Coach’s feed their family by their ability to recruit good players.
→ Recruit bad players
→ Team underperforms
→ Coach gets fired
They cannot take a “flyer” or a “chance” on your kid.
THEY MUST BE SURE.
So a coach isn’t going to see ONE video of your kid, and give you a $50,000 scholarship.
Not going to happen.
They’re likely going to need 10+ interactions with you before they even start considering it.
Interaction = Any sort of impression
→ Video
→ Read your bio on Twitter
→ Email conversation
→ Texting
→ Phone call
→ In-person evaluation
→ Call your coach
→ Visit
This is why you must be EVERYWHERE.
For instance:
They watch your video (2) They follow you on Twitter (3) They watch more videos (4) They call your coach for a referral (5) They hop on a call with you (6) They come watch you play (7) They watch more video (8) They call another coach (11) They invite you on a visit (12) And this doesn’t include ANY follow ups on your end — which will almost certainly be necessary.
You cannot rush the process.
This is a HUGE decision for them.
It’s almost selfish and disrespectful to assume that they should give you a $50k scholarship after having one conversation with your kid.
This will not happen for 99% of players.
You must make it UNBELIEVABLY CLEAR that your kid is the best & only option.
Like they would be stupid to choose any other player.
If you’re not at that point yet, then you need to give them more evidence.