Yale men’s soccer ID clinin

Midwestmomofboys
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:50:48 +0000

Yes, my reference about players not relying on camp alone for recruiting was specifically in relation to elite D1 programs, since the OP had asked about Yale. Our understanding from our friendship with coaches at a highly ranked D1 program was that recruits were rarely identified for the first time as a camper. Almost all of their recruits came to camp, but that was because they had already been seen elsewhere, spoken at some length with the program, and specifically been encouraged to attend camp if they were interested in being considered as a recruit. Are there exceptions, yes, of course.

In contrast, D3 programs with radically smaller recruiting budgets and much less ability to travel to see players around the country operate in a very different recruiting environment. My kid felt he got a fair shake at most of the school-specific camps he attended. The one disappointment was the one NESCAC camp I described, where he’d visited the school, met with the coach, coach had seen film, invited him to camp, but we knew coach was not jumping up and down about him. Attending camp did not convert that luke warm interest into anything else, and it was clear from the coach’s communications during camp that he had his list of guys before camp and it wasn’t changing, no matter what he saw at camp (for what it’s worth, that coach is no longer there).