Assistant coaches make most of their money off camps. It's why you get 5-10 emails per week with personal invitations to attend. Pick the schools your child is interested in. Contact the coaches. Go to those camps and develop those relationships.

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Anonymous wrote:We started ID camps and developing relationships at U12/13.

And the coaches there were:

College ID camps post the ages for the ID camps. If they post the ages starting at 12 they will not be rolling their eyes. If they posted the ages for the camp as starting at 15 and you bring a 12 year old they will roll theirs UNLESSS the kid is very very good.

The new rules state that they can't make any communication until Junior year but they will write the name down if they like what they see.

$400 (average ID camp cost) for a name assumed to be written on a white board? Too young.

Are you suggesting that an ID camp isn’t truly interested in 12 year olds and only uses it as a cash grab? I recently attended an ID camp with my pregnant wife. She is in her third trimester. We brought ultrasound pictures, our collegiate background bloodline from Ancestry.com, as well as our trophy collection from our days as the number one ranked mixed badminton champions. My wife is incredible with a shuttlecock. The coach definitely showed a lot of interest in recruiting our embryo to their program. I thought the $195 fee was a solid investment.

I’ve got news for you, the kid isn’t yours.

That’s cold FCV Dad. Cold blooded.

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I’ve got news for you, the kid isn’t yours.

Thanks Maury. I had concerns, but I think I’ll raise the child anyways as my own. I mean does it get any better than living vicariously through your U12 and putting others down? I wouldn’t want to miss that chance just because I’m not the biological father.

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Anonymous wrote:We started ID camps and developing relationships at U12/13.

And the coaches there were:

College ID camps post the ages for the ID camps. If they post the ages starting at 12 they will not be rolling their eyes. If they posted the ages for the camp as starting at 15 and you bring a 12 year old they will roll theirs UNLESSS the kid is very very good.

The new rules state that they can't make any communication until Junior year but they will write the name down if they like what they see.

$400 (average ID camp cost) for a name assumed to be written on a white board? Too young.

Are you suggesting that an ID camp isn’t truly interested in 12 year olds and only uses it as a cash grab? I recently attended an ID camp with my pregnant wife. She is in her third trimester. We brought ultrasound pictures, our collegiate background bloodline from Ancestry.com, as well as our trophy collection from our days as the number one ranked mixed badminton champions. My wife is incredible with a shuttlecock. The coach definitely showed a lot of interest in recruiting our embryo to their program. I thought the $195 fee was a solid investment.

I’ve got news for you, the kid isn’t yours.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started ID camps and developing relationships at U12/13.

And the coaches there were:

College ID camps post the ages for the ID camps. If they post the ages starting at 12 they will not be rolling their eyes. If they posted the ages for the camp as starting at 15 and you bring a 12 year old they will roll theirs UNLESSS the kid is very very good.

The new rules state that they can't make any communication until Junior year but they will write the name down if they like what they see.

$400 (average ID camp cost) for a name assumed to be written on a white board? Too young.

Are you suggesting that an ID camp isn’t truly interested in 12 year olds and only uses it as a cash grab? I recently attended an ID camp with my pregnant wife. She is in her third trimester. We brought ultrasound pictures, our collegiate background bloodline from Ancestry.com, as well as our trophy collection from our days as the number one ranked mixed badminton champions. My wife is incredible with a shuttlecock. The coach definitely showed a lot of interest in recruiting our embryo to their program. I thought the $195 fee was a solid investment.

Anonymous wrote:Attending ID camps at a young age only provides cash for the programs. A 12 year old players isn't going to be the same at 15 or 16. The players who are that good at 12 top out and are passed by the ones who will be the top players at 15.

While I agree that attending ID camps at young age is cash and time foolish, the rest doesn't really make sense. While 12 year old players may not be the same 15, it does not mean that all good 12 year old players will fail when they reach 15 and be replaced by a new crop of top players.

I've spent far too much time on the sidelines at rec games, school games, club tournaments, college showcases, etc than what I would like, but here is my perspective. Some top 15 year olds were amazing @ 12 even if puberty was a little rough. Some 15 year olds have shed their gangly selves and are amazing. And some 15 year olds who were tops at 12 are now flat. My DD was lightning at 10, considerably slower at 13, and regained speed at 15. She is not an amazing player, but she is smart, reliable, and always where she needs to be on the field - or at least that is what the coaches say.

My only advice for parents is to read and talk to folks outside your DC's soccer club. Our DD is not planning to play in college, but girls on her team were hoping to play and the club strung them along until this fall when they finally admitted what the odds were for the girls on the team. They can all play college, but maybe one, if lucky, will play division one. Three families were banking - no pun intended - that their daughters would get scholarships. One of these was convinced that her daughter would play for a California school. If the club had been more honest about the odds, the parents may have made different choices. But to have entrusted these coaches and club to only find out that this was not going to happen junior year was disappointing, even crushing, for many.

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Anonymous wrote:Prime recruiting year for us was Freshman year with a verbal commitment in Sophomore year. This was true for my daughter and her friends. Boys are much later.

Agree with this. This is what we saw with are older male relatives. Commitments were end of Junior year/early Senior year.

Boys are still changing so much. My 14-year old has size 11 feet and is currently 5'4". His predicted height is 6'2" which he most likely will not reach until closer towards the end of HS like the other men in his family.

Yes.

For boys it’s crazy.

Some of those giant 5’6” 12-year old 5’8” 13-14 year old boys remain that tall. While some 5’1”-5’3” 13-year olds grow an entire foot between 16-18. I have seen this a lot. I’ve also seen field player’s grow to 6’6” and no longer possess agility/quickness.

Anonymous wrote:tennis—Serena.
Gymnastics- Mary Lou Retton
Skier —Lindsay Vonn

None are world class sprinters.