<p>Hello all, I am a incoming transfer student at my university and the thought of walking-on a track team has always been on my mind. I've done my research and I looked at my eligibility with the NCAA and I do have some left to actually run if I was able to. I'm just stuck on how to put the words together to let the track coach know that I'm really interested in the track program, I mean I don't want to sound like a recruit out of high school you know? How should I word it all out? Just keep it short and sweet? Perhaps just email him saying that I would like to meet and discuss a possible try out and describe what I used to run in high school? If someone can please send some feedback that would be great.</p>
<p>I think that most any coach of any sport would allow a person to try out. Hopefully you have not missed the time frame that this happens for this school. I’m not sure that I would say much about yourself initially. Just ask what the process is and when. Maybe add a line that you are excited about the possibility of running for XYZ school and believe that you can help bring the team success (but don’t elaborate on how/why for either).</p>
<p>I have no experience with this, so I might be wrong and it might be important to get the coach excited about you to start with, but I personally don’t think the first email/contact should be that.</p>
<p>My D transferred with eligibility (soccer). She simply emailed the coach at the new school to introduce herself, let him know which team she was coming from and requested a meeting the same day she went for orientation. Meeting went well and he offered her a spot on the team without a tryout because he knew the quality of the team she was coming from. (He also eluded to the fact that he had contacted the previous school’s coach between the email receipt and in-person meeting). </p>
<p>The meeting yielded a few more questions including stats and reason for transfer but all-in-all it was a smooth process since no scholarship was involved. I’d suggest a brief introductory email with a meeting request to get the ball rolling.</p>