Was wondering what the best way to contact coaches. Seems like e-mailing is the easiest but what would the coaches prefer?
Mike
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I would bet it's email. It makes it so much easier to respond.
if you have not had contact with a school and are contacting them for the first time, i would strongly recommend direct mail, the old fashioned type. coaches receive so many e-mails such that if they don't know you it's going to get lost in the shuffle. if you have established a relationship with a coach and he knows you, then i can see e-mail working.
We've done both, even with the same coaches. Sometimes it's a full letter, sometimes it's a quick, personal e-mail when they are just checking in/up, et al. We always respond in kind. So far, so good!
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GED10DaD
Why not print out a copy of your email and snail mail it to them ?
quote:Why not print out a copy of your email and snail mail it to them ?
My son mailed the first correspondence and then once he was contacted, which was generally by email then all follow up was via email. The second we did both, and made a PDF of the letter. After communication lines are set up then 100% email.
My son did everything through email. Even sent a link to his video by email. Almost all of the coaches that he was in contact with were very good with email.
With technology the way it is today I never really gave any consideration to mailing regular mail. The coaches today have GOT to be savvy enough to manuever through email etc.