New Coach Needs Help w/ helping kids get into college

Encourage your players to start going to showcases like PG when they are about Sophs. college coaches go to showcases and the sooner the player gets seen, the more interest he will get (if he can play). Get your guys to take the SAT and/or ACT when they are Sophs. Get everything started early.....don't wait until their senior year....get going now.

Another recommendation is to encourage your players to go to any winter camps that the school they are interested in may be having. Many large schools conduct winter camps and it gives the kids an opportunity to be seen by the coaching staff.

infieldfly

You are in my neck of the woods, somewhat.

Give me a call and lets see if we cannot help you

Tom Rizzi
http://www.collegeselect.org
800-782-3672

In addition to showcasing and college camps, would also urge your kids to play in good summer leagues and on teams that participate in high level tournaments such as Perfect Game/World Wood Bat. For instance, saw quite a few DI college coaches buzzing around at the recently concluded PG BCS North regional out on Long Island.

• Start by asking the Head Coach to get the various test scores, GPA and Class Rank. (In the State of Illinois, you now have to document every teacher, coach and administrator that discusses these things.) Ask the student's parents for permission to give this info out since you can legally be in trouble if you hand this info out without their permission. You should also ask for phone numbers or other contact items from the parents that you will need to include for college coaches. Some parents want phone numbers withheld and might ask you to use your email address for contact. Once you have these items, make a "reference page" that you can cut and paste from for quick email etc. when you contact various coaches.
• Next, start a "Favorites" list on your web browser and have the students come in and try to link those schools that they are interested in. Have them link pages that include college coaches email addresses. Note - have them link the email address of the coach responsible for recruiting.
• Have links prepared to your school website and or any stats links that a college coach can easily reference.
• Videos are NOT as useful as they once were or that is what I'm being told by a lot of colleges. I would suggest making a CD with approximately 8 minutes of each of the players you are promoting. NOTE THAT ON THE CD SO THAT THE COACH KNOWS HE ISN'T GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH 30 MINUTES TO SEE THE PLAYER.
• I prepared a "Coach's Resume" so that I send out so that the college coach knows my background and experience when recommending the player. I really don't know if this is a good idea or not but...
• Last but certainly not least, TELL THE PARENTS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP BUT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS. THEY HAVE TO WORK THEMSELVES TO GET A GOOD COLLEGE RIDE.

All of this is JMHO!

CoachB,

Well done!

Just simply drop an email to the college coach or give him a call. 95% of them will give you a reply if they are interested. Just be honest with them and you will build a relationship. Don't tell a coach a kid can hit 85mph if he can't hit 85 kilometers per hour. Just be honest, I have noticed that they respect me more if I am straight forward honest. Hope that helps, good luck.

I agree with you bbscout except

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Originally posted by bbscout:
Get your guys to take the SAT and/or ACT when they are Sophs. Get everything started early.....don't wait until their senior year....get going now.

I would not recommend taking SAT's prior to late Winter/early spring of JR year. Of course take the PSAT's your Sophmore year. I believe College Board recommends this (I know are school recommended this as well).

Colleges seemed fine with PSAT's at that point, we e-mailed them with the SAT scores when they were available which was a good excuse to make contact. If you take the SAT's in March you have scores by April.

What I do is to create a "Player Profile" sheet for players that I have that are capable of playing at the collegiate level. The 1st page is basic information concerning test scores, grades, financial aid, NCAA clearinghouse, etc. The 2nd page is stats, my evaluation of the player in 10 key areas, and my overall written evaluation of them offensively and defensively. If a kid is good enough, I send this information to the college coach via email and follow up with a call if I don't get a return email within a week or so.
I hold a college recruiting seminar for our parents and players every year as well. The objective is to hand out and discuss information about colleges, what the kids should look for, etc. Much of what I give the parents is straight off this website.
The big thing is this: If you are willing to help your kids, you can get them noticed. Most coaches don't do a thing; my dad coached softball at the college level and would send a note to every coach in Michigan each year. He said he was fortunate to receive 10% of the cards back - he felt most coaches just didn't really care about the college level.
Do what you can and the players will be better off for it. Good luck. Coach Knight