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 this important?
Well there are several reasons why you want to treat your visit like a business trip. On your visit, the coach is going to team you up with a current player on the team…what do you think the first thing a coach does once you leave campus to go back home? He calls the player he teamed you up with into his office and starts interviewing him about you. The coach asks the current player:
How was he during the weekend?
Does he seem like a kid that can fit into our program?
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.
KEY STRATEGIES ON A RECRUITING TRIP:
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 while on campus – typically the person you are teamed up with will take you to a party. DO NOT drink or do drugs (you shouldn’t be doing this anyways) on your visit.
3. Talk to as many of the current players as possible. Find out how they feel about the campus, coaches, other players, professors, etc. This is important
4. Talk to as many student on campus as possible as well. Get a feel for what it is like to be
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