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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m looking for a realistic outlook for DD, if she has any shot at playing D1.  She’s on a solid 08 ECNL team, doesn’t start but easily could if favoritism wasn’t a factor.  Coach says she should start, but only puts her in starting spots when there’s an injury.  She’s versatile and plays almost every position.  At showcases she plays about half or more of the game, but doesn’t start unless there’s an injury. She really wants to play D1, does she have a chance?  I wonder if we should we start shopping for a new club that will give her a starting spot or just stick it out a couple more years.   [/quote]

The club, league, and other players starting over her literally have NOTHING to do with college recruiting. Hate to break it to your DD, but only something like 6% of student athletes go on to play in college - at ANY level. Best advice I was given when we started the college scouting process, pick around 30 schools at each Division (NAIA, D1-D3), go on virtual tours of the colleges she's interested in, make a ton of game tape (we record every game and send to college coaches weekly to keep on their radar), and make sure your social media profiles are clean and up to date. This book was extremely useful for us as a guide for recruiting: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/. It's a long and time consuming process so make sure she's ready to carve out time to draft emails and communicate with coaches regularly when she's eligible. Good luck! [/quote]

Coach here,

Didn't check out the link, but most of this is good advice. Most colleges have camps that they use as recruiting tools/informal tryouts. The best thing I can say is make it easy for the school/coach you are interested in to see you. Contact them (contact rules are crazy, less complicated if YOU/Your Child reaches out.) Make videos, attend camps if possible, research the school/team/coach. Making D1 is tough. Needing an athletic scholarship to do so is even harder. A lot more money in academics, so keep those grades up.

I wouldn't worry at all about starting vs. not starting, especially in a showcase where coaches SHOULD be trying to play everyone a good amount of time. I would even let your coach know if you DD has a coach coming to watch her for a particular match, if you know in advance. Just make sure the coaches you're interested know your game schedule, jersey # etc... but anything you can do to make their life easier (like going to them/their camp etc.) goes a long way. If you're good enough, they'll want you. If you won't cost them scholarship money, even more so.[/quote]

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