Don’t waste the time on overproduced
videos. If you’re sending a video, it doesn’t need
to be professionally shot or needlessly lengthy;
coaches simply need to be able to quickly see what
your athlete can do. Keep it short (two or three
minutes is probably sufficient), post it to YouTube
and send the coach a link.
Emphasize the importance of academics
and character. It won’t matter how great an
athlete a student is if an athlete can’t also compete
in the classroom or can’t stay out of trouble. A
coach wants to see effort being made in all aspects
of your teen’s life, so decisions made off the field
are every bit as important as performance on the
field.
Keep perspective. Throughout this process,
remember that the odds of getting a significant
scholarship are fairly miniscule. Only about 2%
of student athletes are fortunate enough to obtain
an athletic scholarship, and full-ride scholarships
are scarce. Football, men and women's basketball,
and women's gymnastics, volleyball, and tennis are
the only “head count” sports that give full rides; all
other sports are “equivalency sports” where scholarships
are often small.
RECRUITING TERMS:
Contact - Any time a college coach says more than hello
during a face-to-face meeting with a college-bound
student-athlete or his/her parents off the college’s campus.
Evaluation - When a college coach observes a student-athlete
practicing or competing.
Verbal Commitment - When a college-bound
student-athlete verbally agrees to play sports for a college
before he or she signs or is eligible to sign a National Letter of
Intent. The commitment is not binding on the student-athlete
or the school and can be made at any time.
Officially Commit - To attend a Division I or II college,
he/she signs a National Letter of Intent, agreeing to attend that
school for one academic year.
source: http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/recruiting
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