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Recruiting 101

Presented by the ETSU Coaching Staff:

Head Coach Lindsey Devine

Assistant Coach Tammi Fries

Assistant Coach Rachel Cooper

Getting Started – Comprising your list

Academics

Athletics

Social

Financial

• Determine what you want to study
• Majors offered
• Grades, ACT, SAT

• Make a list
• Dream, Realistic, Back up
• Division
• I
• II
• III
• NAIA
• Junior College

• Stability
• Head Coach
• Program
• Rosters
• Position and Year of current players

• DI Upper Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’5” – 6’0”
• Vertical – 28 inches
• Speed and Agility
• DI Lower Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’5” – 5’10”
• Vertical – 24 inches
• Speed and Agility

• DI Upper Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’8” – 6’1”
• Block Jump – 9’2”
• Approach Jump – 9’6”
• DI Lower Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’8” – 6’1”
• Block Jump – 9’0” +
• Approach Jump 9’3”

• DI Upper Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’11” – 6’2”
• Block Jump – 9’4”
• Approach Jump – 9’10”
• DI Lower Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’10” – 6’0”
• Block Jump – 9’1”
• Approach Jump – 9’7”

• DI Upper Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 6’0” – 6’4”
• Block Jump – 9’5”
• Approach Jump – 10’ +
• DI Lower Tier
• Avg. Ht. – 5’11” – 6’3”
• Block Jump – 9’3”
• Approach Jump 9’9”

• Geographic Location
• Distance from home
• Rural vs. City
• Weather
• Size of School
• Small, Medium, Large
• Regular Student
• Good fit

• Sit down with your parents
• Financial Aid
• Athletic Money
• DI = 12
• DII = 8
• DIII = 0
• NAIA = 8
• Juco = 14* Varies per school
• Academic Money
• Grants
• Can the school combine both

• Have a large list
• Do not put all of your eggs in one basket
• College coaches have a long list also

What do you do now?

Marketing Yourself

• When?
• Never too early
• Sophomore year = big recruiting year
• What Can You Do?
• Initiate Contact
• Attend a Match
• Attend Summer Camps
• Club Exposure – attend competitive tournaments
• Meet w/ HS Counselor
• NCAA Clearinghouse
• ACT/SAT

• Personal Info
• Name
• Contact Info
• Address
• Email
• Phone – Cell & Home
• DOB
• Graduation Year
• Athletic Info
• Position
• Height
• Weight
• Reach & Approach Jump
• Club & HS Teams
• Jersey Number

• Academic Info
• GPA
• SAT/ACT
• Rank
• High School
• Picture
• Schedule
• Achievements
• Coaches Contact Info
• Club & HS
• Email & Phone

• Skills Video and Game Footage
• Skills
• 5 minutes maximum
• Include Introduction
• Highlight skills being recruited for
• Game Footage
• Can be unedited or edited
• Can always ask coaches what they want, then send

• Send DVD or Email Online Link
• Example of Skills video online
• Skills Video
• Example of Highlighted Game Footage
• Game Footage

Places to upload video:

• Youtube
• Vimeo
• Personal Website
• Recruiting Website

• You can create your own website as a way to market yourself that includes your biographical information, academics, athletics, video, pictures, profile, etc.
• Example:
• Prospect's Website
• Allows you to email link to coaches and it contains all your information

• The more information a club website can provide, the more a club will help their players in the recruitment process

Important Items:

• Updated Rosters including year of graduation, height, position, approach/block touches
• Tournament Schedule
• Who to contact regarding recruitment
• http://skylinejuniors.com/mainpage.htm

Make sure the schools you are interested in

receive a copy of your club schedule as soon as possible

• Options:
• Send hard copy by mail
• Email word/pdf file
• Email exact link to schedule
• Preferably a file attachment that can be saved by coaches

• University Athlete is an online database used by most volleyball programs in the country to access information on prospective players and the rosters and schedules of large tournaments
• University Athlete is free for players
• Usually if you are registered with USAV or JVA, you are automatically loaded into UA
• Keep your information up-to-date in UA so coaches can contact you!!

http://www.universityathlete.com/

• Volleyball programs may ask you to fill out a questionnaire; hard copy or online
• It is a good idea to always respond whether you think you are interested or not
• http://www.etsubucs.com/sports/wvball/

Rules for Communication

There are rules on when college coaches can communicate with prospects (9th grade on) and the rules vary with the different divisions (Div. I, Div. II, etc).

• Most coaches are not allowed to send text messages to you until you have signed an NLI to the school you choose
• Facebook
• Coaches must treat it like email. Coaches can email you through Facebook but cannot write on your wall. Can only befriend you if you are at least a junior.
• Twitter
• Coaches cannot directly tweet you. Coaches can follow you if you are at least a junior.

Final Stages

• Where? – at club season tournaments
• Help the recruiting coach by emailing prior to the tournament and making him/her aware of your playing schedule (court and playing time)
• Remind coach of your jersey number
• Text college coach the day of the tournament (remind him/her of your court/playing schedule)
• Ensure that your club coach has your updated player profile available to be handed out
• While at recruiting tournaments, college coaches cannot talk to you or your parents – a simple wave or hello is allowed
• Specifically what are college coaches looking for?
• Skill level, athleticism and court presence

• Made at the prospects expense
• You have unlimited unofficial visits
• Can make these visits at any time
• Make college visits throughout your junior year
• Spring break, weekends, vicinity of tournaments or games
• Call the college coach, set up a campus tour and meeting
• Do some homework on the school
• Ask questions, hold a conversation = we are not recruiting your parents
• Dress well, look the part
• Respectful to parents

• All expenses paid visit to the institution
• Maximum of 5 paid visits = no more than 1 visit per school
• No sooner than opening day of classes of senior year = 1st visit
• Prior to the visit, you must provide high school transcripts, and test scores PSAT/SAT/ACT to the college
• NCAA Clearinghouse (must be registered)
• Parents’ hotel, food, gas and entertainment will be covered (siblings must pay for food)
• 3 complimentary admission tickets to attend a sporting event on campus
• You will tour the campus, meet the team and the coaches
• Ask a ton a questions
• Visit lasts for 48 hours

• Prior to August 1 of a prospective student-athlete’s senior year in high school, an institution shall not provide a written offer of athletically related financial aid.
• Most schools wait until the first signing date, November, before scholarship papers are mailed
• In most cases, a Prospective student-athlete will also sign a National Letter of Intent when signing a Grant in Aid
• Student-athletes may continue to sign anytime after that early date or the institution may wait to the late signing date in April

• http://www.universityathlete.com/
• http://skylinejuniors.com/mainpage.htm
• www.ncaa.org

QUESTIONS?

Athlete Development

Mike Israetel (Ph.D. Candidate, Sport Science)

Ashley Kavanaugh (Ph.D. Candidate, Sport Science)

• 3 basic components:
• Sound technical practice (volleyball skill practice)
• Good nutrition
• Proper strength training

• Learn fundamentals well
• (They form the foundation of high level play.)
• Practice consistently
• (Year-round in some capacity.)
• Don’t overtrain!
• (Practice smart, not always hard. Take light days and days off weekly.)

• Drink skim milk or chocolate milk after every hard training session and weights session.
• Eat a diet of:
• Many (5+) small meals evenly throughout the day
• High in protein (meat, milk, fish, eggs, poultry)
• Eat plenty of green veggies and fruits

• Two components of movement performance:
• 1.) Skill (trained in practice)
• 2.) Strength/Power (trained in the weight room)
• Training for volleyball must focus on lower-body strength… deep squatting and deadlifting are MUSTS.
• Find a Powerlifting or Weightlifting gym or coach in your area… tell them you want to get stronger legs.

• You don’t get better in the gym.

Stimulate in the gym…

…Adapt during rest.

• In order to accelerate the adaptation (improvement) process:
• Get plenty of sleep
• Eat well
• Relax and have fun when not training or doing schoolwork!