Getting Started
Before You Send Your 1st Email
Set Up SportsRecruits. Every player 2nd year 14U and up has access to this recruiting program. If you don’t know about it, ask your coach.
If you are not using SportsRecruits, you should have a professional sounding email address – Creating a new email account is free; there is no excuse for emailing a coach using your [email protected] email address. Make it something simple with just your name and graduating class ex). [email protected].
The title of your e-mail needs to make the coach want to open it – Include your name, position and graduating class in the email. Coaches appreciate being able to tell what the email is about in the title.
Do proper research – You should know things like if there are athletes from your hometown on the roster, how many upper classman at your position, the team’s record and the athletic background of the athletes currently on the team. Most of this can be done directly from the SportsRecruits program.
The coaches emails are all listed within SportsRecruits. The work is all done for you.
Spell Check and use proper grammar – This is not the time to use “text speak.” Have someone read the email before you send it.
Follow up your email with a phone call if you are an Upperclassman – The phone is the best way to get a hold of a coach, you should consider following up every few emails with a phone call after 9/1 of your Junior Year.
Coaches will only know who are you if you contact them!
Getting Started
Before You Send Your 1st Email
Set Up SportsRecruits. Every player 2nd year 14U and up has access to this recruiting program. If you don’t know about it, ask your coach.
If you are not using SportsRecruits, you should have a professional sounding email address – Creating a new email account is free; there is no excuse for emailing a coach using your [email protected] email address. Make it something simple with just your name and graduating class ex). [email protected].
The title of your e-mail needs to make the coach want to open it – Include your name, position and graduating class in the email. Coaches appreciate being able to tell what the email is about in the title.
Do proper research – You should know things like if there are athletes from your hometown on the roster, how many upper classman at your position, the team’s record and the athletic background of the athletes currently on the team. Most of this can be done directly from the SportsRecruits program.
The coaches emails are all listed within SportsRecruits. The work is all done for you.
Spell Check and use proper grammar – This is not the time to use “text speak.” Have someone read the email before you send it.
Follow up your email with a phone call if you are an Upperclassman – The phone is the best way to get a hold of a coach, you should consider following up every few emails with a phone call after 9/1 of your Junior Year.
Coaches will only know who are you if you contact them!