The role of your high school coach in the athletic recruiting process
This entry was posted on 1/17/2009 10:25 AM and is filed under Boys Basketball News, Girls Basketball News.
Colleges are going to contact your high school coach. Colleges will want to find out from them what type of player and person you are. They will want to know how hard you work and what type of teammate you are in addition to asking about your abilities.
Another important role of the high school coach is to help when requests are made for game film to help in the recruiting process. Generally this will be done by coaches that are not able to go out and have a live player evaluation.
The following is an excerpt from an article regarding the role of your high school coach in the athletic recruiting process from the website Recruiting-101.com.
"The majority of high school coaches are going to be completely honest when college coaches ask them questions about you. These questions are not simple can he or she play. They will be about your work ethic, how much you love the game, and your character. If you have spent the season butting heads with the coach because you are not mature enough to handle him or her, do you really think they are suddenly going to be shy on the phone to a college coach?
What this shows is the importance of the relationship that you have with your coach. No matter how wrong you and your family may think the coach is, they are the head coach for a reason. It is prudent to listen to them and do what they say. They are in charge of the team and it is not worth getting into battles with them because it could factor in later on.
The overall role of the high school coach can vary from situation to situation. I will give three examples of coaches that I have seen over the past few years and most coaches normally fit in to at least one. Let me stress that before you get mad about what your coach is or isn’t doing, realize that they have a lot going on in their lives. They have a teaching job (likely), a family, a wife/husband, kids, a social life, and a head coaching job. Throw in the number of athletes who want to get recruited and that makes it difficult."
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The role of your high school coach in the athletic recruiting process
Unfortunately there are a number of high school coaches that are not willing to help with your recruitment. These coaches create a great deal of difficulty when trying to help with your college recruitment. I know many of you have had problems in obtaining game tapes to be able to send to the various colleges that want to evaluate and recruit you. You need to be respectful of your coaches but you also need to be able to respond to the college's needs. Hopefully your coaches don't fall into the third category, my fear is that many do.
