keewart posted:BOF posted:A player is not getting the full advantage of any event unless he is in contact with a program well in advance. He should be indicating to someone at a school that he is interested in their program, he should have already sent them a one page profile, the team he is on, references, his coaches contact info, and his game schedule. He *may* be seen by sheer a** luck, but the odds are low that the program a player is interested in "just happens to see him", particularly if only two *may* be there. To get the most out of any event a player and his family should be planning these months in advance and have been in some sort of communication with a program. Without doing the advance planning any event is a waste of money IMO. (Unless of course you are 6'4" and throwing 95)
Today, (have your son) email that one page profile, with the times and fields he will be playing this weekend to the coaches of all the schools he is interested in. DO IT NOW, with a good-referenced header. The coaches may or may not be there.....but they may have a buddy that will be. (This was mentioned in another recent thread; coaches will look for other coaches especially if they are in different conferences.) Yes, this should have been done weeks ago, but coaches do pick up their emails, and if the header grabs his attention, he can be added to the list of players to watch.
BTW, do this for every event he attends. Don't expect a response. You never know who is watching.
Keewart, this is great advice. Only one quibble: when you say "this should have been done weeks ago" -- the player often doesn't know what times and what fields he will be playing on until shortly before the event. My son is going through his right now; he has reminded the coaches he is in contact with that he'll be at both the Senior Fall Classic and Junior Fall Classic, but he's not going to be able to send them the fields and times until closer to the event.