College soccer recruiting and social media

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Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

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All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

So many focusing on being seen and getting likes & views instead of working on getting better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the kids with the fancy highlight reels look nothing like that IRL. Lmaof.

Colleges care about the team you are playing against. We had college coaches say they do not care a single bit about HS or play in lower level leagues, low ranked teams. They wanted to see how the kid played in a full game at top level...think academy and top MLSNext. They also wanted to get out to see them in person.

How true is this? Will a kid not have much of a chance if they are not playing MLSNext or ECNL?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the kids with the fancy highlight reels look nothing like that IRL. Lmaof.

Colleges care about the team you are playing against. We had college coaches say they do not care a single bit about HS or play in lower level leagues, low ranked teams. They wanted to see how the kid played in a full game at top level...think academy and top MLSNext. They also wanted to get out to see them in person.

How true is this? Will a kid not have much of a chance if they are not playing MLSNext or ECNL?

Just like the kid next door who doesn't play soccer. Same opportunity and odds of getting into the college of their choice.

Outside foreign transfers and MLS academies for boys and ECNL for girls, your chance of getting into X college because of soccer is slim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

Coaches are too busy actually recruiting to search social media for talent. The only chance that would work is if you were 'internet famous', which is what the PP meant I think.

Spend more time practicing and making connections with TD at clubs and your coaches. It's your literal best bet is then getting you seen verse TikTok or insta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is going on to play in college and didn't post any highlight reels, videos, etc. He's playing at a D2 school and, while unconventional, was offered a spot after meeting with both coaches and sharing some video that we had from a recent tournament.

Where was that video hosted?

I don't think you need Tik Tok or Insta. But you do need videos hosted somewhere, maybe it's a hidden YouTube link, or it's one of the companies that host sports videos. Of course, those things are social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

Coaches are too busy actually recruiting to search social media for talent. The only chance that would work is if you were 'internet famous', which is what the PP meant I think.

Spend more time practicing and making connections with TD at clubs and your coaches. It's your literal best bet is then getting you seen verse TikTok or insta.

I've been through this with my older child. Albeit, it was a different sport. It may be apples to oranges but I suspect there are similarities.

Coaches DO look at emails from kids who want to be recruited. They do watch video clips.

It isn't anyone's job at a club to get you recruited. They will assist and sometimes steer you in a direction (at times it can be completely the wrong direction for a kid so caveat emptor) but it's ultimately up to your kid to get schools interested in them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

You do not go on social media because college coaches are searching there for kids. You go on because you can post your videos and updates on showcases. If you are on the college coach's radar then yes they go to look. They also look to check game times and fields at showcases in case anything changed -- this has been big at ECNL Nashville where schedule changes because of the weather happen every year. At least that is what a number of coaches said. DD now committed. It is just a place to put stuff and to send coaches. To you atract them through emails and having them come see you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

Coaches are too busy actually recruiting to search social media for talent. The only chance that would work is if you were 'internet famous', which is what the PP meant I think.

Spend more time practicing and making connections with TD at clubs and your coaches. It's your literal best bet is then getting you seen verse TikTok or insta.

DD is committed. Club played no role. Same for other girls on team including P4 commits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

Coaches are too busy actually recruiting to search social media for talent. The only chance that would work is if you were 'internet famous', which is what the PP meant I think.

Spend more time practicing and making connections with TD at clubs and your coaches. It's your literal best bet is then getting you seen verse TikTok or insta.

Why are you arguing something I did not say? I said nothing about coaches. Searching social media for talent.

Fact, Players, have social media accounts and Post their highlights on them. Then send links to the coaches to look at. Or they use a youtube channel and invite coaches through links to view videos to garner interest.

Are you being purposefully obtuse or genuinely don't understand? I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you just aren't understanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

Coaches are too busy actually recruiting to search social media for talent. The only chance that would work is if you were 'internet famous', which is what the PP meant I think.

Spend more time practicing and making connections with TD at clubs and your coaches. It's your literal best bet is then getting you seen verse TikTok or insta.

DD is committed. Club played no role. Same for other girls on team including P4 commits.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is recruiting you based on your HIGHlights that you filter onto social media

+1

100%

All coaches told my kid they wanted to see him play in person. They also want to see full games.

100% maybe one kid every now and then gets online famous enough to get attention from colleges. It's not worth invest any real time and effort, and definitely no money, into. Your kid is better served practicing at home than spending hours growing a social media presence.

I think maybe you are misunderstanding. Nobody, well nobody reasonable and sane which excludes a good many here, said a child has to be "internet famous."

Coaches want to see a kid play in a game. Sure. That's understandable. How do I get some of these coaches interested in taking the time to come watch me play?

Send them an email but never send any videos to them? Good luck. That is like trying to date online but refusing to add a photo. It isn't likely to work in your favor.

Yes, coaches will be at tournaments and have an "opportunity" to watch your precious child play. But lots of other kids there want their attention too. If they have contacted the school ahead of time, sent some videos.and formed something of an email correspondence with the coach, who do you think the coach is probably going to watch?

You do not go on social media because college coaches are searching there for kids. You go on because you can post your videos and updates on showcases. If you are on the college coach's radar then yes they go to look. They also look to check game times and fields at showcases in case anything changed -- this has been big at ECNL Nashville where schedule changes because of the weather happen every year. At least that is what a number of coaches said. DD now committed. It is just a place to put stuff and to send coaches. To you atract them through emails and having them come see you.

You basically said what I said.