Short advice video (Trenton Luera, Feb 8, 2024) warning athletes not to attend college camps blindly. Main claim: attending a camp does not guarantee coach interest—coaches already track specific players—so attending without prior contact is often a waste. Key recommendation: contact college coaches weeks before a camp, share highlights, and attend camps where coaches have already expressed interest.
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Stop making this common mistake when going to college camps. Just because there's a college camp doesn't mean you're going to get interest in offers. What I mean by that is you need to go to camps where you know there's interest from that school beforehand. If you've gone to any college camp before, you generally know that a coach has a list and they're going to have certain guys that they're keeping an eye on because they're still evaluating them. They have already interest in them, they've seen their highlights. But if you're not on that list, most likely you're going to get pushed to the side. You're not going to be in front of the coaches that you really want to be. It's going to end up being a waste of time and money. So how do you avoid this mistake? You start by reaching out to coaches before, beforehand, before the camps, weeks before, and see who responds to your messages, who's really interested in you, who's seen your highlights, and then go to those camps accordingly. Don't just go to the camp because you're hoping that they notice you and that you're going to be a one of whatever guy that stands out and you magically get an offer. Like some crazy story. Does it happen? Sure. But you need to be an absolute standout and most likely you're just not. So instead, play the game. Reach out to coaches ahead of time. Get that interest beforehand so that way you know that camp is.