Be sure and schedule all 5 of your official visits as soon as possible. The sooner you can schedule your official visits, the sooner you can make a final college decision. There are a lot of stories out there from people about how much FUN your recruiting visit should be and it should BE FUN, but be sure you approach your recruiting visit like a business trip.
My senior year in high school, I had several recruiting visits set up. My first official visit was to Stanford University. It was a blast. I got to meet amazing players from all over the country, eat great food, visit with the coaches, see Palo Alto...it was amazing, but I always approached it as a business trip.
Why is it important to think of it as a business trip?
One of the first things a coach will do once you leave is call the person that hosted you on your trip and find out all about you from your host. He will grill the person with questions such as:
Do you feel he could be an asset to our program?
Did you have any problems with him this weekend?
Did he keep his wits about him during the weekend? Did he cause any problems while he was with you?
These are just a few questions a coach will ask his players, and my point is that the coach is going to grill the person he teamed you up with to make sure you seem to be a student-athlete that will fit into his program.
A few key points to keep in mind as you take your visits:
1. Prepare ahead of time - visit with your coach and/or parents and write down any and all questions you have about the school/program.
2. DO THE RIGHT THING on campus. There will be times on your visit that you may find yourself in different situations...it is critical that you always do the right thing on your trip. Do not give the coach any reason not to offer you a scholarship.
3. Talk to as many people on the team as possible. Find out how they feel about the program. What they like and don't like about the school, professors, student body, coaches and anything else you may want to know.
4. Also, be sure to talk to as many students as possible as well. You can learn a lot from talking to the student body.
My senior year in high school, I had several recruiting visits set up. My first official visit was to Stanford University. It was a blast. I got to meet amazing players from all over the country, eat great food, visit with the coaches, see Palo Alto...it was amazing, but I always approached it as a business trip.
Why is it important to think of it as a business trip?
One of the first things a coach will do once you leave is call the person that hosted you on your trip and find out all about you from your host. He will grill the person with questions such as:
Do you feel he could be an asset to our program?
Did you have any problems with him this weekend?
Did he keep his wits about him during the weekend? Did he cause any problems while he was with you?
These are just a few questions a coach will ask his players, and my point is that the coach is going to grill the person he teamed you up with to make sure you seem to be a student-athlete that will fit into his program.
A few key points to keep in mind as you take your visits:
1. Prepare ahead of time - visit with your coach and/or parents and write down any and all questions you have about the school/program.
2. DO THE RIGHT THING on campus. There will be times on your visit that you may find yourself in different situations...it is critical that you always do the right thing on your trip. Do not give the coach any reason not to offer you a scholarship.
3. Talk to as many people on the team as possible. Find out how they feel about the program. What they like and don't like about the school, professors, student body, coaches and anything else you may want to know.
4. Also, be sure to talk to as many students as possible as well. You can learn a lot from talking to the student body.
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