Evaluating & making the decision

How to gauge whether a coach is seriously interested or not

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How do I know if a coach is really interested?

This can be hard to tell

Coaches are salesmen — some are better or worse than others

A few questions to gauge interest...

Do they respond to you within a week?

Do they call you?

Are they using concrete terms and actionable steps to move forward or vague generalities?

Have they come to watch you play?

Have they talked to your high school or travel coach?

Are the phone conversations substantial or empty?

I got invited to an individual school camp...are they interested?

If coaches can legally talk to you (you’re an upperclassman), then they’re probably not very interested unless they explicitly say they want to see you one more time before they make an offer — also, if they wave the camp fee, then they’re also interested.

If you’re an underclassmen, it’s very difficult to tell.

There’s only 2 reasons to go to an individual school camp...

1. It’s your dream school and you’ll try anything to get there

2. There will be multiple schools in attendance at the camp

A coach responded to my email...is he interested?

Probably

Coaches don’t normally respond to emails of players that they’re not interested in

Follow up with that coach and begin the MM email routine

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