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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Key recruiting events/connections for top field hockey programs

1.  Nexus championship weekend
2.  NCCs
3.  Disney (top flights)
4.  Shooting Star Thanksgiving (top pools)
5.  College specific clinics held on their campus or affiliated club teams.  Not Lineup
6.  Club affiliation/relationships with college coaches 
7.  NITs (more for goalies) [/quote]

I did not know this about the line up.  Thank you for the run down.  This is helpful for us as we start learning about the recruiting process.  
This is a good rundown. One question - why not Lineup?[/quote]

Don’t recommend lineup because it’s a small space, coaches barely get 50 min with almost 18 players, they don’t get to group the players by skill so they wind up doing more generic skill drills than evaluating speed, field iq, stick skills.  Also, when they took away the end of the day tournaments coaches could no longer see the player play.  Would recommend Apex or Super Sixty over lineup.  The reason the lineup gets so many coaches is they pay they very well.  So many assistant coaches show because of that.  [/quote][/quote]

This was not our experience (though I agree about taking away the tournament was not a good idea. they do have "rivalry games" which are a form of that). Lineup lets you meet a lot of diff coaches quickly w/o traveling all over. You may find you don't click with a certain coach, for example. My child actually got noticed there by several coaches starting at the end of soph. year and so it was a good experience for us.

We would not recommend Apex or Super 60. Super 60 was too large, a complete zoo, with so many players! And hot as hell. Unless you are a superstar or already are emailing certain coaches, I don't know how you get noticed at that event. I don't know a single player that attended and did. But, I'm sure there are those that do b/c it's a huge event and people are obv going.

Just goes to show the the paid showcases like that are really such personal decisions/opinions.[/quote]

We had the same experience at Line Up and Super Sixty.  Players of varying skill with some beginner level players, which takes away from the utility of these showcases.  [/quote]

Completely agree on these paid showcases as personal decisions/opinions.  I think the list provided is good especially for the top programs.  The one thing to note is region 7/8 Nexus selections have a lot of politics.  Club coaches sometimes are site coaches pushing for their own players to move to selection camp (ranking is done every weekend) and then push at selection camp too to get them into the championship weekend.  This is where club affiliation seems to matter especially if they are working Nexus. Wide majority of players that have gone to the Nexus championship gets heavily recruited by D1s and top D3s.  Also since both Nexus and NCCs happen on water turf, the elite coaches come out.  As for college clinics, within first hour the head coach will evaluate and restack players (if you aren’t already put with the top group when you enter if this is the first time they are seeing you).  If you aren’t being coached by the head coach, aren’t with the current team players or committed players group, the school isn’t interested (high probability). Be strategic on how your player does recruiting and how much money and time you invest.  If the player is willing to ask the hard questions to the colleges on their player evaluation ranking, the coaches will reciprocate with truthful responses.  Be strategic, clear, and be honest with yourself on skill level assessment vs college desire (matches). [/quote]

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