but I am sure those organizations provide helpful instruction as well. There isn't just one road to the destination, and it is very disingenuous for you to ridicule routes that are different from your own. Actually, I could care less what you do, but I just want to make sure that families just starting the process see all options.

 

[NoGoal]

But your experience is not the only way. You either feel threatened or you feel insecure because most posters don't feel the incessant need to keep repeating their player's accolades over and over. My daughter participated in the Legends College ID Showcase (Jan 21st and 22nd), never created or sent out a video, never hired a service, and was recruited at USYS National League events, and USYS National Championship finals. The coach even visited a couple of high school games. Her method was effective, but there are other paths...even though we didn't create a video, it can be helpful for some players. We didn't join NCSA or CaptainU, but I am sure those organizations provide helpful instruction as well. There isn't just one road to the destination, and it is very disingenuous for you to ridicule routes that are different from your own. Actually, I could care less what you do, but I just want to make sure that families just starting the process see all options.

You did use berecruited though.