Zev Taublieb breaks down what it takes to get recruited by top Division I soccer programs like Duke and Clemson. Elite prospects start attending college camps in 8th grade, hitting 6 to 8 camps by 10th grade. Coaches are already watching, so early exposure matters.
If you want to play college soccer at the top Division I schools, let me show you who you're competing with. So you're sitting there going, I want to play college soccer, college soccer. I want to play at Duke, I want to play at Clemson, I want to play at Notre Dame. I really want that. Who am I, like, who am I up against? The students that often reach out to me, and sometimes the students we work with, have already gone to their camps for years. I'm talking many years, starting in 8th grade. Some of those students are eligible, meaning they're good enough for those schools, and those schools are probably talking to them right now even as freshmen and sophomores. When I say talking, they're not recruiting them, 'cause that's not allowed, but they're still communicating with them or communicating with their coaches. We have students who have already gone to 6 to 7 to 8 camps between 8th grade and 10th grade year, which means they're going to around 3 camps a year starting as an 8th grader. This is to say and to encourage you to start the recruiting process ASAP if you wanna play at the top level schools. It's not to say if you haven't started yet that there's no chance, but it means that it's time to get going. If you want more help getting going, please give me a call. Links in the bio. I'll talk soon.
