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Educating Parents of HS athletes on the College Recruiting Process[/quote]

A lot of the educating parents site stuff is outdated for what is going on in college soccer today, or maybe relevant only for girls...

Any expert who advises against ID camps for boys is way off base. That only works if your kid is among the top 1-2%. For most others, ID camps are huge opportunities and always required if you are a middle of the pack MLSN or ECNL player especially now with the roster camps and all the international players (ID camps give you a leg up agains the internationals).

Many D3s have rosters full of players who attended their ID camp. Yes, its a money grab--but it also gives your kid opportunity to form a relationship with the coach and be seen across multiple days. Does it guarantee anything--no, but your odds greatly improve if you do well. 
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100% correct. For many D3s, they get all their players from a couple local clubs and then their own IDs (plus depending on the school, maybe a few internationals). So it isn't even a money grab, for many of them you aren't getting on the roster if you don't show up for an ID... Nothing money grab about that and they usually are less than a $100.  [/quote]

Many D3 men's programs don't have a recruitment budget, so they are relying on regional talent, connections and if you come to their ID camps. I would add that not all ID camps are equal - look for the ones that the school puts on, not the larger "Nike" ones. You also want your player to get a sense of the campus, the players and the coaching team. Its a two-way process - our player quickly ruled out a few programs after an ID camp- he didn't connect with the coaches and the players. We did use NCSA - it provided lists, coaches and contacts but also all the contacts our player made he followed up directly to ask more questions. Its hard to tell its value, as the end result was a coach-to-coach contact was what worked in the end. [/quote]

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