CJV RECRUITING PRESENTATION - Sports ConnectionRecruiting videos do NOT have to be a fancy...
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CJV RECRUITING PRESENTATION
SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2015
Chris Willis Davidson College – Head Coach
Everybody Has a Different
Story About Their Recruiting
Process Don’t get caught up in what has happened with your
teammates
Don’t think you are unique or special
Don’t think coaches will know who you are or magically discover you
Educate yourself on the programs and the process
Be proactive
Communicate with coaches (high school, club, and college)
Make yourself known and standout
Realize that your talent isn’t enough. Hard work, character, and diligence matter
Freshman Year
This is a great time to discover your love for volleyball, so play high school volleyball and another sport
Play club to see if it fits your commitment level and passion for game
Attend an overnight summer camp and local clinics
Attend your local college matches
Watch as much college/international volleyball on tv as possible
Play doubles!!
Communication from colleges is minimal (questionnaires and camp info). Your coaches can be a conduit.
Sophomore Year
Contact colleges and get on their radar
Play with a competitive club program that will challenge you
Get on college campuses to see what you like and don’t like
Research college programs: Richkern.com
Prepvolleyball.com
Attend camps of schools you’re interested in
Formal communication begins (phone calls, texts, emails), June 15/July1
PLAY!!
Junior Year
NCAA Eligibility Center (why?)
ACT/SAT (give yourself options!)
What club is going to help me reach my potential as a volleyball player?
Get honest assessments!
Narrow your schools down to 5 and get feedback from those coaches
Get to know the programs (academics, athlete experience, coaches).
Attend summer camps of schools in the mix. PLAY!
If you know, you know. Verbal Commit
Senior Year
Official visits (if necessary)
Apply to college(s)
Final Decision: Verbal Commit
Signing Day: National Letter of Intent
November
April
Get ready, because you’re not!
Jason Oliver High Point University – Head Coach
Video Guidelines
3-5 Seconds of text Identifing:
Players Name
Jersey Number in the video
Position
Grad year
Vital Statistics
Video Guidelines: Real Time
Highlights Specific to the
Athlete’s Position Outsides
Serve receive to attack and transition attacking
Blocking to attack
Defense
Serving
Setters All plays you can set. Show same sets together
Transition setting from serve receive
Defense and blocking
Serving
Middles Attacking in transition (Serve receive and blocking)
Serve and defense if applicable
Liberos Serve receive and defense
Serving
NO ATTACKING!
What to include…
Serving should be included, but not an emphasis
Include both sides of the court, preferably from behind baseline
NO slow motion plays
Identify athlete before the play or by number at the beginning of video
Not every touch has to be perfect Coaches want to see not only the result of the skill,
but how well an athlete moves, so stopping the play right before a skill is executed hinders a coach’s ability to truly assess that player’s potential
Unedited Game Footage
Recruiting videos do NOT have to be a fancy production. The best videos include accurate highlights according to player’s position, are posted on YouTube, Vimeo, or similar site, and sent in a personalized email. If a 6’1 middle who touches 10’3 starts her video with passing and digging, a lot of coaches won’t continue watching if they don’t know those stats.
Like a good book captures the reader’s attention from the first line, a recruiting video should capture a coach’s attention from the first clip.
Verna Julaton UNC Charlotte – Assistant Coach
Recruiting Terminology
Recruiting Materials/Electronic
Correspondence
Evaluation
Contact
Quiet Period
Dead Period
Recruiting Materials/Electronic
Correspondence – General Rule
Recruiting Materials/General Correspondence related to Athletics Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
year in high school
Emails (and facsimile) Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
year in high school. Must be private between sender and recipient
Text and Instant Messaging Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
year in high school. Must be private between sender and recipient
Evaluation
Any off-campus activity designed to
assess academic or athletic ability
Any observation of prospect
participating in practice or competition at
any site
Contact
Any face to face encounter between a prospect or the prospect’s parents, relative, legal guardian(s), or institutional staff member/athletic representative during which ANY dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of greetings
Any encounter that takes place on the grounds of the prospect’s institution, practice, conest, etc shall be counted as a contact regardless of the conversation that occurs.
Periods
Quiet Period When it is permissible to make in-person recruiting
contacts ONLY on the institution’s campus. No in person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period
Dead Period When it is NOT permissible to make in person
recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by PSA’s to the institution’s campus
It remains permissible, however, for an institutional staff member to write or telephone a PSA during a dead period
Resources: NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
700 W Washington Street, PO Box 6222,
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Phone: 317-917-6222
Fax: 317-917-6888
Website: www.ncaa.org
Resources - Websites
Information from Eligibility Center for
PSA’s:
http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/N
CAA.jsp
Guide for the College Bound Student-
Athlete:
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdo
wnloads/CBSA.pdf
Maggie Malone Former Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Wingate University
DI vs DII
Division 1
Sponsor 14 sports
by NCAA
Full Athletic
Scholarships: 12
Division II
Sponsor 10 sports
by NCAA
Full Athletic
Scholarships: 8
Scholarships can
be a mix of athletic
and academic
money.
DII Scholarship Packages
Athletic scholarships can be split up between multiple athletes.
Athletes can receive packages of academic and athletic money. Counter: A PSA that must be counted against
your institutions financial aid limit. I.E: any athletic aid
Non-Counter: Scholarships that do not go against the team total. I.E: Pell Grants, state grants, student with excellent grades.
Communication with Coaches
July 15 before the PSA’s JR. year
Prior to this coaches can send camp
information, admissions information
Does this mean the
communication has to wait until
then? NO
Send emails, make them personal,
stand out
Send highlight videos/skills videos
Get on their radar early
Unofficial / Official Visits
PSA can take an unlimited amount of
unofficial visits.
This are unpaid visits to the university.
Suggest taking as many unofficial visits, as
offered.
PSA can take one official visit per D2 school.
This is a paid visit to the university.
Why DII???
Major of choice.
Its not the next 4 years, it’s the next 40.
Make sure to ask about major.
Small class size
Community
Still be involved clubs, sororities,
volunteer opportunities
Sydney Kunz, Jessica Raines, &
Alex Thompson
Current Student/Athletes
Queens University of Charlotte
Your Questions For the Panel
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD
QUESTION…SOMEONE ELSE IS THINKING
THE SAME THING YOU ARE…SO ASK!