Recruiting hasn't changed much

Recruiting hasn't changed much
by nannywarth (2020-09-19 11:07:52)

In reply to: Excellent insight, tons of detail, thanks very much! If you posted by fortune_smith

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With so many different resources available (Strava, video, etc..) most of the athletes I recruit can still send me plenty of information on their performances. Whether they are done at a meet, time trial, or practice setting (jumps, throws) there is plenty of information available. Athletes need to be a little more pro-active in getting their information out to coaches.

I'm actually doing a lot of recruiting via Zoom and my feeling is that the athletes can actually get MORE information from coaches and college athletes that way than they could in the old "in person" recruiting method. Probably the biggest issue at D1 and D2 is getting a feel for how many scholarships you might have available as athletes decide whether to stay or not. What I am hearing from the NCAA is that they may "grandfather" some current scholarships and not count them against your limit. Schools would then have to decide if they wanted to offer the extra scholarships that might result for one or two years. The delay from the NCAA on this is their effort to find out how many athletes it might affect and whether it is worth it.

NY state cross country is the best for women but about middle of the pack for men right now.

Interesting coincidence re:your last sentence

Last weekend I was in Saratoga Springs. I went for a hike in the State Park. After the hike, walking to the car, I saw a girl's H.S. team working out and I stopped for a moment to speak with the coaches.

He mentioned that the team won the Nike National Championship last year. It was the outfit linked and they did, in fact, win Nationals last year (78 pts to Central Oregon's 160). NY put at least five girls in the top 20 in that race. So I think you are on to something: NY girls HS XC is pretty good.

Click here for link at https://www.besporthappy.com/kinetic-xc-club.html

Thank you very much for all the additional detail

Much appreciated!

If I’m interpreting correctly, it sounds like D1 and D3 schools would currently be in reasonably active recruiting dialogue with new high school juniors, as opposed to waiting until later this fall or some time in 2021.

Is this a reasonably accurate interpretation. Thanks again!

Yes with a caveat...

In D3 you my be dealing with staff furloughs in some cases. If only one head coach is active, recruiting might be a little slower.

Interesting nuance, and thx for the entire chain of insights *