MODULE 5: How to Send Your Recruiting Package, Follow Up, and Select the Right Fit
Notes and Resources
Sending your recruiting package (emailing coaches)
- You now have the keys to the kingdom
- Change the coaches name, mascot name, and don’t forget to attach files
- Then it’s time to sit back, relax, and wait for responses!
- When they do respond, be polite, nice, and don’t burn any bridges. Keep your options open, be honest, and build a relationship w/ the coach
Following Up and Selecting the Right Fit
WAIT 2-3 weeks, then FOLLOW UP with coaches who didn’t respond…
- Understand quiet periods, dead periods, and open periods. Print the calendar out
- Always email before you call coaches, don’t cold call them. They don’t like to be surprised, just like you don’t.
- Understand that not all coaches will respond. They might be finished with their recruiting class for the year or just not interested, not need any other players at your position
- STEALTHY SECRET: Use your leverage! Go after schools in the same conference and bounce scholarship numbers back and forth. Be careful w/ this technique, use it w/ caution and don’t overdo it!
