CJV RECRUITING PRESENTATION - DECEMBER 5, 2015 - Sports Connection

CJV RECRUITING
 PRESENTATION
      SATURDAY
  DECEMBER 5, 2015

Chris Willis
     Davidson College – Head Coach

Everybody Has a Different
Story About Their Recruiting
Process
   Don’t get caught up in what has happened with your
    teammates
   Don’t think you are unique or special
   Don’t think coaches will know who you are or
    magically discover you
   Educate yourself on the programs and the process
   Be proactive
   Communicate with coaches (high school, club, and
    college)
   Make yourself known and standout
   Realize that your talent isn’t enough. Hard work,
    character, and diligence matter

Freshman Year
   This is a great time to discover your love for
    volleyball, so play high school volleyball and another
    sport
   Play club to see if it fits your commitment level and
    passion for game
   Attend an overnight summer camp and local clinics
   Attend your local college matches
   Watch as much college/international volleyball on tv
    as possible
   Play doubles!!
   Communication from colleges is minimal
    (questionnaires and camp info). Your coaches can
    be a conduit.

Sophomore Year
 Contact colleges and get on their radar
 Play with a competitive club program that will
  challenge you
 Get on college campuses to see what you like and
  don’t like
 Research college programs:
     Richkern.com
     Prepvolleyball.com
 Attend camps of schools you’re interested in
 Formal communication begins (phone calls, texts,
  emails), June 15/July1
 PLAY!!

Junior Year
   NCAA Eligibility Center (why?)
   ACT/SAT (give yourself options!)
   What club is going to help me reach my
    potential as a volleyball player?
   Get honest assessments!
   Narrow your schools down to 5 and get
    feedback from those coaches
   Get to know the programs (academics, athlete
    experience, coaches).
   Attend summer camps of schools in the mix.
    PLAY!
   If you know, you know. Verbal Commit

Senior Year
 Official visits (if necessary)
 Apply to college(s)
 Final Decision: Verbal Commit
 Signing Day: National Letter of Intent
     November
     April
   Get ready, because you’re not!

Jason Oliver
   High Point University – Head Coach

Video Guidelines
   3-5 Seconds of text Identifing:
     Players Name
     Jersey Number in the video
     Position
     Grad year
     Vital Statistics

Video Guidelines: Real Time
Highlights Specific to the
Athlete’s Position
   Outsides
       Serve receive to attack and transition attacking
       Blocking to attack
       Defense
       Serving
   Setters
       All plays you can set. Show same sets together
       Transition setting from serve receive
       Defense and blocking
       Serving
   Middles
     Attacking in transition (Serve receive and blocking)
     Serve and defense if applicable
   Liberos
     Serve receive and defense
     Serving
     NO ATTACKING!

What to include…
   Serving should be included, but not an
    emphasis
   Include both sides of the court, preferably from
    behind baseline
   NO slow motion plays
   Identify athlete before the play or by number at
    the beginning of video
   Not every touch has to be perfect
     Coaches want to see not only the result of the skill,
      but how well an athlete moves, so stopping the play
      right before a skill is executed hinders a coach’s
      ability to truly assess that player’s potential

Unedited Game Footage
 Recruiting videos do NOT have to be a fancy
  production. The best videos include accurate
  highlights according to player’s position, are
  posted on YouTube, Vimeo, or similar site, and
  sent in a personalized email. If a 6’1 middle
  who touches 10’3 starts her video with passing
  and digging, a lot of coaches won’t continue
  watching if they don’t know those stats.
 Like a good book captures the reader’s
  attention from the first line, a recruiting video
  should capture a coach’s attention from the
  first clip.

Verna Julaton
    UNC Charlotte – Assistant Coach

Recruiting Terminology
 Recruiting Materials/Electronic
  Correspondence
 Evaluation
 Contact
 Quiet Period
 Dead Period

Recruiting Materials/Electronic
Correspondence – General Rule
   Recruiting Materials/General
    Correspondence related to Athletics
     Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
      year in high school
   Emails (and facsimile)
     Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
      year in high school. Must be private between
      sender and recipient
   Text and Instant Messaging
     Allowed after September 1st of a PSA’s Junior
      year in high school. Must be private between
      sender and recipient

Evaluation
 Any off-campus activity designed to
  assess academic or athletic ability
 Any observation of prospect
  participating in practice or competition at
  any site

Contact
   Any face to face encounter between a
    prospect or the prospect’s parents, relative,
    legal guardian(s), or institutional staff
    member/athletic representative during
    which ANY dialogue occurs in excess of an
    exchange of greetings
   Any encounter that takes place on the
    grounds of the prospect’s institution,
    practice, conest, etc shall be counted as a
    contact regardless of the conversation that
    occurs.

Periods
   Quiet Period
     When it is permissible to make in-person recruiting
      contacts ONLY on the institution’s campus. No in
      person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations
      may be made during the quiet period
   Dead Period
     When it is NOT permissible to make in person
      recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the
      institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial
      visits by PSA’s to the institution’s campus
     It remains permissible, however, for an institutional
      staff member to write or telephone a PSA during a
      dead period

Resources: NCAA
   National Collegiate Athletic Association
     700 W Washington Street, PO Box 6222,
      Indianapolis, IN 46206
     Phone: 317-917-6222
     Fax: 317-917-6888
     Website: www.ncaa.org

Resources - Websites
   Information from Eligibility Center for
    PSA’s:
     http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/N
     CAA.jsp
   Guide for the College Bound Student-
    Athlete:
     http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdo
     wnloads/CBSA.pdf

Maggie Malone
Former Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
             Wingate University

DI vs DII

 Division 1           Division II
 Sponsor 14 sports    Sponsor 10 sports
  by NCAA               by NCAA
 Full Athletic        Full Athletic
  Scholarships: 12      Scholarships: 8
                       Scholarships can
                        be a mix of athletic
                        and academic
                        money.

DII Scholarship Packages
   Athletic scholarships can be split up between
    multiple athletes.
   Athletes can receive packages of academic
    and athletic money.
     Counter: A PSA that must be counted against
      your institutions financial aid limit. I.E: any athletic
      aid
     Non-Counter: Scholarships that do not go against
      the team total. I.E: Pell Grants, state grants,
      student with excellent grades.

Communication with Coaches

   July 15 before the PSA’s JR. year
     Prior to this coaches can send camp
     information, admissions information
   Does this mean the
    communication has to wait until
    then? NO
     Send emails, make them personal,
      stand out
     Send highlight videos/skills videos
     Get on their radar early

Unofficial / Official Visits

   PSA can take an unlimited amount of
    unofficial visits.
     This are unpaid visits to the university.
     Suggest taking as many unofficial visits, as
      offered.
   PSA can take one official visit per D2 school.
     This is a paid visit to the university.

Why DII???

   Major of choice.
     Its not the next 4 years, it’s the next 40.
     Make sure to ask about major.
   Small class size
   Community
   Still be involved clubs, sororities,
    volunteer opportunities

Sydney Kunz, Jessica Raines, &
       Alex Thompson
      Current Student/Athletes
    Queens University of Charlotte

Your Questions For the Panel
  THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD
QUESTION…SOMEONE ELSE IS THINKING
  THE SAME THING YOU ARE…SO ASK!