DD makes her first (unofficial) college visit tomorrow. High school has a day off, so we thought we'd visit one relatively near home. She's a freshman (2019 grad), and picked a DIII to check out. Seemed like a lower pressure place to "get her feet wet" on the college visit experience, and it's a school that has her interest.
Set up a campus tour, and Admissions lined up brief meetings with a couple of professors in her academic fields of interest. DD emailed the coach about her visit and desire to meet the coach. Everything seems smooth. DD got a nice note from the coach inviting her to observe practice to come and meet her, BUT - said she's not allowed to talk softball to a 2019 HS student.
Is that right? We can't talk softball on the campus?
I spent about an hour last night going over the NCAA site, including the legislation pages for DIII. I found restrictions on off-campus contacts, restrictions on athletic activity on the campus, but I didn't see anything restricting conversation with the coach about softball while on campus. DD's pitching coach (very experienced in getting his pitchers recruited) didn't think there was a restriction for on-campus conversation either.
The coach has no way of knowing yet, but DD's interest right now is less about financial aid or being evaluated for the future, and more about what it's like to balance sport and academics at college. She especially wants to know what it's like to be a coach in college (an interest of hers for a career) and how this coach came to the place she is. DD actually wants to shadow her (or some coach, sometime) around for a day to see what it's like (something she didn't request, nor expects right now).
Can anybody clarify from your experience or knowledge? Can DD talk to this coach on softball related matters while she's on campus? Is there a difference between talking about playing at a school and "interviewing" the coach about her career? Inquiring minds want to know...
Set up a campus tour, and Admissions lined up brief meetings with a couple of professors in her academic fields of interest. DD emailed the coach about her visit and desire to meet the coach. Everything seems smooth. DD got a nice note from the coach inviting her to observe practice to come and meet her, BUT - said she's not allowed to talk softball to a 2019 HS student.
Is that right? We can't talk softball on the campus?
I spent about an hour last night going over the NCAA site, including the legislation pages for DIII. I found restrictions on off-campus contacts, restrictions on athletic activity on the campus, but I didn't see anything restricting conversation with the coach about softball while on campus. DD's pitching coach (very experienced in getting his pitchers recruited) didn't think there was a restriction for on-campus conversation either.
The coach has no way of knowing yet, but DD's interest right now is less about financial aid or being evaluated for the future, and more about what it's like to balance sport and academics at college. She especially wants to know what it's like to be a coach in college (an interest of hers for a career) and how this coach came to the place she is. DD actually wants to shadow her (or some coach, sometime) around for a day to see what it's like (something she didn't request, nor expects right now).
Can anybody clarify from your experience or knowledge? Can DD talk to this coach on softball related matters while she's on campus? Is there a difference between talking about playing at a school and "interviewing" the coach about her career? Inquiring minds want to know...