<p>What phone number is recommended on the resume? If you put the athlete’s cell, they are usually unavailable to pick up phone…better to use a parent’s cell (better chance of being answered but does a coach want to speak with a parent) or home (also not usually answered, at least in our house…)</p>
<p>as others on this board know I’m not a big fan of resumes but use the athletes phone number. coaches are not recruiting the parents. coaches don’t want to talk to parents (until they are closing and then they’ll talk to mom:))</p>
<p>athletes phone number, athletes email. it’s time for the student ATHLETE to put themselves out there and represent themselves with other adults, the coaches. this isn’t t-ball:)</p>
<p>Our daughter put my cell number on the questionnaires because she wouldn’t be able to answer her phone during school or practice hours, which is the majority of the day. Also we weren’t sure how much of a nuisance coach phone calls would be and I wanted to be able to screen them if necessary. As it turned out, most coaches called the home number first, and only planned to use the cell if the home number was busy or no one picked up. I think only one coach ever called my cell and I just passed the phone to D. </p>
<p>Then, once D had narrowed down her choices to around 8 schools, she gave those trusted coaches her cell phone number.</p>
<p>We used the home phone for several reasons: </p>
<p>Caller ID: this allows screening. Sometimes even if kid is home, they can’t possibly talk on the phone at that moment. Or the kid needs 24 hours to pass to hear from Coach B before he can talk to Coach A. The coach can leave a message, or call back without using up their contact call for the week.</p>
<p>Limits access to the kid: Coaches don’t know your kid’s schedule, and may be several time zones away, calling at very odd or inconvenient hours. </p>
<p>Parent can be a presence: These calls were for my child, but every now and then a coach would keep calling even though my D had indicated no interest. I was able to tactfully end the calls. Also, while the kid can and should be the primary negotiator, I alwasy felt it was important for coaches to know that a parent was paying attention. The house phone has more of that feel than the kid’s cell phone.</p>
<p>If negotiations reach a stage where your kid needs to be contacted 24/7 by a particular coach , then you can give out his cell number.</p>
<p>cross post with GFG- sounds like we had similar ideas…</p>
<p>coaches will call whatever number your athlete gives them, they’ll call your home phone if that’s what they were given. There’s nothing wrong with a coach getting voice mail, everyone is busy (student and coach) so leaving a message is common, and there shouldn’t be any anxiety over “missing a call” a coach will leave a message. they’re calling because they are very interested in recruiting your athlete!</p>
<p>I don’t see any value in inserting a parent, via the phone, between the athlete and the recruiting coach. But I guess to my own point it probably doesn’t hurt either, the coach wants your athlete that’s why they called, so having to talk to a parent first may slow things down but it most likely will not change the outcome.</p>
<p>It’s a really positive sign when a coach calls!</p>
<p>Having dealt with many college coaches, I echo the comments here that the more the student-athlete can take responsibility for the recruiting process, the better. After all, it’s the student-athlete who will be spending the next 4-5 years with that coach, not Mom or Dad!</p>
<p>The questionnaires tend to request both a home and a cell number, pacheight, hence the OP’s question. I suppose you could leave the cell number question blank, though, if you only want them to call the home number. Different strokes for different folks. The most I ever said to a college coach when D was home was, “Yes, just a minute please.” I don’t think that detracts from the student being the principle communicator.</p>
<p>Another reason to give a parent’s cell is that when you confiscate your teen’s cell for disciplinary reasons (and turn if off so they can’t call it and find out it’s hidden in your sock drawer, lol), your S or D won’t miss a coach’s call. Can you tell I’m speaking from experience?</p>
<p>soooo glad you told that story on yourself, GFG.</p>
<p>“Disciplinary reasons”? Is that kind of talk still allowed in the 21st century? ;)</p>
<p>i’ve never seen a kid come in line so quick as to when att shuts off texting:) btw: it’s best to leave the phone with them, nothing more frustrating then still having the phone, but the texting functionality is disabled!</p>
<p>And speaking of texting, NCAA says coaches can’t text recruits. The primary reason is that kids who don’t have unlimited texting minutes can end up with a big bill for unsolicited texts.</p>
<p>When you think about it, virtually all of the NCAA rules are in place to keep the coaches under control. Without limits, some of these coaches would run rampant. There are some interesting twists with Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace as well. If you want more details, just contact me through PM.</p>
<p>I’m pretty late to the discussion here, but I thought I’d offer up a different perspective. I put my cell phone down for a number of reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Accessibility. I’m constantly traveling, or at sports or other activities when technically “home.” A coach would almost never get me at home, and I’m not with a parent enough for it to make sense to give their cell.</p></li>
<li><p>Direct Access. At home, I will pretty much never answer the phone; instead, it will likely be my younger sister. While a very smart girl, you never know what she might let slip out, and I wanted to be in charge of the information flow. </p></li>
<li><p>Caller ID. For me, this worked the opposite way. My cell has caller id, so I could screen calls much more effectively. If a call came in, I got to decide whether or not I should take it. If somebody else picks up the home line, they’re more likely to say I’m available even if I don’t want to talk to the coach at that time.</p></li>
<li><p>Messages. Kinda family specific, but there have been many instances in the past where I haven’t gotten messages on the home line for days because nobody (including/especially me) was paying attention. I’ll always get messages right away on my cell.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Just my 2 cents. Obviously different methods will work better for each family.
Two reasons this may have been better for me were:
a). I was essentially completely in control of my recruiting and all communication with coaches.
b). I wasn’t being totally inundated with calls.</p>
<p>“Disciplinary reasons” :rolleyes:</p>
<p>yes–our younger student often loses the phone and MP3 player for grades etc…
not the case with our older student…</p>
<p>I was just thinking about the phone # issue this week–as July 1 approaches…in part because our student will be away a large portion of the summer with the sport–and email will be easier to manage…because our studnet will be ony available evenings etc…</p>
<p>10scholar, you did a great job with your recruiting- you are possibly the “ideal” recruit- a 17-year-old who was able to deal on an adult level with coaches. I’ve been around a lot of HS junior/senior athletes who aren’t able to handle things the way you did. You’re right, every kid and parent will have to figure out how involved the parent can and should be. I think for many families, this was a transition. Sooner or later the parent should step completely out of the picture, but this may be July, or it may not be until April of senior year! </p>
<p>I think my main role was screening calls. D had a very hard time getting off the phone and/or figuring out how to say “no thank you”. She kept saying “maybe” which always led to more calls. She got much, much better at this as time went on.</p>
<p>I put both my home phone number and my cell phone number on my resume, and specified which was which. There is virtually no reception at my school, but I’m usually not home (often at practices) until later at night. Any time a coach called, if he asked me when would be a good time to call me again, I just told him at night.</p>