CJV R ECRUITING P RESENTATION S ATURDAY D ECEMBER 5, 2015 Chris - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CJV R ECRUITING P RESENTATION S ATURDAY D ECEMBER 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 1 st of a PSA’s Junior year in high school  Emails (and facsimile)  Allowed after September 1 st of a PSA’s Junior year in high school. Must be private between sender and recipient  Text and Instant Messaging  Allowed after September 1 st 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!