Recently, I did an outstanding recruiting event at Brentwood high school with a former Princeton baseball player, the women's head basketball coach at Occidental College, and UCLA's compliance director. We spoke about all the different aspects in the college recruiting process, and how to create a successful college recruiting game plan.
There are 3 keys to your College Recruiting Game Plan:
KNOW the TIMELINE
One of the top questions parents ask me is, "When should I start promoting my student-athlete to colleges?" I always tell the parents the best time to start promoting yourself to college coaches is when you have quality varsity video. Once you have quality varsity video, then it is the BEST time to start promoting yourself to college coaches, so they can see you compete against top talent.
TOOLS NEEDED
There are essentially 3 tools you will need to effectively promote yourself to college coaches. The first thing you will need is an athletic resume. The more you can think of the recruiting process like a job interview the more effective you will be in it. The second thing you need is an official transcript. Academics are getting more and more important in the recruiting process each year. The third thing you need is a highlight video. Coaches must see you play if they are going to recruit you.
TAKE CHARGE - PROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE
I believe this is the MOST important step to the college recruiting process. I meet way to many families that leave the college recruiting process up to their high school or club coach. As big as a heart as your coach may have, he/she will never have as much of a vested interest in your college recruiting process as YOU! Have your coach be a part of college recruiting team, but do not EXPECT them to do this for you. Once you have the recruiting tools mentioned above, now you need to start PROMOTING yourself to college coachesPROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE! You MUST start sending your information out to college coaches either via snail mail or emailand one of the key things is FOLLOW UP! If you do not hear back from a coach right away, be sure to follow up with an email or phone call. College coaches have a lot on their plates, so don't be offended if they do not get back to you right away. In fact, they like it when a student-athlete shows the initiative to call them and follow up. It shows leadership on your part, and EVERY coach wants a LEADER on their team!
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Coach Chris Berg wants to share all his athletic scholarship secrets with you, so you can achieve your collegiate dreams. Stop by his site where you can get all of his Athletic Scholarships Secrets.
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