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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every Metro Travel player parent will tell you after they leave the club that they did all of the work for recruiting or paid a service.  Metro has connections and will send a letter to the coach on your behalf but that is it!  Paramount pretty much the same.  When you are recruited they take credit for it.  They do not want to really post anything other than D1 whether it is a good fit for your player or not.  Commit does not equal scholarship!!!

The only CHRVA club I know that actively gets all of their players recruited hands on is CVA.  Last years 18 mostly went D1 or D2 and so far all of last club seasons 17s have committed before they even play 18s. There are CVA players playing along side of Metro travel players at some of these mid D1 schools.    They will find a fit for anyone who wants to play next level.  Check out the CVA Instagram live from today.   [/quote]
Not sure what "actively" gets players recruited means, but I can say for certain that college coaches are primarily interested in interacting with the athletes themselves. They don't want emails or contacts from parents, paid recruiting services, or club recruiting coordinators. They want to talk to the players. I have heard from multiple college coaches who get hundreds of emails from interested players that they don't give as much weight to an email that isn't from the player themselves (and they can tell the emails that all have the same formatting were drafted by recruiting services even if they are from a player's email address). If they like a player after speaking with them, working with them at a camp. watching them play, or watching film, they may want to talk to their coach or club director, but the idea that a club or other paid service can do all the work to get recruited is not accurate.

And to be clear, I don't mean to say that a club or recruiting service can't be helpful. They absolutely can have relationships with college coaches that might result in a player getting looked at that might have been otherwise overlooked. And they can help navigate the process and advise on what programs might be appropriate for the particular athlete's level of play. And of course college coaches know which clubs attract good athletes and prepares them to play in college.

All of that said, while parents, clubs, and paid services can help and support in the process, the burden is on the player to put in the work to get recruited, both on the court and off.
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