First Tip: PATIENCE

To kick off the tips posted on this blog, I thought it would be a good choice to start with the most important thing to know in this recruiting process. The process takes a long time. For most players, it stretches from January of your Junior year all the way until signing day. It is important that you must have patience. If you are fortunate enough to have school recruiting you, then it will be less nerve wracking. If you are not a player being recruited by colleges, then there are a couple things that you can do. If you are good enough and have good film and good size, then you should market yourself. Make a cover letter and a "wish list" of 30-40 schools that you are interested in being able to play at. Send a copy of your film and cover letter to these 30-40 schools. Your cover letter should be brief. Simply state your address, phone number, accolades, high school, GPA (only if it is good), and any other information that you feel is applicable. The purpose of this is just to get your name on the college recruiting boards. Once your on the board, then you are half way there. After that, you have to impress them at camps over the summer and have a great senior season. If you are not a highly recruited player but dont think that you are good enough as a junior then just work very hard on the offseason and impress the scouts in your senior season. There will be more to come pertaining to summer camps and cover letters. Please check back soon for another post.