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	<title>The College Athletic Scholarships Blog &#187; Contact Periods</title>
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	<description>The college athletic recruiting process can be extremely difficult.  Finding the right athletic scholarship offer is extremely idfficult.  NCSA specializes in help student-athletes find the right college fit.</description>
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		<title>Recruiting Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/07/27/recruiting-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Are college coaches allowed to send you recruiting letters when you’re a freshman or sophomore?
A: This depends on the sport, below is a chart of when coaches can being sending questionnaires/camp brochures and recruiting materials.

However, an athlete may contact a coach at ANY time.
To see more about recruiting guidelines click on your specific sport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coaches Contact</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/07/27/coaches-contact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: When can you talk to a coach? Can you do it through email or in person?
A: Student-athletes can call or write a coach at ANY time. However, coaches are restricted to contacting recruits during times called “dead periods”. You can look up individual sports’ dead periods here. They are also limited in how often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recruiting Calls</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/07/27/recruiting-calls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: When can college coaches start calling?
A: Here’s a list of the first dates a Division I coach can begin making phone calls to recruits.
Football:   D1 football coaches can make one phone calbetween April  15 and May 31st of  junior year
Men&#8217;s Basketball: June 15th after Sophomore year
Women&#8217;s Basketball: In Apirl on or after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, Summer Contact for College Basketball</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/07/09/finally-summer-contact-for-college-basketball/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/07/09/finally-summer-contact-for-college-basketball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an ESPN article, Andy Katz shows how ever changing practice regulations put in place by the NCAA may be shifting drastically in college basketball.
College coaches have whined for years about the lack of access to their current players in the summer.
The complaint is legitimate. Anyone &#8212; notably agents and their hand-picked workout employees &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softball Crucial Recruiting Time</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/06/24/softball-crucial-recruiting-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/06/24/softball-crucial-recruiting-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Wellhoefer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Fit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[College Softball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is officially upon us!  And for college softball coaches, that means the busiest and most important recruiting time.  They are in the midst of their most active evaluation time and a majority of them will spend this time at college exposure tournaments throughout the country.  Coaches can see a huge number of athletes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Camps, Almost Here!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/07/summer-camps-almost-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/07/summer-camps-almost-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention all underclassmen: Summer camps are right around the corner! This is the best opportunity to perform in front of college coaches and generate interest at the next level. Due to several NCAA rules that prohibit college coaches from evaluating student-athletes, summer camps have been a hotbed for college recruiting nationwide. Did you know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Types of Questions You NEED to Ask a College Coach</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/28/5-types-of-questions-you-need-to-ask-a-college-coach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/28/5-types-of-questions-you-need-to-ask-a-college-coach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Krause</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contact Periods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Getting Started Early]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we went over some of the most common questions that student-athletes can expect to hear from college coaches when the can begin calling recruits.  In case you missed it, be sure to check it out here.
While knowing what questions to expect from a college coach and how to answer them is important, any [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rules, Rules, and More Rules&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/02/06/rules-rules-and-more-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/02/06/rules-rules-and-more-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Diorio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[college football coach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin was recently reprimanded by the SEC conference for falsely accusing Florida coach Urban Meyer of cheating.  You can watch Lane&#8217;s accusation which took place at a breakfast celebrating UT&#8217;s recruiting class below.

It turns out Kiffin should have consulted a rule book before taking Meyer to task for calling a recruit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCSA at the AFCA</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/01/12/ncsa-at-the-afca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/01/12/ncsa-at-the-afca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Strasman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contact Periods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from Nashville, Tennessee where NCSA has a large presence at this year&#8217;s American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) convention. I was there to kick off the event and greet a few coaches personally, and NCSA&#8217;s Director of Football Operations, Bob Chmiel, will be at the event through Tuesday afternoon along with Football Recruiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Need to Know About Questionnaires from Coaches</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2008/09/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-questionnaires-from-coaches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2008/09/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-questionnaires-from-coaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Sports</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Fit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contact Periods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ncsasports.org/2008/09/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-questionnaires-from-coaches/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Chris Krause, NCSA Founder and President
O.K., so you&#8217;ve followed our advice over these past few months and now you&#8217;re hearing from colleges.
They&#8217;ve started by sending you letters.  And, they&#8217;ve included questionnaires with those letters. 
That may seem like an unimportant start to the recruiting process, and a few letters and fill&#8211;the-blank questionnaires may seem like [...]]]></description>
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