Comments on: Your Complete Summer Recruiting Guide

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:38:16 +0000

Football Aunt – GREAT ADVICE! Thanks for taking the time to write.

By: Football aunt

Football aunt — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:44:09 +0000

Everybody make sure you read this article carefully because it is true these camps are money makers for the coaches. We have been to several and they were mostly personal invites, If the coach does not know you, they will put you in a group with the rest of the no named people, trust me I know. We attended 2 camps that my nephew wanted to attend and they were not amongt his personal invites and that is the way he was treated, So like the article says if they are not recruiting you, No matter how hard you workout the focus will not be on you. I know a lot of kids think you will wow them and make them know them once they get there but this is not how it works.I would try to get the highlight tape out to the coach and perhaps conversate and get his mind on you. If you want to go to camp for competition only attend one day camps because it is a waste of money for 3 day camps. I wish everyone luck and hope that this helps, I have been apart of this process for two years and my nephew is now a senior but to be honest his offers from school did not come from his performance at camp they came from his performance on the field because he recieved his offers before he attended summer camps. Good luck everybody and go get em.

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:51:18 +0000

The best basketball camp is the Five-Star camp. See their website hear: http://www.5starbball.com/

By: Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:18:48 +0000

Iam a basketball player and I would like to know wat kind of basketball camps are availiable

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:39:32 +0000

Mackenzie – No one has ever begun this process too early. You won’t ‘embarrass’ yourself.

By: mackenzie

mackenzie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:03:25 +0000

This is probably the wrong place to post this, but I am a rising freshman looking to play college lax. I am attending one college camp this summer at the college I am most interested in, and in a conversation with a coach at school they said i should write the head coach. is it too early or would it be very beneficial? i don’t want to write too early and embarrass myself at camp for some reason…

By: shauncey

shauncey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:07:01 +0000

i dont kno what camp 2 go 2

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:04:39 +0000

Drew – By all means. Go to any one that is relatively local. But that’s an excellent idea!

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:58:34 +0000

Michael – All college recruiting has common elements whether a person starts as a freshman in HS or a freshman in college. You should reference the 5 things you need to do on this site. That’s the gameplan. As for D3 schools not offering scholarships. Technically, you’re absolutely correct in terms of athletic scholarships. No NCAA D3 college offers athletic scholarships. However, they do offer significant financial aid packages should your child qualify. These are based on academics, grants, etc. I know plenty of D3 student-athletes who received substantial financial aid packages to attend their colleges.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:52:59 +0000

Keith,
At this point I want him to get instruction and also to see the “competition” and to begin to understand the talent level out there and the hard work he will have to put in the next 3 years. I think it’s hard sometimes to get a 15 year old to see the big picture.