Sunday, June 16, 2013

Tips For Getting Into A College Soccer Camp

By Grace Daniels


You have to begin early in the day if you want the soccer career that you have made in high school to continue on into college. Obtaining entrance into a college soccer camp also requires you to follow some advice. The paragraphs below outline advice of exactly this sort.

First, the question of when you should start making enquiries needs to be addressed. Ideally, you should be putting feelers out as early as your sophomore year at high school. This gives you time to establish contacts and learn more about what is on offer from the various colleges around the country.

This process can be enhanced by conducting a little online research. The types of programs which are on offer and the criteria each team has established for entry can be learnt from their websites. Finding the team and the school that will suit you will be achieved in this way.

When contacting the various coaches to these programs, have your communications personally tailored to them based upon your preliminary research. Do not fall into the error of sending everyone the same generic letter. This by definition will be vague and unlikely to elicit much interest from those you are seeking recruitment from.

In your communications, outline what you have achieved in your high school sports career and what your aims for the future are. Alert them to any upcoming games that you will be playing in. This will enable you to have a better chance of being recruited.

The reason for this is that such coaches normally scout high school athletes. They do this to see which ones have the potential to perform well in their programs. If they receive communication from someone who is doing well, they will want to see first hand if that is the case.

This demands that they attend games those athletes are participants in. So a prospective coach will be there to see you in action. Keep this in mind and use the opportunity to full effect, as a lame showing can prove to be a hindrance for you even if you have done everything else right.

Above all, though, be aware that persistence is the key. Coaches are inundated with hundreds and hundreds of such applications and communications, so you have to be in constant engagement with them for them to take notice. Do not just contact them once and hope that will be enough.

They could return for a repeat performance if they like what they have seen already. So the effort that you have already made needs to remain consistent and indeed has to be improved if possible. Such progress will be acknowledged and can only benefit you.

In summary, the tips for getting into a college soccer camp are easier to say than they are to do. A good deal of time and effort is needed to ensure that you are doing all you can to improve your chances. And the tips outlined above will ensure that you are on the right track.




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