Question?

[adobekid9]

I am 14 n i live in commack, N.Y. Its on Long Island. I am going into 10th grade and i want to play lacrosse in collage. Is it to early to start sending letters to colage coaches. And what should i be doing to get myself noticed by Colages other than E-mail,Letters, and the Phone.

[Eclipse]

First its College. But no biggie.

Its never to early but dont be too serious. Tell coaches you are interested in there programs. It may be a little early to send in game films but drop them a schedule of your games and they might stop by.

Coaches are recruiting earlier and earlier nowadays but do not expect to much this early in the game.

[adobekid9]

when shuld i start to expect stuff back and what should I do if i dont have any game film?

[lilaxgurl23]

Right now, just focus on getting better and getting grades in school. All you can really do is introduce yourself to coaches be sending e-mails, calling them and maybe visiting them. As a rising sophomore, there really isn't too much you can do because coaches really can't even contact you or send you anything recruiting wise. So just send them something to let them know you're interested, but do not annoy them. They have a whole recruiting class ahead of you and are still working on 07's, so be polite and just let them know you're there and that you're interested.

As for tapes, have your parents or someone with a steady hand tape this year's season, and you'll be just fine. When next summer rolls around, try to attend some camps and tournaments where the coaches of the schools that you are interested in are attending and let them know before hand that you will be attending.

Other than that, you really need to focus on grades and just improving your lacrosse skills. Grades are so important to the process and will really open up your options or just keep them open. A coach really won't recruit you unless you're a fit for the school first. I know with every coach I have spoken to, the first thing they ask for are grades because they are that important to them recruiting you. Just practicing also helps a lot. I know I have improved so much just in two years, so keep working hard. You still have a good 1-2 years ahead of you to really make yourself look good, in all aspects, to college coaches.

[waynelaxgrl101]

hey, im in the same boat as you. this year i sent out letters to a few schools and filled out a few questionairs. i heard back from some schools and others i didnt. im probobly just going to do the same things this year (im also going into 10th grade) and try to send out game tapes toa few schools.

[burdmanm]

all i did was play for a club team and went to a few recruinting tornis my sophmore going into junior summer....thats gets you all the exposure needed to get noticed....they will come to your games if you really show the talent needed to play for them...if you really want to go to one school send the letters, but if you want to see who wants you just wait for them..

[laxkid891]

Right now, just focus on getting better and getting grades in school. All you can really do is introduce yourself to coaches be sending e-mails, calling them and maybe visiting them. As a rising sophomore, there really isn't too much you can do because coaches really can't even contact you or send you anything recruiting wise. So just send them something to let them know you're interested, but do not annoy them. They have a whole recruiting class ahead of you and are still working on 07's, so be polite and just let them know you're there and that you're interested.

As for tapes, have your parents or someone with a steady hand tape this year's season, and you'll be just fine. When next summer rolls around, try to attend some camps and tournaments where the coaches of the schools that you are interested in are attending and let them know before hand that you will be attending.

Other than that, you really need to focus on grades and just improving your lacrosse skills. Grades are so important to the process and will really open up your options or just keep them open. A coach really won't recruit you unless you're a fit for the school first. I know with every coach I have spoken to, the first thing they ask for are grades because they are that important to them recruiting you. Just practicing also helps a lot. I know I have improved so much just in two years, so keep working hard. You still have a good 1-2 years ahead of you to really make yourself look good, in all aspects, to college coaches.
so lilaxgurl how would i get a coaches email address? and just send an introduction email with my game schedule to them? cause im in FL and im going to be a soph this year too.....any advice/tips?

sry if im thread jacking

[lilaxgurl23]

so lilaxgurl how would i get a coaches email address? and just send an introduction email with my game schedule to them? cause im in FL and im going to be a soph this year too.....any advice/tips?

sry if im thread jacking

This is hard, but most schools have an athletic site with a page dedicated to each sport. You usually have to go to the Men's Lacrosse page and look around. Sometimes they'll have the coach and their e-mail right below their biography and sometimes sites have directories to all of the athletic staff. You really just have to look around on the site, sometimes they won't give e-mails to you though, but they or the school's athletic page might have something specifically dedicated to recruiting. JMU is an example of the recruiting thing (if you go to a specific sport's page, there will be a 'Recruiting' button) and a staff directory (left hand side as well). Basically, you're just going to have to search around on their site. Sometimes I can find the address fast and other times it takes me a few minutes.

In your e-mail I would just state your interest in the program and give a little information about yourself. Providing a schedule would be fine if you have it already. Keep in mind though, you are still young and there is still a recruiting class ahead of you which will just be getting started. You want to let the coach know that you're interested, but don't hassle them week in and week out. If you don't hear anything though, don't get upset.

[claxbucky]

Getting recruited.... Well, what I did was go to a camp at the school I was interested in. Then they saw how I played and in between soph and jr year, they picked me up to play on their summer league team. After that, it was pretty well figured out that they wanted me. I only got recruited by 4 schools, because I didn't really look around a lot, and send a lot of letters and stuff, and I ended up going to a completely different school, because of my major. Just remember, you're not going to college to play lacrosse, you're going to get an education. I talked to the coach @ the school I'm at now, and was planning on going out for the team this past year, but then my school work came into play. But I'm trying out for the varsity team this year.

Bottom line, find a school that's going to allow you to get a good education and give you some good times playing lax. And don't get discouraged if you don't get any recruiting letters from any sick teams. If you're good enough, you can walk on (though if you're planning on going DI, you might get a little bit of a scholarship if you get recruited).

[laxkid891]

This is hard, but most schools have an athletic site with a page dedicated to each sport. You usually have to go to the Men's Lacrosse page and look around. Sometimes they'll have the coach and their e-mail right below their biography and sometimes sites have directories to all of the athletic staff. You really just have to look around on the site, sometimes they won't give e-mails to you though, but they or the school's athletic page might have something specifically dedicated to recruiting. JMU is an example of the recruiting thing (if you go to a specific sport's page, there will be a 'Recruiting' button) and a staff directory (left hand side as well). Basically, you're just going to have to search around on their site. Sometimes I can find the address fast and other times it takes me a few minutes.

In your e-mail I would just state your interest in the program and give a little information about yourself. Providing a schedule would be fine if you have it already. Keep in mind though, you are still young and there is still a recruiting class ahead of you which will just be getting started. You want to let the coach know that you're interested, but don't hassle them week in and week out. If you don't hear anything though, don't get upset.
so if i dont hear anything what do i do? how do i know he even got my email or even read it?

[GAlax3]

I am 14 n i live in commack, N.Y. Its on Long Island. I am going into 10th grade and i want to play lacrosse in collage. Is it to early to start sending letters to colage coaches. And what should i be doing to get myself noticed by Colages other than E-mail,Letters, and the Phone.
if you do decide to write the coaches, one thing u should know is that any college coach will not condsider you if you cant spell college..

[DukeLax2]

it is a lot more effective to write a letter and mail it to coaches then email.