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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.