A former Surf Cup recruit who got into Cal Poly explains how coaches evaluate players in 3 to 5 seconds. He walks through the tournament scouting for talent and breaks down what works: ID camps, highlight videos, emails to coaches, and being loud on the field. Part 1 of a recruiting guide.
Scouting potential college soccer players at the amazing Surf Cup. Once upon a time, I won Surf Cup many years ago, and I got recruited to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at this exact tournament. They made me an offer and later took it away from me my senior year and had to find a new team. And it's really important that before tournaments like this, you're already communicating with coaches so you get more than one coach to come to your game to show interest in you. And to do that, you usually need ID camp, send your interest, good video, etc. This is one of many college coaches here. That is the Sarah Lawrence coach. St. Lawrence is a really good top academic D3 program. College coaches usually have a schedule and they're going to a game they want to see. Having said that, right now I'm walking to that field and of course I'm going to be watching players as I do that. College coaches pick out players within 3 to 5 seconds if they think they're really good based on technique, balance, their own intuition. But the best way to always stand out quickly is to talk. Whoever the loudest is going to draw our attention the fastest. We have more college coaches. That's Wambush. More college coaches over there. So when you guys ask, you know, where should we— what team, club There are never ever this many college coaches at a league game. Almost never. You don't get better people than him. So like, if you're in this area and you want to play at a high level area, as in San Diego, that's one of the best clubs. It's an amazing place with a great coach. They actually care about you as a person. And I know it's hard for you guys to find the right club teams. Okay, tune in for part 2 where we're gonna actually watch some soccer. If you want more help, comment, call, and we can schedule a call with you and your parents.
