Not sure if there is really an answer to this other than "every situation is different", but is there any way for a 2024 to logically tell if a prospect camp invite is legitimate interest or just trying to drum up attendance at the event?
DD's team attends the big showcases and she always follows up with a thank you after a coach watches her pitch. In some cases, she gets a direct response from the coach with a link to an upcoming camp. I view this is as probably indicating some interest. For schools that she has attended camps at in the past, she may get an email from the coach saying something like, "I'm not allowed to communicate with you because of your age, but I am allowed to tell you about our camps. Here's a link to our next one." which I believe is a lot better than an obvious mass email with a flyer to an upcoming camp that likely goes to everyone who attended in the past. Then there are invites that come in from out of the blue from a school that is not known to have seen the team at a showcase. I view these as not likely to indicate real interest.
In all, I want to be realistic with myself and DD about what these communications mean. She gets so darn excited every time one of these emails come in and I want to be able to to steer her in the right direction as she starts down the recruiting path.
Thanks...JF
DD's team attends the big showcases and she always follows up with a thank you after a coach watches her pitch. In some cases, she gets a direct response from the coach with a link to an upcoming camp. I view this is as probably indicating some interest. For schools that she has attended camps at in the past, she may get an email from the coach saying something like, "I'm not allowed to communicate with you because of your age, but I am allowed to tell you about our camps. Here's a link to our next one." which I believe is a lot better than an obvious mass email with a flyer to an upcoming camp that likely goes to everyone who attended in the past. Then there are invites that come in from out of the blue from a school that is not known to have seen the team at a showcase. I view these as not likely to indicate real interest.
In all, I want to be realistic with myself and DD about what these communications mean. She gets so darn excited every time one of these emails come in and I want to be able to to steer her in the right direction as she starts down the recruiting path.
Thanks...JF