So you are being recruited? Here are some helpful hints.. Part 1
As most of you are winding down your June with your high school basketball teams, some of you are also preparing for a huge month of July. The trips to all points of the United States to catch that eye…
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Continue ReadingAs most of you are winding down your June with your high school basketball teams, some of you are also preparing for a huge month of July. The trips to all points of the United States to catch that eye of a coach who is willing to offer you spot on their team. I often tell athletes every year to make the most of your recruiting process, no matter what division or level of school is courting you.
Over the next couple of days, I will offer up some tips to consider during your recruiting process.
Take advantage of your own recruiting
Don’t leave your recruiting just in the hands of one of two people. Be proactive and very involved in your recruiting process. In addition to the help you may be receiving from elsewhere, contact the coaches of the schools you are interested in, and keep in contact with the ones who have shown interest in you. Send full game links (coaches like them better than just the highlight videos, but you can send that along also). Remember, YOU are playing there, not your coach, not your parents, not your best friend but YOU. The transfer rate is as high as it has ever been due to some wrong advice. Take control of your recruiting.
Return all correspondence
Just because you may not like a school right now, don’t ignore their interest in you. First of all, that offer from the smaller school means someone likes your game, and even if it is not UConn or Ohio State, someone may want you for their program. Complete and return everything… all questionnaires and any requests for your schedule. There is an old saying ‘don’t burn bridges you may need to cross later’. If that D1 offer doesn’t come along like your coach “promised” that it would, you don’t want to burn that bridge. Especially when college coaches leave all the time and some of those coaches who you are ignoring now, could have a D1 or D2 job later.
Elite camps
One of the biggest and best ways to get in front of the coaches who are interested in you would be to attend their elite camps. My advice to the high school athletes, if it fits your schedule and monetary means, attend five elite camps during the summer in either June or August. There is not a better way to really attract their interest than to play well on their campus. Some elite camps have 100 kids and others have 25, so make sure you pick and choose the ones with a mutual interest.