Spring Softball Recruiting

It’s mid-March, most states are in High School softball season, and the college softball coaches are in season as well. Lately, I’ve had alot of prospects email/call lately asking if and how college softball coaches continue recruiting during their own season. It’s a big misconception that college softball coaches stop recruiting during their season. Does the active scouting particular players out at various showcases die down during the college season? Absolutely. But does it end til Summer? Recruiting NEVER ends! But you might be surprised to find out that during the coach’s season is when most prospects are able to propel themselves above the competition. Are there “quiet periods” and “dead periods”? Yes. But that doesn’t mean recruiting stops, it only means that during this time they can’t communicate with you. It’s towards the mid-February, when I told you camps will die out and their seasons will start off, and now the next couple of months will determine a HUGE part of your recruiting and whether or not you’re offered by then, or atop the coach’s list by then at the least so your Summer schedule is actually added to his/her schedule to scout. Personally, I love this time of year because being able to be the scout for my NSR softball prospects, it enables me to spend a lot of uninterrupted time talking to various coaches about various prospects of mine and the difference is clear.

So what can you do? If you have your Spring schedule yet, make sure to send it to me ASAP (rwilson@nsr-inc.com) and I’ll forward to my softball scout in your area along with:

1. Your profile sheet or web
2. Video or clips (if you have them)
3. Contact info for mom/dad

If all is well after getting any of the things you have listed above, my softball scout in your area or myself will be in touch immediately. Just like the last few years, I’m going to be talking to more college coaches during the months of February – May than most people will all year. It’s my job (and a pretty fun one!). And given the thousands of college softball requests that have came since January in addition to the large # of my prospects being committed, I’m going to have a lot of opportunities for uncommitted prospects starting this weekend through the upcoming months. Only 2% of girls who want to play college softball actually get the chance to, so the little things like this are what propel girl A from girl B. This video helps explain the 2% and whether you’re girl “A” or girl “B”: