- May 12, 2013
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I've seen some teams with the flyers for their players hanging on the fences for college scouts/ coaches to grab, does anybody know of a template for these and are they a good idea?
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They are an ABSOLUTE MUST have, if you are going to play in showcase tournaments.....
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gasfreak: https://softballbound.com/softball-...jHZ6jFS7BPtRWYRXIupzl6T6E55Sa6QUgvpfjU7BCodEY
This link might give you a start on a template. Don't be afraid to take one from another team the next time you're at a showcase...or at least snap a photo of one.
gasfreak: https://softballbound.com/softball-...jHZ6jFS7BPtRWYRXIupzl6T6E55Sa6QUgvpfjU7BCodEY
This link might give you a start on a template. Don't be afraid to take one from another team the next time you're at a showcase...or at least snap a photo of one.
- May 27, 2013
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Even better is having a very good recruiting coach who will bring the flyers to the coaches and ask the coaches specifically (position, grad year) what they are looking for. That way they get the players in the game who need to be seen, and they know for sure if a player reached out to them.
Yes flyer is critical - and this role is great if you have someone permanently outside the fence assigned to talk to coaches. I am actually the person who does this for my DD's team and there is some tricks.
1) Most - but not all - coaches will take a flyer from both teams. When they do appraoch them when they look at yours.
2) If they don't take a flyer, grab one take and take it over yourself.
3) Introduce yourself, ask which college they are from (if not obvious) and whether they are here to look at a particular player who contacted them, are looking for something specific or are just looking.
4) If they have specific players they are looking at or contacted them, then you talk them up and REWARD your player for putting in the work to get that coach there. Who they are, why they are great, etc, etc. You don't talk about ANY of your other players until the coach asks or you are totally done talking about the player they are there to see.
5) If they are looking for something specific (grad year/position/major/geography, etc) point out that on your flyer (year, position, etc, etc).
6) General enquirer and 'just looking' - and this is where people get it wrong - KNOW what you are going to say. Don't go over player by player.... Give them something specific. I do it something like this - "Best player, best pitcher, best power hitter, best outfielder, best infielder, best athlete" or something like that (sometimes one player meets multiples of those categories). This generally starts a conversation "What makes her the best player, what kind of numbers is your power hitter putting up, what kind of pitcher is she" etc, etc. . That is what you want - a conversation.
Once I have this done and the coach is interested in the team or a player or whatever, I will go get our head coach and I will make the introduction and he has a really targeted conversation.
This saves him a BUNCH of time. It also frees up me to talk to the next coach - because nothing attracts a coach like another coach watching something (The "What is my competition looking at over on that field" effect). At a good showcase if you can get 3-4 coaches to your game and then get them to stay it will bring at least another 3-4 others in the area over. So now we have two people working the coaches and we have given them specific things to watch even if they were just generally looking.
Last two thing:
- Be respectful of the other team. If they are talking to the coach first, let them until they are done. Then it is your turn.
- Don't BS the coach. Be honest about who your players are. If she throws 55, she throws 55. Not 60. If she has 4 homes runs, she has 4 - not 10. If she isn't a good teammate, don't say she is. You can't lose the coaches trust.
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Last Summer we needed to update ours at the last minute and I figured I would use these for one tourney while I fixed our good ones. I went online and ordered tri-fold brochures through Staples. By far much easier and cheaper than any other option we have used. I scrapped our others and kept using the ones from Staples. Best part is when we had a run on them in Colorado and in Atlanta I was able to go online and order them at a local Staples. You have many options on the paper used so you can make them as nice or plain as you want.
On the front I had a logo, coaches, contact info, and schedule. Once opened all the way I had a pic of each girls with name, number, grad year, position, and contact info. If it was folded and flipped I left space for coaches to make notes. It is important to get it printed on stock that can be written on.
Great stuff [MENTION=5070]marriard[/MENTION]!!
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