About 80% of college soccer players attended ID camps, but they backfire when you go to the wrong tier. Younger players should hit mass camps for exposure. By 11th grade, email coaches first and only attend camps where schools have already shown interest.
Hey coach, I was told ID camps are a total scam, like the worst thing ever. Should I not go, or should I go to these ID camps? So first of all, let's look at the statistics. 80% of college athletes have gone to an ID camp, and better yet, the school they have committed to, 80% of those kids have gone to the ID camp. So you have to go to ID camp. Now the reason many of you think they're a scam is because you're going to camps that are not realistic. If you're going to UCLA camp and you're not playing MLS Next or ECNL, you're probably wasting your time. And then you go, well, they didn't even watch me. That's correct, because they don't want you because you're probably not the level. On the flip side, you might be the exception, right? You might be the Eastern LLRL MLS Next 2 kid that is the level, in which case, send them an email beforehand, get genuine interest, and then go to the bloody camp. On top of the fact, you should be grateful that ID camps exist. What are the chances that you can just go to an ID camp and get to be seen by a coach? This does give you a chance. What you want to do is make the most of that chance. So you want to have them get to know you before you go to the camp as best you can. But otherwise, you know, you may not get to. So go to the camp. Now this is very true for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade. Once you're in 11th grade, you don't get to live in la-la land and go to some camp just 'cause you wanna go to UCLA or Stanford or whatever other school you're thinking about. By 11th grade, you have to become realistic with yourself and go to camps where you have received genuine interest, which is why I don't really recommend Mass ID camps as a junior. Mass ID camps are specifically for 8th, 9th, and 10th and are so powerful during that period of time because then when you get to 11th, you're only focusing on schools that are realistic And then the camps are beautiful investment. Call of Soccer guy, thank you so much, that was amazing. If you want more help playing Call of Soccer, give me a call. Links in the bio. Talk soon. Goodbye.
