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A college soccer recruiting coach says parents should never send recruitment emails on behalf of their child. Parent emails signal aggression and alienate coaches. If your kid won't do the outreach themselves, reconsider serious recruitment.
A college soccer recruiting coach says parents should never send recruitment emails on behalf of their child. Parent emails signal aggression and alienate coaches. If your kid won't do the outreach themselves, reconsider serious recruitment.
Hey coach, I'm a parent and I'm wondering if I should be sending the emails or if my kids should be sending the emails. Oh, you should never, ever, ever, ever, ever send the emails. The emails should always come from the athlete. Yeah, but my, my daughter, my son, you know, they are not really getting— they're not really aggressive. Plus they're busy with school. You know, I feel like I should just do that for them. If you're emailing on behalf of your kids and the coaches know about it, meaning your emails are kind of more professional and they're perfect, the coach will know it's a parent. And they will not ever want to talk to your kid because then they know you're an aggressive parent. And one of coaches' biggest fears are parents that are aggressive. Okay, okay, okay. I'll stop emailing for my kid, but like, how do I get my kid to do the emails? Because I really need— if this is true, they need to send emails. If you have to make your son or daughter write the emails because they're too lazy, then please stop this entire process. Just quit right now and just let them play for fun. They don't need to play college soccer. They can just have a fun time playing in high school and maybe play club soccer one day at that school. Yeah, but I think my, you know, my son or daughter really would like this. And I think if they had the right tools, you know, they could do it. What do you think about like NCSA? It's a good question. And if NCSA call you, which if they haven't already, they definitely will. The big problem with them is no college coaches trust them. So then what should we do? You want more help? Comment, call, and we can schedule a call with you and your son or daughter.
