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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, some of the ECNL rosters have in excess of 25 kids on them.  If your goal is to play in college, I thought playing time mattered more than just being on a team.  How can the Coach see you play at a showcase event if you are the 2nd or 3rd string on your team?  I've been told by coaches, it is important to have significant playing time over just being on a team.  Or did just being on an ECNL team seem to open the 'doors of interest' for your daughter?[/quote]

Great question!  Our team had 20 players but because of her position (defender) she rarely came off the field.  College coaches got plenty of opportunity to see her.  For showcase events our coach made sure everyone got plenty of playing time especially the girls who are not committed yet.  We routinely had 80-90 coaches at our showcase games.  A good higher ranked ECNL team will have tons of coaches at their games.  [/quote]

Was your daughter contacted by coaches that were not on her list do to them just being able to watch her?[/quote]

All the time!  There were plenty of schools that reached out especially after June 15th.  Most of the schools reached out because they saw her at showcase events.  I will repeat...ITS ALL ABOUT THE SHOWCASE EVENTS!!! 
1. Contact coaches before the showcase events stating your interest in the school.  Give them your times and location of all three of the games.  
2. BALL OUT during those games.  
3. Have a parent annotate what coaches came to the games.  
4. Take that list of schools and contact them a few days later thanking them for coming to see you play. 
5. Once you get you highlights video done from that showcase event, send them the link to the highlight video.  I highly recommend that athletes setup their own YouTube channel to 'store' all of their videos in one common place (especially if your club does not use a platform like Sports Recruit)

This process is an way to start communication with college coaches.  You have a reason to contact them (showcase times, thanks for coming, highlight link)
6. Send the highlight link out to all other schools that didnt come to watch you play.  The objective is to get your name out there
7. Post short highlight clips on IG and X.  Follow every colleges IG and X account to keep up with what they are doing.  Like the colleges posts.

Yes, this is a process but is gets super easy once you have done it a few times.  Hardest part is generally putting together the highlights but like I said in the original post, keep it short with only the best stuff.  If you are not savvy with video editing software or techniques...try your best to figure it out.  YouTube is your friend.  [/quote]

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