My daughter is freaking out about 9/1. She’s getting more and more views every day on sports recruits unprovoked. Surely that has to be a good sign?
Do schools really call and email at midnight? Should she keep her phone on? What does she do if they call while she’s in class?
They will call, text and email at midnight to set up phone calls for the morning and afternoon of September 1st. If a coach is very interested they will set up official visits.
One of the issues with the strike of midnight calls is the first call you pick up, you will be on the phone for 5-10 minutes with the asst or head coach, they will be looking to keep it short so they can continue to call other prospects. But the issue is, other coaches will likely be calling and you can't go answer those beeps while on the phone. They will all eventually get in touch with you, so in the end I guess it doesn't matter. Some helpful information from experience, my daughter spent 12:00 to 3:30-4:00AM on phone, answering E-mails, and texting. The next morning was very busy, starting at 7:00 AM for most of the rest of the day, it was continuing communications and making arrangements with any and all the coaches who had reached out. The coaches spend the first several days making house visits, then it turns into having recruits going to campus. She had no class on Sept 1st a couple years ago, so the next day was not an issue. If you expect your daughter to be a top tier recruit, it may very well be a good idea to take the day off from school (and work for parents) to take care of business. Also have your daughter ready with a few canned questions to ask the coaches. When a coach asks them if they have any questions, "no" or silence is not a good response. Also get a notebook and keep extremely good notes of everything discussed, details can get mixed up or hard to remember when you start talking to many coaches from different programs. Ask the coach if it is alright to use speaker phone on the call and let them know parents are there. Parents can take notes and let kids do the any and all of the talking. If you have interest from schools you know your daughter will not be considering, let them know as soon as you can and never burn those bridges, things may not work out on visits or freshman year, look at all the underclass players in the transfer portal, be respectful and keep all doors open for the future with respectful handling of recruiting interest. Exciting times for these kids, have fun with it and good luck to you all!
Prior to receiving any calls know what's important to you and your daughter
1) Academics 2) Lax program 3) Location
Many schools will contact you. Make sure you know what's important to you.
How about $$??
Let the parents handle the money question, as the bill is on the parents.
Lol, that is a ridiculous thing to say. Many girls will come out of school with huge student loan debt. Money should be top on list, unless you are daddy Warbucks. The recruited athlete better understand what the bill will be. This becomes a huge consideration for most. Ivies are unaffordable to most middle class at 85k and no athletic money, schools like StonyBrook make college affordable even if there is no big scholarship. Just a couple examples.
