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Keeping track of your athletic recruiting attention from college coaches

One important aspect that may be a huge benefit to your recruiting process is staying organized. While it may seem easy, keeping track of all the attention that you receive is something that will help you make that final decision. It gives you a chance to look back at all of the schools you are considering before making a final college decision.

We will go through a variety of ways in which a recruit and their parents can track their attention. Some are easier than others but really, you are looking for a system that works well for you. It may be to write things down in a small notebook or put together an spreadsheet to determine which schools are after you when.br>
The easy and simple paper trail (As submitted by parents) We use file folders for each school and this is where we keep the mail, brochures, hard copies of emails, etc. On the outside of the file folder we make notes of telephone conversations with coaches and put the date / time. We store all the file folders in a bin. Then when (their sons) would receive a call, they would get out that school’s file and be reminded of all previous contacts. We would also take that school’s file with us on game / official visits.

This is a rather simple method that can be used. It keeps you updated of all the recruiting attention that you have been getting and allows you to know what the colleges are telling you. If they are feeding you lines from the previous conversation, you can keep updated notes in the file.  This gives you the opportunity to double check down the road.

The thing that I really like about this method is that the folders allow you to take it with you on an official visit. If the coaches have been hyping a certain attraction on campus, you can make sure to visit it when you make the trip to their school. All you would need is a computer, printer, a box, and file folders. This is cheap and an easy solution to stay on top of the athletic recruiting process.

Going digital and using a computer (As submitted by a parent) I put together a database of 28 colleges ranging from DII to major DI colleges within a 12 hour radius. Information such as coaches names, position coaches, addresses, and phone numbers. I kept this information on a laptop so I could update any contact information. I also was able to keep track of who had been sent film and who needed film. We kept mail if it was hand signed by a coach with whom we had a relationship with that had information about upcoming games or recruiting. If it wasn’t hand signed, after awhile we just threw those away…junk mail! After the initial junior film had been sent out and reviewed, we followed up with phone calls to find out which schools were genuinely interested. In the beginning, there was Iowa St., Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas St., Nebraska, Northern Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Dakota St., Nebraska Omaha, Missouri Western St., Western Illinois, Northern Illinois, and a host of smaller DII schools. The key was to have as many options as possible, because we knew by fall this list would narrow down quite a bit, and were hoping 6-10 would still be in the mix.

This parent used the power of a computer to keep track of college information. He kept the schools that the family was interested and knew the names and contact information of the coaches at the school. The fact that they were able to stay on top of the highlight tapes sent out was a huge advantage to them. If a school requests a video, it is important to follow up with them. Talk to them about the video, what they thought, and how they feel about you as a prospect. This family was able to do that effectively.

Although not mentioned, a spreadsheet could also be used to track when a college coach contacts you. If you are included enough to stay totally digital, you can scan letters and anything that they send. After scanning, put it in a folder on your computer under their school name. This may be tricky when you do visit the school but the laptop should be able to help you along those lines.

These are just two options to do in the recruiting process. Find something that you are comfortable with, is easy to use, and allows you to stay on top of it. It very well could be using a PDA to update when a coach calls an athlete or just writing it down on a piece of paper. The bottom line is that by doing this, it allows you to know who is calling your son or daughter.

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I am a senior in the football recruiting process without any offers but I have interest. What should I be doing in January (Part Two)

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For those with Division I-A (BCS) dreams, there basically is only one reason now why a school at this level will offer you a scholarship this late in the process.  It is simply because a recruit that they were after picks another school or the coaches just do not feel good about where they stand with a current football recruit.

I would love to sugarcoat this response and say that these schools will be throwing out offers left and right.  The problem is that this is just flat out not true.  Many of these schools are now putting the finishing touches on their recruiting classes.  There is also a potential for a grayshirt offer but those don’t happen very often and are rare from school to school.

What these schools will most likely be telling you is if you are going to be invited as a walk-on.  Regardless of your disappointment, there is no reason to shut down any doors in the football recruiting process so at the very least consider it.  It may be a good bargaining tool in the race for scholarship dollars.

The majority of Division I-AA (FCS) schools have already started to bring in their top targets on official visits. Because these programs have a set budget that they can offer for scholarships in each class, the timing of your visits really do matter.  In most cases (let me stress most because there are always exceptions to the rule), these schools bring in their top recruits in December if they are out of the playoffs.

Otherwise, the earlier in January that you are invited for an official visit, the better your chance are to get a larger scholarship.  The first few weekends of January are when these schools are competing with each other to snag their top recruits.  These schools believe that the sooner they can get an athlete on campus to see what they have to offer and to extend a specific dollar/percentage amount to the scholarship, the better the chances that they have to land them.

As it gets into late January and early February, many of the visits are used for low scholarship offers (20% and less) or potential walk-ons.  Again, this is not how every case plays out but that is the standard situation for the majority of Division I-AA schools.

Division II coaches take a similar path as the Division I-AA coaches.  The one thing that these Division II coaches make sure of in about 95% of the situations is that they want an athlete on campus in order to discuss exact numbers for a scholarship.  Like I said above, bringing an athlete on campus is by far the best way to impress them and give them a full taste of what their school has to offer.  They may offer something verbally but the exact numbers will not be known until you actually take a trip to the school officially.

The coaches at the Division III and Junior College ranks are waiting to see which athletes get offers and which ones don’t.  Both levels continue to recruit athletes but since an offer from a larger school in many cases will trump what they have to offer, these coaches are lying in waiting until the dust settles after Signing Day.

If coaches are still calling you and haven’t mentioned an official visit, then you need to bring it up yourself.  Take some initiative (parents can print this out and show it to their son but make sure the topic is discussed and brought up frequently).  If a school really is seriously interested in your abilities, then they should have already talked about it and worked on finding a date.

If no coaches are calling and all you are getting is mail, then go back to The Five Steps to a Scholarship Offer and read the section on marketing an athlete to college coaches.  You need to take a long stretch of time and make 100% sure that you really want to play college football.  If you have serious doubt, then it may not be for you.

Your decision should be that you want to play.  If that is the case, then market yourself to Division III and a few smaller Division II programs.  This is a great time to be realistic (tough concept for some to swallow) and realize that if no calls are coming, then you are likely going to have to play at the lowest level.  It sucks but it is the only way to continue your career.

For those with attention from larger schools, take those visits and document as much as you can about them.  You are likely going to be making a college decision within the next month and relieve yourself of one of the most stressful decisions of your life.  And while it is great to get over, remember that this may be the only time in your life where adults will be doing everything that they can to lure you to their school.  This basically will be the only time you will ever experience anything like that.  Enjoy it, put the time in, and make a very educated decision that you will be happy with.

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It is harder to get college looks when breaking out as a senior

The easiest way to get recruited and stay recruited during your high school career is get to the varsity level early and make a name for yourself. By doing this, it makes it easier for you to get your name out to college coaches. The problem with that situation is that for all athletes, that never works.

Athletes peak at different times. Some may be more developed than others in their grade that they have the body type needed to play varsity as a freshman. But for others who develop slower or have a standout in front of them, it is hard to really jump onto the recruiting scene. What makes it worse that the senior year is not the season you hope to break out in.br>
There are a ton of reasons why this is not the time. The first example is in football. Say you spent the year behind an All Stater and rarely saw playing time. As a senior, you finally get a chance to step in and make a name for yourself. But if your season ends in November or December, time is quick between your final down and Signing Day.

Football players who break out as seniors also lack the opportunity to showcase their skills at camps and combines. For those events, they are for athlete heading into their senior season.

Basketball players have a similar problem. For those breaking out, they obviously are not going to be signing in the fall. So if they break out and post some huge numbers, college coaches could question their competition and why they didn’t do it earlier in their career.

As with football, the basketball season ends so close to the Spring Signing Day. That makes it difficult to prove to college coaches that you have what it takes to play at a major college.

For athletes, the best time to make a name for yourself is as early as possible. There is nothing wrong with dominating as a junior because you have an opportunity to attend camps, combines, and send out film.

Many of the top athletes in the country actually don’t have as good of a senior season statistically as their junior year. Obviously it depends case to case but with a potential scholarship offer on the table, you are more likely to play through pain and injuries. Also, you normally cannot control injuries and you just never know what is going to happen.

That is why if you have any control of it, it is better to have outstanding seasons early in your varsity career. Yes, you can still get recruited later on, but the latest you take to excel, the harder it is get recruited by major schools.

 

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