lafmom,
Very good points, as usual. I think my son will be fine. He always seems to impress adults with his personality and maturity when they first meet him. Besides talent, I would guess that that's #2 when a coach is evaluating a kid. But I think my son may be looking at these initial conversations as life or death interactions where one wrong phrase, word, stutter, ect... will spell doom. But as you say, these coaches deal with hundreds of kids and if they didn't know how to make a kid comfortable during these talks/interviews then they wouldn't be where they are. I got an answer earlier from someone who said start making the calls right away. I'm thinking maybe wait a week or two to make sure the coaches have actually had a chance to open their mail. Would you start making calls if there was a chance the coach hasn't even seen the intro letter yet?