first official visits Do's and Dont's

TheGFG
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:05:40 +0000

Ask the current athletes about their coach’s training style and coaching philosophy, and perhaps how it differs from their high school experience. No one is going to outright criticize their coach to a recruit, but you can learn a lot about how the athletes feel about their coach by reading between the lines of their answers.

Ask the current team members about what they do for fun and with whom. Information about their socializing patterns can tell you how close-knit the team is as well as whether the kids have the desire and the opportunity to make a lot of friends outside the team. Some prospective athletes want to be best buddies with all their teammates, and others would find too much team togetherness to be suffocating.

This is obvious, but don’t drink alcohol during on your visit. Attend the events your host invites you to and be social, but remember you are underage. The coach wants someone who can fit in socially with the team, but not someone with misplaced priorities who’s going to party hardy and perform poorly in the pool or on the field.

If you are unsure of where you stand with a college coach and of how interested s/he is in you as a a recruit, don’t be afraid to ask the coach that question directly.