College Softball Recruiting Camps - Be Prepared To Be At Your Best

By Richard Adams


If you find yourself among the college softball recruits from around the country you could be on the path to playing in university. You should take great pride in the fact that your talent, skills, and hard work have gotten you to this step in the process. The question you need to ask yourself is: How do you go from being a hopeful in college softball recruiting from all around the country to actually getting a scholarship offer?

Before you attend one of these recruiting camps, you should remember to show up in shape just as if softball season was starting that day, be ready to be at your best, make sure your skills are sharp before attending and bring a copy of your athletic resume with you.

There are thousands of softball recruits all across the country trying to make it to the university level. What will separate those who make it to the college level vs. Those who don't? Actually, there are several factors involved in this process. Here is a brief look at some of the biggest factors:

Talent - First of all, you must have the talent to play at the college level. No matter if you play at the high or ever junior university level, you must be a step above your high school competition if you are going to play at the university level.

Grades - With so many good recruits available to coaches, grades are extremely important. Contrary to what many friends and other so called "experts" tell you, grades are very important. Coaches want players who can stay academically qualified to play, so if two players have pretty equal talent yet one has far better grades, which one do you think gets offered the spot on the roster?

All of these ways should be noted and can help you with your goal of reaching the college level. However, the most important of these steps is most likely to keep in touch with the possible recruiters and market yourself aggressively. This is a fact often overlooked by high school softball players is that coaches from all across the country need talented players. Therefore, marketing and promoting your skills and talents to university coaches is not only good for you, it's a great deal for university coaches.

Stay In Contact with prospect recruiters. The most important advice is to keep the lines of communication open with coaches. Send them periodic updates on the progress of your team and your accomplishments. Don't make the coach wonder if you are still interested in playing for him or her. Staying in contact can keep you from falling off the radar of university coaches unnecessarily.

If you are fortunate enough to be among college ball recruits from around the country, you just might fulfill your dream of playing at university level. However, you need to take the five steps recommended above to give yourself the best chance of signing a scholarship offer or earning a roster spot with a non-scholarship school. If you are not currently being recruited to play and you think you have the talent to play college softball, you need to start marketing and promoting yourself to university coaches.




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