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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that there is a population of schools who are increasingly relying on their ID camps to recruit from vs showcases. It's not like they aren't going to showcases, but it seems like they may be using their camps to cull their lists down. Perhaps the logic is if a player isn't willing to come to an id camp, perhaps they aren't really interested. This could be a byproduct of their being alot more players in the market now due to the growth of DA and ECNL.  Curious to hear from those of you at the end of the process if you agree with this observation or not.[/quote]

That's interesting.  I thought those camps were just a money-grab.  My email inbox is over-flowing from all of these various ID college camps and my kids are in middle school.  Delete, delete, delete.

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What year should I a kid go to one of these camps (after vetting the legitimacy of the camp and the coaches actually attending)?  Freshmen? Sophmore?, etc.[/quote]

Here is my advice. Determine your budget. Decide based on that how many camps you want to do.

Timing - Do not do a camp until you think the player is ready when they will show well vs other HS aged players. As a Freshman you will be competing vs Sophomores and Juniors. Would it be better to wait a year? Depends on the player.

Which camps to attend - Make sure you have already reached out to the programs before attending the camp so they at least know you are coming. Ideally the program should show interest in you first before signing up for a camp.

How do you know if a program is interested? Has the program expressed interest through your coach? No phone calls allowed but they are allowed to do that. If you got emails invites to attend, were they personalized at all ("We saw you play at the Spring showcase in Florida and think you might be a fit"), and if you got an email after a showcase - did everyone else on the team get the same email (MoneyGrab) or just you (Interest)?[/quote]

Well, of course. The point of the post was to illustrate that for some schools, these camps are becoming more important as discriminators. And necessarily, there are only so many camps that players can/should afford. I think what is happening is that with the window pushed back some, more girls on the market, and it being easy to keep your field wide by blasting out emails, that scouts are bombarded by more emails/contacts than they can handle. Just another change in this ever evolving process.
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Sounds a lot like AMWAY to me. Here, pay us money and then we'll decide if we want you to come work for us, possibly for free.

Maybe it would be better to go and test the waters in Europe or South America and actually get paid to play. :-?[/quote]

It probably would. Better soccer, lifetime experience.  And some of the players I know actually enroll in universities over there at the same time. [/quote]

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