Give me some pointers for my daughter writing a letter to a college coach

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Nov 18, 2013
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Like marriard said, start off with an email, with a nice introduction and a small one or 2 minute skill video. She can also attach her travel schedule. Keep emailing the coach in the same email thread. Coaches cannot talk to your daughter or her travel coaches till September of Junior year.
Make sure your daughter stand out at the camp. She should introduce herself at the beginning. Also tell her to pay attention when the coach is talking, like nodding or looking in the coaches eye when she is addressing her. Your daughter need to ask questions and listen patiently to what the coach is saying. Coaches love to talk to kids about softball and teach them new things. Recruitment is a long process and your daughter should build a rapport with the coach, stick to discussing about softball and not try to be friends with the coach.

Good advice except D1 coaches are allowed to talk to travel coaches. There’s restrictions on what can be said about individual players, but they can express general interest and talk softball all day. The new rules they put in place are pretty goofy IMO. I like that they addressed early verbals. I don’t like that they took away a means of players and parents gathering information.
 

marriard

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Oct 2, 2011
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No idea on email. I was standing by a college coach (friend) and a player's dad that has a daughter on her team and they started talking about recruiting and she coach said, if they get an email from a parent or the parent comes up and starts talking to them it means nothing. The player must be the one that they talk to. She doesn't want to talk with the parents at all ever. The dad said do you want me to leave. LOL. They have known each other since she was probably born.

This is true. As much communication should driven by the player. All our players have there own email dedicated solely for their recruiting efforts. They do the talking to coaches and so on. As a parent you need to be involved only as much as you need to be. Parent behavior can quickly get your daughter off the recruiting list real fast.

The conversations my DD has had with coaches where I was present I didn't say much at all unless asked - but well over 90% of the conversations and communications DD has with coaches I am not involved in at all apart from her telling me they happened. As DD gets closer to committing I want to make sure I get a good read on the schools, the coaches, the players and so on -it is a family decision on college... but I am just there as 100% support for my DD's recruiting efforts - I am not the one doing the core work.
 
Jun 19, 2014
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One thing that stood out to me when D attended the DI camps: the coaches already knew some of the girls and their families. Come to find out, they had been attending their camps for years.Having the familiarity works well. Make certain she stands out. You don’t have to be loud but do have a presence. Before and after every camp my daughter attended, she sent out emails to the coach. She wrote them and believe me, they know when the parents write. Even if she knew what dates they had camp, she still asked. She asked to have their opinions on what she need to work on....and always thanked them for their time and feedback. Creating a presence starts before getting seen. She always included what and why she was interested in the school....not just sports but academically. Surprisingly, several coaches liked her because of her ability to be grateful and humble. There are many ways to be noticed, try to find a way that works for your daughter.


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