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College Softball Recruiting - Making It To The University Level

By Richard Adams


If you find yourself among the college softball recruits from around the country you could be on the path to playing in university. You should take great pride in the fact that your talent, skills, and hard work have gotten you to this step in the process. The question you need to ask yourself is: How do you go from being a hopeful in college softball recruiting from all around the country to actually getting a scholarship offer?

To make it to the university level, you must ensure that college coaches know who you are and how you can help their program. If you are a blue-chip player, recruitment will most likely happen automatically. However, if you are not a blue-chip player, you need to take certain steps to give yourself a shot at playing in university. You might need to know that recruiters find their players in the following ways:

They find players at camps. Recruiters go around the country searching for promising young and hungry talent that could be a major addition to the respective universities they are acting on behalf. They also find players at showcase events which gives them a good opportunity to see the young talent in action and have their judgment made easy about the abilities of a certain prospect.

They attend tournaments and scout for players who have been provided with a platform to showcase their might and also gauge their mental stamina towards handling pressure from crowds and general unfamiliar environment.

They get recommendations from high school coaches who give a true account of the student and his athletic abilities. They find out about some athletes because they market and promotes themselves to the coaches.

All of these ways should be noted and can help you with your goal of reaching the college level. However, the most important of these steps is most likely to keep in touch with the possible recruiters and market yourself aggressively. This is a fact often overlooked by high school softball players is that coaches from all across the country need talented players. Therefore, marketing and promoting your skills and talents to university coaches is not only good for you, it's a great deal for university coaches.

Stay In Contact with prospect recruiters. The most important advice is to keep the lines of communication open with coaches. Send them periodic updates on the progress of your team and your accomplishments. Don't make the coach wonder if you are still interested in playing for him or her. Staying in contact can keep you from falling off the radar of university coaches unnecessarily.

College softball recruiting is very competitive, but if you do your homework you can come out on top. If you are not currently being recruited, or if you are receiving very little recruiting attention, you need to spend some time marketing and promoting yourself. It can pay off in a big way."You can learn more about how to get on the path to playing in university, download our Free Report titled: Five Secrets You Must Know To Get Recruited For Athletic Scholarships.




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