No Calls From Coaches? Here's What to Do...

This time of year, solid D1 recruits have already heard from many, many college coaches via phone calls.

Even non-D1 division level programs, in all sports, are busy calling the senior athletes that they have information about. Phone calls are the primary way coaches get to know athletes before they bring them on campus or offer them a scholarship.

If coaches are calling you, it's a very exciting time in the recruiting process.

If you're a high school Senior athlete who isn't hearing from college coaches, something is wrong. And not taking steps to fix the problem will probably result in not playing your sport at the college level.

Here's what the experts at CSA-Prepstar recommend:

1. E-mail at least ten college coaches right away. Pick schools that are realistic for your athletic ability, and offer the academic programs that you want. Initiate some one-on-one contact via e-mail that will lead to those coveted phone calls.


2. Fill out the college's online recruiting form. If you go the school's website to look-up the coach's e-mail address, take a few minutes to fill out their program's online recruiting form. For many coaches, that's the start of their recruiting contact.


3. Call the coach yourself. Scary? Maybe a little. But if you feel you have what it takes, make an impression by calling to introduce yourself to a coach yourself.


4. Register your athletic profile. Getting your name online and with an organization that is trusted and used by college coaches is a great way to jump-start recruiting. Find out more by clicking here.

If you're already a CSA-Prepstar client, we encourage you to work with your personal Area Scouting Director to develop a list of college contacts that you are interested in, and manage the contacts that you are already receiving from the CSA-Prepstar recruiting network.

If you're an athlete that wants to go through the process on your own, that's O.K. too. But you have to be ready to take control of the process and make sure that your name is getting talked about in college coaching offices around the country. Doing some simple things to generate phone calls is the first step as we head into the last part of the year.