Soccer Success: How To Contact College Soccer Coaches

Atlskillz checking in again just to give you potential college recruits some info or guidance into taking your success into your own hands. If you are a junior or senior in high school, its important to make sure you take an active role in your college recruiting process. After all who is going to care about you more than you. There are several steps that you can take to become proactive in your success off the soccer field. The first step is identifying the colleges or universities that would make a good fit for you. Start with a list of 10 to 20 schools that make sense from an academic, financial and soccer perspective. Once you have done some research, preferably with the help of family members and your club/high school coaches, and have a good idea of the type of college that would be the right fit. Now its time to contact a member of the coaching staff of those soccer programs. When preparing your letter there are some things that you should keep in mind.

1. Almost every coach now relies on email to both contact and receive contact from potential recruits. That is the preferred method of communication. To find out the email addresses for the coaches you are looking to contact, simply go to the college's athletic website and look for a staff listing of names and emails.
2. Be concise yet brief. Coaches at all levels receive dozens of emails/letters from high school aged players. All you are trying to do is show you have interest, pass along all of your contact information, your CP/soccer resume, and provide each coach with an upcoming schedule of your games so he/she can see you play.
3. Never have one of your parents write to a coach. You are the one the coach might be recruiting, so he/she wants to hear from you directly. (If the relationship develops and it appears that you might be attending that college, there will be plenty of time for your parents to have contact with the coaching staff.)
4. Provide contact information for your coach. Nothing is worse for a college coach than to have to track down your coach´s email or phone number. By having both an email address and a phone number listed after his/her name. This allows the college coach to quickly email or call your club and/or high school coach to follow up on your references.
   

These are a few steps to take into consideration when constructing a letter, or opening the lines of communication with college coaches. Just a few thoughts and some research from ya boy Atlskillz.