Francis7 posted:Regarding emailing coaches, someone somewhere else once recommended setting up an account with a specific naming convention that would get attention and tell the story. Something including grad year. Any recommendations on that?
My son set up an email account specifically for recruiting - firstname.lastname2019@....com. Every intro email he sent had some form of "NAME 2019 CATCHER - 6' 2" 190, POP = xx, EXIT VELO = xx. Subsequent email subject lines kept "2019 CATCHER NAME" and mentioned upcoming tourneys (but dropped any specs). Usually an updated video was included. I find that all-caps in the subject line catches the eye in a sea of emails.
My son and I both had access to the email account. He did the emails, I tracked them to make sure nothing fell through the cracks. I also kept a tracking spreadsheet so we had a running log of all contacts and follow-up action items. This way he always knew who to drop off the list and who was heating up and needed to be invited to the next event.