Now Is the Time to E-Mail Coaches

Last week, a dad who was hoping to start the college sports scholarship recruiting process for his son e-mailed me.

His question was simple: "Dan, what's the best way to get started when it comes to contacting college coaches?"



I had two options that I presented to him. First, I recommended that he look into registering with CSA Prepstar so that we could include his son in our online database for coaches, and start sending information to coaches in the areas that he would want to receive offers from. For only a couple of hundred dollars, its almost a no-brainer for someone looking for fast, wide-spread exposure.



The other thing I recommended, whether or not he let CSA Prepstar start telling coaches about his son, was that he and his son sit down and pick no less than fifteen college coaches to e-mail.





Why e-mail, and why at least fifteen coaches?

• E-mail is quick and free. It's something that both teen and adults feel comfortable sending, and can be a great start to kicking off a conversation with a college coach.



• The more coaches you contact, the more likely you'll hear back from some. Not all, just some. One of the fatal mistakes I see parents and athletes make when they look at college sports scholarship opportunities is that have too narrow of a focus. They have their two or three favorite schools or coaches, and they focus only on those two or three opportunities. That's way too few! You need to be in contact with fifteen schools at a minimum before you have any business being even remotely secure in the prospects for finding an opportunity at the college level. When CSA Prepstar works with an athlete, they send the athlete's profile to several hundred colleges at a time. Why? They realize that not every coach is going to be interested in that athlete. So, in order to get multiple opportunities in front of a family, they distribute the information to as wide an audience as possible.
  
  

If you want a good starting point for this easy-to-do project, use CSA Prepstar's free Campus Visit page. You can get access to every college website in the country, where you can find the appropriate coach's e-mail address and send him or her an e-mail stating that you are interested in their program.

Coaches love to hear from prospective athletes, and now is the right time to start contacting them. They are just beginning their new year of recruiting, and you have time away from the classroom.

Don't just sit there and wait to be "discovered"...get to work so that you can get noticed!