DD just completed her freshman season. Before the season, we talked about this being the time to start researching and introducing herself to college coaches via email.
Enter Resistance. This is new, intimidating and she wasn't sure how to go about it. We worked together and she got her profile built, I put together a basic skills video from games and cage work, and she put together an intro letter. With much prodding she got her letters out.
The Doubt. She didn't believe coaches would actually read or respond to a lowly freshman who's not a stud pitcher. Surprise! Some D3's wrote back with encouraging words and asked her to keep in touch to let them know how her season was going. A couple were even her top tier stretch schools.
Success! Next weekend, she'll be in her first summer showcase. So she started letting schools know where she'll be playing, including her schedule, with a nice little update on her HS season. BAM! She got a bunch of responses and the coach of her top 3 school said she's going to come to DD's games on a specific day!
Nervous! As DD read the email, her eyes grew wide with excitement which quickly transitioned into "Oh no, now I'm nervous!!" lol I don't think she believed that she could actually get a coach to watch her this year and that she was just "practicing" the letters and building correspondence for when she got to sophomore/junior years.
I'm not sure either of us are quite ready for this new part of her journey!!
Enter Resistance. This is new, intimidating and she wasn't sure how to go about it. We worked together and she got her profile built, I put together a basic skills video from games and cage work, and she put together an intro letter. With much prodding she got her letters out.
The Doubt. She didn't believe coaches would actually read or respond to a lowly freshman who's not a stud pitcher. Surprise! Some D3's wrote back with encouraging words and asked her to keep in touch to let them know how her season was going. A couple were even her top tier stretch schools.
Success! Next weekend, she'll be in her first summer showcase. So she started letting schools know where she'll be playing, including her schedule, with a nice little update on her HS season. BAM! She got a bunch of responses and the coach of her top 3 school said she's going to come to DD's games on a specific day!
Nervous! As DD read the email, her eyes grew wide with excitement which quickly transitioned into "Oh no, now I'm nervous!!" lol I don't think she believed that she could actually get a coach to watch her this year and that she was just "practicing" the letters and building correspondence for when she got to sophomore/junior years.
I'm not sure either of us are quite ready for this new part of her journey!!