It Pays to Visit
August 17th, 2009 - byTaking Unofficial and Official Visits to college campuses in an essential ingredient in the college athletic recruiting game. These visits allow for a student-athlete to get better feel for a program allow a coach to evaluate a player’s character first hand. Usually recruits only take a handful of visits beofre settling on a school, however that approach could potentially limit your options. The reason? Many recruits don’t take visits to schools the perceive as a lower quality.
New Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen told ESPN about the importance of showing off his school first hand to recruits.
When we get kids on campus, most of the reports are when they leave campus something along the lines of, ‘I can’t believe it was that nice,’ or ‘I didn’t know it would be that nice.’ It’s not just our athletic facilities. But walk through campus on a school day. Go downtown. It’s a great community and just a really nice place to live and a great family atmosphere that revolves around the university. That’s what makes it a neat place. The issue we fight is getting kids here. Once they come, they’re amazed.
The recruiting lesson is simple. Don’t cross schools off your list until you understand exactly what that school is all about. Many recruits don’t realize that there is no limit on the amount of unofficial visits. Taking extra visits just to be sure is one strategy athletes should take advantage of.
August 19th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I agree that all athletes should visit schools and should not cross schools off there list . I took my son on unofficial visits to schools that offered him and some that did not offer and that was the best thing i have done. The schools that offered and we did not visit was evaluated hard by both of us. before we decided not too visit.Not because of there football record but because of the academic field he wanted to persue , the distance , the population and the process they took in recruiting my son. Also being around good people besides the coaches. Notre Dame
August 27th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
what does it take to play softball at the college level? how do i get colleges to look at me for softball?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Taylor, be sure to call out Scouting Center to get a better understanding if you have what it takes!
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