NCSA recruiting service

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I keep getting sales calls regarding my daughter and this recruiting service . Is it even worth listening to their sales pitch?

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I keep getting sales calls regarding my daughter and this recruiting service . Is it even worth listening to their sales pitch?

Don’t bother listening

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I keep getting sales calls regarding my daughter and this recruiting service . Is it even worth listening to their sales pitch?

garbage

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I keep getting sales calls regarding my daughter and this recruiting service . Is it even worth listening to their sales pitch?

Tell them to never call you again and hang up. Its a total scam. If your D wants to get recruited she puts in the work to find a good place for her. There's no shortcuts in this process.

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The recruiting process has evolved! Advising kids based on the OLD-school way will only force them to be left behind. 1. College coaches will find you if you're good. False! You go to them. Tournaments, ID camps, club games. 2. Your coach will take care of the college recruiting for you. False! They’ll assist, but don’t expect them to make your process a full time job when you’re not the only one trying to be recruited. 3. You should start the recruiting process your JR or SR year. False! You’re way behind if you start it then. Especially on the women’s side. 4. You shouldn’t email the college coaches a lot. False! Persistence is key! You don’t email them daily, but never be out of sight out of mind. Email every time you have new highlights or updates and continue showing your interest. 5. Social media doesn’t help. False! Sell your brand and social media helps with that. You’re not the only one bored scrolling through social media. So do college coaches. College coaches do understand the importance of social media. 6. College coaches don’t care about the club initials I play for.

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^ good post but I have a quibble with the last point. Clubs develop relationships with college coaches over time. College coaches know certain clubs do a better job preparing players for college over others. Also clubs that over sell more than one player who can't hack it will stop having their calls returned.

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Anything this org provides can be done by yourself. All depends on what time and experience you have. For some, pawning it off to someone else to do is for a fee is common (i.e. someone to do your lawn, clean your house, change your oil, etc). For others, they have the skills to do it themselves.

Truthfully we took one call with this group. We get on the phone, daughter and wife & I. First thing out of this guy’s mouth is: GA player, 5’11”, straight A student. She can play at any school in the country”

He never saw her play one second, and he’s saying that. It was pure BS.

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Anything this org provides can be done by yourself. All depends on what time and experience you have. For some, pawning it off to someone else to do is for a fee is common (i.e. someone to do your lawn, clean your house, change your oil, etc). For others, they have the skills to do it themselves.

Truthfully we took one call with this group. We get on the phone, daughter and wife & I. First thing out of this guy’s mouth is: GA player, 5’11”, straight A student. She can play at any school in the country”

He never saw her play one second, and he’s saying that. It was pure BS.

Put it this way - if your kid doesn't want to put the time into the recruiting process themselves then they should stop now. They have to want it and have to put in the effort. They won't make it playing a sport in college otherwise. All the kids are crazy busy but the ones who want it find the time and make it happen

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6. College coaches don’t care about the club initials I play for.

unless you want to play for Rutgers

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The recruiting process has evolved! Advising kids based on the OLD-school way will only force them to be left behind. 1. College coaches will find you if you're good. False! You go to them. Tournaments, ID camps, club games. 2. Your coach will take care of the college recruiting for you. False! They’ll assist, but don’t expect them to make your process a full time job when you’re not the only one trying to be recruited. 3. You should start the recruiting process your JR or SR year. False! You’re way behind if you start it then. Especially on the women’s side. 4. You shouldn’t email the college coaches a lot. False! Persistence is key! You don’t email them daily, but never be out of sight out of mind. Email every time you have new highlights or updates and continue showing your interest. 5. Social media doesn’t help. False! Sell your brand and social media helps with that. You’re not the only one bored scrolling through social media. So do college coaches. College coaches do understand the importance of social media. 6. College coaches don’t care about the club initials I play for.

Thank You for your recommendations

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Put it this way - if your kid doesn't want to put the time into the recruiting process themselves then they should stop now. They have to want it and have to put in the effort. They won't make it playing a sport in college otherwise. All the kids are crazy busy but the ones who want it find the time and make it happen

I personally agree with you, but I helped my kid a lot Together we would go through clips and mash up videos. She’d type emails and I’d proofread them. Together we looked at rosters and watched game film where we could. Id offer my opinion on what would be a good fit (playing style, coaching style, roster makeup).

I was in the background and she did all the final work. There are a lot of minor tasks that I had the time for since Im in front of a pc most days. That could be farmed out to someone for several thousands of dollars to do. I wouldn’t but Ive also been around the game for 40 years. Some soccer parents with no experience and money to burn? Right up their alley

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Anything this org provides can be done by yourself. All depends on what time and experience you have. For some, pawning it off to someone else to do is for a fee is common (i.e. someone to do your lawn, clean your house, change your oil, etc). For others, they have the skills to do it themselves.

Truthfully we took one call with this group. We get on the phone, daughter and wife & I. First thing out of this guy’s mouth is: GA player, 5’11”, straight A student. She can play at any school in the country”

He never saw her play one second, and he’s saying that. It was pure BS.

While I agree that overall NCSA was not worth the purchase price (even with the big discount we got), I actually found the sessions with the NCSA consultant (a former D2 college coach) to be very useful. Two things she did: (1) reviewed D's highlight videos and made recommendations for taking certain clips out and re-ordering things to keep coaches engaged watching it, and (2) she actually forwarded D's profile and videos to the list of D's target schools and got feedback from at least a couple of them, one of whom directly reached out to D shortly thereafter. D was an ECRL player targeting D3 schools, so no one was telling her she could play at any school in the country. Ultimately, D got recruited by a coach who doesn't use NCSA for any recruiting discovery or communications, so for us it was money wasted to some extent. But if you don't have anyone at your club with real connections or experience with college recruiting who can play this role for you, it might be something to actually consider.

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While I agree that overall NCSA was not worth the purchase price (even with the big discount we got), I actually found the sessions with the NCSA consultant (a former D2 college coach) to be very useful. Two things she did: (1) reviewed D's highlight videos and made recommendations for taking certain clips out and re-ordering things to keep coaches engaged watching it, and (2) she actually forwarded D's profile and videos to the list of D's target schools and got feedback from at least a couple of them, one of whom directly reached out to D shortly thereafter. D was an ECRL player targeting D3 schools, so no one was telling her she could play at any school in the country. Ultimately, D got recruited by a coach who doesn't use NCSA for any recruiting discovery or communications, so for us it was money wasted to some extent. But if you don't have anyone at your club with real connections or experience with college recruiting who can play this role for you, it might be something to actually consider.

You daughter could have reached out to those coaches for free. Your club coach or someone else who's opinion you respect could have looked at the video for free.

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You daughter could have reached out to those coaches for free. Your club coach or someone else who's opinion you respect could have looked at the video for free.

Also there are a lot of multi school ID events that generally aren't worth your while, but coaches at those will give feedback - especially D3s because they don't have the same player communication issues D1s have.

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