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South Effingham College Football Recruiting Handbook South Effingham Football Mustang Parents: This is both an exciting and scary time for senior players and their parents. There is a lot of information out there about playing football at the next level and in the following pages we hope to help answer some of the questions you may have. First of all, we as a high school coaching staff do not “give” scholarships. We are here to help your son and give him and you guidance. We cannot make colleges give a scholarship to one of our football players. On that note, we will do all that we can to aid your son if he truly desires to play collegiate football. There are opportunities for your son to play if he wants to – that does not mean there is always scholarship money available. There are different levels of collegiate sports and they are as follows: Division 1 If a D1 school has not contacted your son the chances are very slim for him to play on that level. Division 1AA They recruit Division 1 type players after the D1 schools are done with commitments. Without contact from them chances are slim as well. Division II They recruit much later. They may wait until January, February (after signing date) and later to find players. They rarely give “full” scholarships. Division III They recruit much later and rely on players who want to play. They give no money as far as football scholarships – they do give Academic and Leadership scholarships. NAIA They recruit much later as well but do give scholarships. In our packet of schools with southern affiliations you will find many different colleges and universities in Division II and lower levels. Look over this list and decide which schools you are interested in and personally contact them yourself as well as let us as a staff know. IT IS NOW TIME FOR YOU TO MARKET YOURSELF! We will provide game tapes as they are requested from schools, as well as to places you are interested in. If you have grades and are willing to move away from home, then your options to play at the next level increases. If you do not meet these TWO requirements then your options are few! “It’s a Great day to be a Mustang!” The purpose of this handbook is to further educate both parents and athletes on the requirements and demands of playing at the next level. Of course all coaches and parents wish their players could advance to play beyond high school and possibly even professionally; however, this is simply not possible. Football leads all major sports in percentage of high school athletes who will play professionally at a mere 0.09%! i Using two current recruiting guide books, Athletes Wanted by Chris Krause and The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting by Rick Wire, this handbook will hopefully provide you and your child with the tools to best diagnose exactly where to target your efforts. It will also provide insights into what is realistically possible for your child’s future. More important than getting to the next level is acquiring the tools to do so. As in all of life’s ventures, success lies in the preparation, and at the top of any student-athlete’s achievement checklist should be goal-setting. Goals create the blueprint that can help guide students both athletically as well as in the classroom. SMART GOALS A detailed description = SPECIFIC A number or other objective = MEASURABLE standard can be tied to the goal Realistic = ATTAINABLE Written down = RECORDED A specific date or timeline = TIME-BOUNDED (years, months, hours, minutes, or seconds) is set as a deadline ii for achieving the goal. Setting realistic goals is very important when assessing whether or not a high school athlete can play at the next level. Although many feel they have the ability to play at the Division I level, in all actuality, the numbers tell a different story. Almost 85% of collegiate athletic opportunities are available through Division II and Division III schools, NAIA programs, as well as in junior colleges. Also, the rules of the game change depending upon whether an athlete is highly recruited, moderately recruited, lightly recruited, or not-at-all recruited. iii Details regarding where your student-athlete falls in the previous list, will be defined later in the handbook. Four Things You Should Know About the Recruiting Process Posted on Hudl blog January 13, 2012 by Dan Essa The recruiting process can seem cryptic to some. Parents with athletes looking to play at the next level can find the task of getting video to recruiters, as well as making sure they’re meeting all of the NCAA’s requirements can be quite daunting. Here are four things coaches, parents, and athletes should know about the recruiting process: Start early . It’s never too early to start with the recruiting process. You may not have the video you want until your junior or senior year, but you can certainly start working on the academic part. The classes you take your freshman year carry just as much weight as those you take in your junior or senior years. It is not uncommon for 33% of NCAA Core classes to be satisfied in your freshman year of high school. Don’t wait until the last minute – start preparing now. It’s important to educate yourself about exactly which classes you’ll need to take. The NCAA doesn’t look at the ‘fluff’ classes – only the core classes. They also just approved a higher academic GPA requirement , which will take affect with the 2015 graduation class. Athletes will be required to have a 2.3 GPA rather than 2.0 – this can make a big difference. To put this into perspective – a star athlete who is a C-average student will now need to get five B’s in their high school career to raise their GPA from a 2.0 to 2.3. Take matters into your own hands. You can’t assume that the coach or counselor is going to handle the recruiting process for you. If it’s important to you, you should speak with your coach about the game video, then work on it yourself. If you have questions about academics, you should speak with your counselor, then take matters into your own hands. The national average for counselors to students is currently 500:1. Counselors can help tremendously, but just might not have the time. Game film is critical. It might already be obvious, but is worth saying again: game film is critical. You don’t need much. Start off with 10-12 of your best plays. If recruiters are interested, they’ll contact your coach for more information and more video. When it comes to effects on your video: Spot shadows: can be useful – particularly with football. Music: Coaches don’t care about it. College coaches watch film with 10 other things going on, and will turn it down most of the time. Character is a key component. There are very few athletes who have the game-changing talent that will cause a coach to put up with poor behavior. It’s important for recruiters to know that you’re not only a top-notch athlete but also a top-notch individual. Have you been volunteering or taking a leadership role in school organizations? The same goes for social networks. Anything you put on a social network can be seen by someone else, and recruiters are learning to use these social networks to assess the character of potential recruits. Want to learn more? Go to http://www.freerecruitingwebinar.org and check out their free webinars on recruiting to educate yourself. Creating highlights on Hudl.com Coaches can tag and create highlights for players that can be quickly and easily shared with recruiters, friends, and family. After the highlights are created by the coaches , Hudl.com gives players the option to use premium highlights. Premium highlights give you (players) the ability to create a professional highlight film with cover slides, music, spots shadows or arrows, and customized clip order. But keep in mind that majority of college recruiters will turn down the music on the highlights as they evaluate the film. What is the cost to a recruiter to access an athlete’s video on Hudl? A recruiter can access any video sent to them by a coach or player, free of charge. When video is shared to a recruiter in Hudl, if the recruiter doesn’t already have a Hudl login, he can set one up the first time he accesses the video. As coaches, we can send highlights for players . Hudl makes it easy for coaches to create a recruiter package, which eliminates the hassle of creating DVDs and the cost of sending them through the mail. Coaches can also share any players highlight page using the sharing tools on the page. As an athlete, can I send my video to recruiters? Yes. Once you create a highlight page, you can email your highlights to a recruiter. Because the highlight page is a public facing page, you can also copy the link and share the link with others. Recruiting Packages with game film can only be shared by coaches through Hudl Recruiting. Use this link http://www.hudl.com/tutorials/usinghighlights/ to access a tutorial on how to create, watch, and share highlights. Use this link http://www.hudl.com/tutorials/usingpremiumhighlights/ to access a tutorial on how to create, watch, and share premium highlights.