Step 1 · Weeks out
Build your profile
Your profile is what a coach sees after they read your email. Fill in the
whole thing: position, grad year, club and high school team, height,
GPA and test scores, and video if you have it.
A half-finished profile reads as a half-interested athlete. This is the
one job you can finish today, months before the event.
Step 2 · Four weeks out
See who is coming
Every showcase publishes the college coaches who have registered to
attend. Open that list and mark the programs you would genuinely
consider, not just the ones you have heard of.
This list is the whole reason the weekend is worth the airfare. It tells
you exactly who is going to be standing on the sideline.
Step 3 · Three weeks out
Contact coaches
Write to every coach on your list. Keep it short, say why their program
specifically, and link your profile. A coach with a thousand athletes to
sort through will remember the one who wrote first.
If a coach does not know you are interested, the odds of them finding you
among hundreds of players are close to zero.
Step 4 · The week of
Send your schedule
Once the schedule is posted, write again. List your games with field and
time, name the one you most want them at, and give them your jersey
number, your position and your team colors.
Check the coach list once more before you send. Programs register late,
and the newcomers have heard from nobody.
Step 5 · Game day
Game day
The work is done. Warm up properly, play your own game, and let your
parents handle the logistics. Coaches are watching how you respond to a
bad call and a bad touch as much as a good one.
Between games, be where you said you would be. A coach who came looking
for you should be able to find you.
Step 6 · The week after
Follow up
Write to every coach you contacted, whether or not you saw them at your
game. Thank them, say how you thought it went, and ask what they would
want to see from you next.
Most athletes skip this step entirely. That is exactly why it works.