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Get Scouted Scouting CareersWhen most prospects think about the phrase “communicating with a college coach,” their immediate thought goes to emails. And if you ask any one of them, they likely will tell you they’ve written a million of them with little to no response.
Some prospects assume they aren’t responding because of the NCAA’s contact rules. However, many times that assumption is wrong.
So what is right? How do prospects effectively communicate with college coaches?
Read the points below for some things to think about when communicating with college coaches.
Communicating with College Coaches
1. Who is your intermediary to the college coach? Who does that college coach trust? The person that gets your name on the desk is crucial.
2. What does the subject line of your email say about your email?
3. What is the length of your email? If it’s longer than one paragraph or one paragraph and a few bullets, it’s already too much.
4. Does your email give the coach a place to find out more? Provide a name of a reliable person the coach trusts along with a profile, video, and a schedule of events you will be playing in, etc.
5. Does your email tell him/her what you like about their school/program? Make it obvious that this email isn’t just a copy/paste template.
6. What are your selling points? Are you 6 feet tall throwing 66 mph? Are you a slapper running a 2.6-second home to first? Find your selling points and use them in your communications with college coaches.
Bottom line?
The college coach is your target demographic. You (the prospect) is the product. Therefore, you need to appeal to him or her in less than five seconds, or you’ve lost their attention. Get their attention and keep their attention.
You can do that with the right contact at the right time, the correct wording and content, and the right length of communication, as mentioned above. Communicating with college coaches is much easier when the intermediary is a National Scouting Report scout that the coach knows and trusts.
National Scouting Report is dedicated to finding scholarship opportunities for athletes who possess the talent, desire, and motivation to compete at the collegiate level. We’ve helped connect thousands of athletes with their perfect college.