When am I really in the recruiting process?

Information and Questionnaires

So, now you have received information from a College and the coach has sent you a questionnaire. Most HS players and their families immediately believe they are now in the recruiting process. Unfortunately the truth is, nothing could be further from the truth! When a school sends information and a coach sends a questionnaire it simply means you (your son or daughter) have been identified. Congrats, you are now at least a spec on the radar of that school and coaching staff. All University recruiting offices have access to the information of HS students across the country and those offices (College recruiting and Financial Aid) also have quotas and numbers to make. It is important to realize the reality of being a commodity. The entire system is geared to fill student bodies (put students in seats). Athletes are just a part of this overall system.
This experience now denotes that you have made the big funnel and are now in the early elimination process. There is a long way to go before you reach the first real step in the recruiting process (EVALUATION). It is amazing how many HS players and their families have mis-identified information and questionnaires for deep interest from a school or coaching staff. By the way many coaching staffs have used questionnaires as a marketing tool for their sport specific camps. While camps do serve as a potential evaluation tool, they are really a marketing game that helps Head Coaches create the salary subsidy necessary for their assistants. Please remember that information and questionnaires are simply the beginning part of the IDENTIFICATION step. A player is not truly in the recruitment process until they have reached the EVALUATION phase of the process.
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