<p>I'm starting to get in contact with coaches and my college advisor said I should make an athletic resume to send to coaches and such so does anyone have an idea of what I should be making? or an outline? anything would help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Use a resume format.</p>
<p>Bio details, name address etc and contact info on top</p>
<p>Next should be academics
then everything else…sport, results, awards…</p>
<p>One page max…to the point. Make it readable.</p>
<p>Basically you want it to sum up who you are/how to reach you
How your academics stand up
What your sport is and how you contribute/standout.</p>
<p>OP: a resume can’t hurt. And for recruiting I recommend that your coach advise you, not your “college adviser”. But most importantly form relationships on your own with the college coaches you’re interested in. I can guarantee you that college coaches rarely look at the resumes of their recruits, they can tell you about the kids athletic abilities and accomplishments they are recruiting from memory. That’s where you want to be…in their minds!</p>
<p>If you have a coach that is knowledgeable about college recruiting, great, by all means have him/her advise you. But not all coaches have the knowledge, desire or contacts to be of much help and many are actually detrimental to the recruiting process? In my experience, an athletic resume is a valuable tool. Coaches appreciate having all the information they need about a potential recruit in one place. When my daughter sent hers, she got immediate positive feedback. Several coaches thanked her specifically for her resume and told her it made it easier for them to see where/how she might fit in their program. This may be different in some sports, but in my opinion it never hurts to present yourself as organized, professional and proactive, qualities all coaches are looking for.</p>
<p>You might even consider an online resume that you can link coaches too… So much now is being done online. But like pacheight said getting the coaches to know you on a personal level is much better. A resume whether it be traditional paper and mailed or online is merely an introduction and hopefully a door opener. good luck
PS- we put one together for both kids, one is golf one is bb and we included a picture, personal stats, height weight etc. contacts… pertinent stats, contacts, etc… we kept them to athletic only and included transcripts along with the resume and letter of introduction.</p>