Does anyone have recommendations for email formats and information to include when young high school athletes are reaching out to coaches for the first time?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDoes anyone have recommendations for email formats and information to include when young high school athletes are reaching out to coaches for the first time?
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why interested in program/school
very brief resume (team/league/accolades/coaches with their contact info)
2 minute video
showcase schedule
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMaybe let your kid figure this one out? If players are old enough to be looking at colleges, they should be able to compose an email stating their interest in a program, with any relevant info about themselves and questions they have regarding the program. They will be off on their own soon enough and should be practicing these life skills now.
The coaches get hundreds of emails, sometimes in a single day. There are specific guidelines that coaches and recruiting services recommend for emailing coaches.
Subject line: be specific
Body of email: brief and to the point
They even recommend creating a specific email account for recruiting, such as: firstname.lastname.YOG@gmail.com. Example, john.smith.2019@gmail.com.
There are a lot of other tricks and pointers. At the end of the day, your kid has to introduce him/herself, get the point across in a few sentences, and have a call to action. Highlight videos should be 2 minutes or less. Shorter the better.
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I found this book well worth the $13:
https://www.amazon.com/Athletic-Scho...=1535552705751
You dont need it, but it clearly sets out all the steps in one place, including a sentence NY sentence guide to the cover letter.
If your player/family is serious about recruiting, they make the point that it can be time intensive, and that parents absolutely should be doing things like what a good cover letter looks like, creating a spreadsheet of colleges so you can track contacts, when things were sent etc.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI found this book well worth the $13:
https://www.amazon.com/Athletic-Scho...=1535552705751
You dont need it, but it clearly sets out all the steps in one place, including a sentence NY sentence guide to the cover letter.
If your player/family is serious about recruiting, they make the point that it can be time intensive, and that parents absolutely should be doing things like what a good cover letter looks like, creating a spreadsheet of colleges so you can track contacts, when things were sent etc.
The other thing was the resume. It has to be legit, of course, but listing personal honors, team achievements, contacts and references, along with the upcoming schedule - gave her intro letter some more weight. We were coached to include a headshot in the video, along with an action shot that didn't make her look small or meek.
We never did a video, as the schools had already seen her or would be seeing her within the next few months anyway.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMaybe let your kid figure this one out? If players are old enough to be looking at colleges, they should be able to compose an email stating their interest in a program, with any relevant info about themselves and questions they have regarding the program. They will be off on their own soon enough and should be practicing these life skills now.
To op; ask you club DOC they might have an example. all above about being brief is legit, same with video
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Originally posted by UnregisteredDoes anyone have recommendations for email formats and information to include when young high school athletes are reaching out to coaches for the first time?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI found this book well worth the $13:
https://www.amazon.com/Athletic-Scho...=1535552705751
You dont need it, but it clearly sets out all the steps in one place, including a sentence NY sentence guide to the cover letter.
If your player/family is serious about recruiting, they make the point that it can be time intensive, and that parents absolutely should be doing things like what a good cover letter looks like, creating a spreadsheet of colleges so you can track contacts, when things were sent etc.
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Oh shut up btdt. I agree if your kid has talent they will be found, at least by some programs. I also think you would be an idiot to not take control of the process. However, if being passive suits you, be my guest.
Maybe it is unnecessary that our family does this, because my son is in fact a stud. We have had college coaches reach out already, and he is a rising sophomore. That book is a good resource for anyone wanting to distill down the recruiting process.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf your kid can play, she will be found.
funny thing is one of our neighbors daughters played as club and got a few coaches to come to games, and got some interest. Another neighbors daughter sent videos and went to a few showcases and also got some interest. I thought if your kid could play they would just miraculously be "found". Who knew you had to actually get in front of coaches to be "found"
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOh shut up btdt. I agree if your kid has talent they will be found, at least by some programs. I also think you would be an idiot to not take control of the process. However, if being passive suits you, be my guest.
Maybe it is unnecessary that our family does this, because my son is in fact a stud. We have had college coaches reach out already, and he is a rising sophomore. That book is a good resource for anyone wanting to distill down the recruiting process.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy kid could play but was never found. She did not play school or club, just played in the back yard. We kept waiting for a college coach to walk around our neighborhood looking for players that can play in every back yard but it never happened.
funny thing is one of our neighbors daughters played as club and got a few coaches to come to games, and got some interest. Another neighbors daughter sent videos and went to a few showcases and also got some interest. I thought if your kid could play they would just miraculously be "found". Who knew you had to actually get in front of coaches to be "found"
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy kid could play but was never found. She did not play school or club, just played in the back yard. We kept waiting for a college coach to walk around our neighborhood looking for players that can play in every back yard but it never happened.
funny thing is one of our neighbors daughters played as club and got a few coaches to come to games, and got some interest. Another neighbors daughter sent videos and went to a few showcases and also got some interest. I thought if your kid could play they would just miraculously be "found". Who knew you had to actually get in front of coaches to be "found"
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostA stud? Wow. Rubber meet road, road, meet rubber. Until he signs a deal, nothing matters. Every coach is extremely interested in every kid that contacts them until, a.) they see that they stink, b.) they can profit from them anymore, or c.) they found someone better.
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