¨ Be supportive without being pushy
¨ Be sure it’s your child’s dream to play… not just your dream
¨ Be realistic about your child’s skill level
¡ Send your child to college tryout camps after their sophomore
and/or junior year(s) for an objective professional's projections
¨ Keep the focus on academics
¡ Sign a transcript release form with HS Counselor to fax to
college coaches when they call to request it.
¨ Assist with the research on schools and coaches
¨ Visit as many colleges as possible
¨ Be proactive in helping develop a realistic college target list
¨ Keep track of important dates and deadlines
¨ Keep a good and accurate filing system of schools, degree plans,
financial aid, applications, athletic programs, etc.
¨ Take an objective look at how you behave during sporting events
¡ HS coaches are asked by college coaches if a prospect has an
overbearing parent.
¨ Learn the recruiting process rules
¨ Keep everything in perspective
¨ Accept responsibility for your child’s recruitment
¨ Understand the high school coaches role and time constraints:
¡ Teaching obligations
¡ Bus driving obligations
¡ Family obligations
¡ Coaching other sport(s) obligations
¡ Hopefully, they will have an established network of college
coaches; not all high school coaches do.
¨ Understand that one of the last things a college coach wants to hear
from a parent is, "I'm not saying this because she's my daughter, but
she..."
¡ College coaches make their own evaluations and recruit
accordingly. Coaches prefer to see it with their own eyes.
¨ Talk to college coaches about your child’s results at a tryout camp,
their speed, vertical jump, skill results, academics, test scores, etc.
¡ Coaches love to hear about measureable skills and academic
progress!
For assistance please contact:
Coach Eli Herrera with AllAmericanSportsRecruiting.com at info@allamericansportsrecruiting.com
or (361) 446-3812.
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