Recruiting services

Dawgfan · Sep 29, 2010 at 1:18 PM

thegundog said: ↑

This is a subject I have struggled with of late....

I have a son who is a D1 pitcher, he is 6'4” and threw 87-88 mph in high school. He garnered a lot of interest through his size and velocity. His opportunities were obvious, he didn't need a recruiting service.

My 2013 daughter is very talented, she is a hard worker who loves to practice and is determined to play fast pitch beyond high school. However she is not a 6'1” lefty throwing 65. She does not, at this point, have the obvious attraction of schools like her “big” brother.... Hope that makes sense?

If she plays in college GREAT(!), if she doesn't that's okay too!.... My role is to help her achieve her goals and find a school that fits her desires and needs... That may mean a smaller school of which there are many.

I think most people would agree, the most basic component of recruiting is to generate interest.

Like Cheeze105 I too have heard D1 coaches say that they don't even open the recruiting envelopes which contain the packages (video, profiles, schedule etc) of 25 players all in ONE ENVELOPE addressed to the head coach – how personal is that?!!!. It's a mass mailing. These are the $3,500 plus services......

Definitely coaches want to hear of genuine interest in their school from the player. No doubt about it, some schools are turned off by recruiting services...

It's obvious that many of these recruiting services employee highly trained sales people that are quite apparently pitching a sale. To me, they can be quite annoying and you can see right through their bs...

A few years ago, I met a gentlemen who owns and operates a recruiting service. It's a small service, he is the only employee.... His cost was around half of the above referenced number and you make three installment type payments. The cost was the same if you signed up as a freshman or signed up as a senior. If you do not receive an offer you did not pay the last installment. Players must be evaluated before they are accepted into the program. There is no guarantee at what level an offer you will receive. He works exclusively with the player to determine what the player wants; to try and determine the best fit for the player. He has worked with way more baseball than softball players.....

Could someone like the gentlemen described help my daughter generate interest?

Sure, I can do much of this on my own. I did it with my son – video, questionnaires, letters all that stuff.... I'm not lazy, but can I do it as effectively as a recruiting service? Do I have the time and ability? Can I find ALL of the opportunities available to my daughter?

I LOVE showcase ball and in my opinion it's an important part of the process even with a recruiting service.

Part of me hates them, but I can see potential pluses and minuses with recruiting services and I think the benefit can vary from player to player and from service to service.

I apologize for the novel, good topic.....

~ Rest In Peace Coach Chandler ~
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Welcome Gundog to TBR.
Every college recruiter and coach I spoke to about recruiting services do not like them and do not look at the mailings. Granted I only spoke with 25 or so coaches over the years but it was unanimous. The feelings of these coaches is that if the prospect does not care enough to contact us personally why should I think they are serious about our school and program? A few years ago a local to Charlotte D1 program received over 400 personal inquires about the program do you think they even looked at the mass mailings or even the ones from recruiters that contained only one packet?
Do what you did for your son it worked for him and it will work for your DD.
If you still have doubts about what I am saying please just pick up the phone and call a few coaches and ask them what they think.
Ray

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