For those seasoned vets, do you have any tips, suggestions or recommended questions we should ask at/on an official visit vs. what we may have done in the past?
Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!!!
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Figured I'd revive this thread since we are coming up on a busy season of visits.
Anybody have some recent visit tips or advice to share? Seems like most of these tips from 10+ years ago are still relevant.
So far the format of the visits my son is going on seem the same; go to classes on Friday with your host, watch practice, attend scrimmage in the dugout, hang out with the team after the game.
Are there usually events planned for Sunday or would we be free to book an early flight home?
Things may have changed since son's official visit, but the visit could be no more than 24 hours. Player and parents were invited (extra kids at own expense), hotel and three meals were on the schools expense. Son spent the night with a player.
The spring before, son went up for an unofficial visit and he stayed with a player, went to practice, hung around, asked if he wanted to to go a party (bait? he didn't go), spent the night and we picked him up after practice the next day. Food was at son's expense, but I think the coach gave the host player some money to take son out to dinner?
The official visit included all committed incoming players and their parents and started with a Mexican food catered tailgate before a football game, the football game, dinner at a nice enough restaurant, (drinks at own expense), nice enough hotel, and breakfast the next morning. Only 24 hours.
TBPT,
Lots of info and experiences below. To clarify, only D1 & D2 programs can offer an Official Visit (OV), and pay for parts of the visit. D3s can provide and coordinate Unofficial Visits (UnOV) where the recruit is paying his way to campus. I hope this helps some.
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Not to pre-empt, @fenwaysouth, but one of your memorable posts was about the party!
@fenwaysouth do you recommend khakis and polos for going to the classes and while sitting in the dugout during the scrimmage?
@TerribleBPthrower posted:@fenwaysouth do you recommend khakis and polos for going to the classes and while sitting in the dugout during the scrimmage?
I'd ask the Coach what to wear. If I didn't get an answer, I'd wear something comfortable like khakis and polo. Others may feel comfortable with a nice pair of shorts if it is warm out or still summer in the South. My son never sat in the dugout for any OV or unOV that I recall. He sat in the stands with the other recruits.