Now What?

 

You just attended college night and are thinking okay, now what should I be doing.  This is the answer to that question and should get you started in making the college recruiting process as easy as possible.

  • Select 5 schools you would love to play soccer at. Select 5 schools you have heard good things about from any resource. Select 5 schools in the part of the country you think you would most like to attend. Choose 2-3 local schools.

    Check out our form on ideas on how to begin evaluating college programs to find a best fit. Description text goes here

  • You can use the Real Colorado website for samples, but develop your introductory email and resume to send to schools. Your resume can be developed in ConnectSoccer.

    Develop your mechanism to track and record communications, contacts and interest in the various schools you will evaluate. Document each event and contact to help you evaluate interest in you from the school. Currently Real Colorado has a partnership with SportsRecruits.com to assist with this.

    Feel free to email the Real Colorado staff to review and edit these documents.

  • A personal, recent piece specific to each school from research you have done. “…congratulations on David Pruitt being selected as RMAC player of the year, that has to be very exciting for you and the program.”

    Upcoming schedule of games/events, including game time and field location as well as your jersey number.

  • A personal, recent piece specific to each school from research you have done.

  • A personal, recent piece specific to each school from research you have done.

  • Coaches will almost always first look to see what are the flaws in a player’s game when they watch a player. As they get to know a player on a more personal level, they begin looking for what is right with the player. This is an important step to get too.

    How to leave a voice message: “Hi Coach Stone, this is Mila Kunis and I play on for the Real Colorado 99-00 Olympico team coached by Neil Payne. I was hoping to connect with you to find out more about your program, what you have thought of my play over the weekend, and/or see how I could fit into your program. I will try you again at 7:00 pm MST from 720-694-6882. If there is a better time to chat, please contact Neil or Jared Spires with whenever that might be. “

  • Freshman Year

    • Research Schools online

    • Casual visits with teammates, friends

    • Attend a local clinic

    • Learn how to create a playlist highlight video

    • Go watch some local college games

    Sophomore Year

    • Create a top 10-15 list of schools which interest you

    • Pay attention to where the juniors/seniors are committing.

    • Invite college coaches to your games and events

    • Thank them for coming when they do

    • Share highlights during these emails.

    • Create fresh video

    Junior Year

    • Beginning June 15th after your sophomore year, initiate communication with colleges you are interested in.

    • Have your negotiable and nonnegotiable lists prepared.

    • Attend clinics of programs you are genuinely interested in you

    • Regularly take schools on and off your top lists and adjust your negotiable and nonnegotiable lists if they change.

    • Prioritize taking visits/attending clinics


    Senior Year

    • Be patient, but active.

    • Research and follow up with schools who are actively recruiting.

  • Your grades and test scores are the incredibly important. Great soccer and no grades equate to no soccer and no college. Great grades and bad soccer still equate to a great education.

    Be diligent and committed to getting recruited, not being recruited.

    Every training, every game, and every warmup are a place to be seen, evaluated, and identified.