Camp Invite Wording

Just out of curiosity was it from Brown? I recieved an email from Brown today that stated exactly that so I'm thinking it's fairly generic.

Yep. Brown. I fgured this one was generic as the other ones we received contain either a cell phone number or office number as well as a coaches email address as opposed to a genreal email address 

Generic wording that many, but not all, coaches use.  They don't have to follow this after September 1, 2015 for 2017's.

 

Obviously the more interested ones include a cell.

Hmmm...also got that same basic language from an Ivy too. But no camp invite.  However, the email definitely had a cell phone number.  Is 2017 expected to call or will an email response suffice for now?

I've been told that if it contains a phone number, especially a cell number, they are intending for you to follow up and call them. As my son plays basketball it's tough for him to call before 9pm.  Each one we received with a phone number was followed with an email letting the coaches know that it's difficult for him to call due to his schedule right now. We have left voice mails for all of them as well. We included his twitter handle and facebook page in each email and have found that some of the schools have start following him. In addition we did receive back a couple of one line responses from a couple of schools. Things like, "understood, hopefully we will see you at xxxx this summer". I am not sure this is allowed but my kid was somewhat excited about a response. 

 

Our plan now is to follow up calls again over winter break. I'm not sure how many coaches will be around but hopefully we will catch one or two. 

joe87, warriorbaseball16, twoboys,

 

This is fairly typical high academic recruiting tactics.  They get your son's name from a mailing list and determine he is a high academic caliber kid.  This is part of huge recruiting net the Ivys and others cast for "interest".  However, they will not be seriously interested until they see him play a couple times and he is in the neighborhood with the necessary ACT or SAT scores.  If your son is getting interest from other mid-level D1s then his appeal & marketability among Ivys and others will be that much greater.  The earlier you can demonstrate these things to an Ivy coach or high academic coach the better off you can be with their process.

 

So, what to do?  Call or email the coach to ask where they might have seen him (if at all).  If they haven't seen him, ask the coach where else they will be this spring/summer/fall in addition to the camp.information they provided.  If this is a school high on your son's wish list, then try to get in front of them (and other schools like them) while continuing to excel in the classroom and standardized tests.  Good luck.

fenwaysouth, thanks for the info.  Ivy's are not on my kids radar and as I said the email looked more generic then the mid-d1's we know are interested.    

Thanks for the replies. Ours is looking at the Ivy league and other high academic options. He has PSAT scores which are top notch and are a good indication of the SAT, thus showing along with his grades that he could/should be looking at these schools. He is not able to make phone calls either during the day, so would a short email response be OK for now?   

Twoboys,

 

Absolutely.  Have your son try to establish a dialogue with the Ivy coaches about his summer baseball plans, and schedule.  Request the coaches schedule too.  If your son is a genuine mid-D1 talent with fantastic board scores then half the battle is won.  Next you'll have to get and keep their interest.  

 

Good luck and please let me know if I can help.

Twoboys, 

 

I remember standing by an Ivy League coach and watching him cross off kids on the showcase roster list based almost solely on the SAT (ACT) scores. It is so much more of a 2-pronged process then other D1 schools.

 

When my son was going through the recruiting process, he originally was very interested in a specific Ivy league school. Unfortunately, he was not getting a a whole lot of interest back. Only when the coach was convinced to see him play (through a reliable third party scout) and travel 300 miles to do so, did the interest become mutual. 

 

Good luck to your sons!