<p>My nephew is a sophomore at a school in Long Island, New York. He is playing this spring at the JV level for the school, but managed to get accepted to a Top Lacrosse league outside school for the summer. At what point should he start the recruitment process, seeing that he was unable to make the Varsity league sophomore year, but made it to a highly recognized summer league outside school? I thought video should be shot of him when he begins the summer league and not earlier. Also has anyone heard of Lacrosse recruits.com, and what would be the viability of engaging their services in having them shoot the videos (Complete games as well as HIghlights) and helping him build his Lacrosse resume?</p>
<p>You are correct in not wanting to tape JV games…coaches do not want to see those highlights.</p>
<p>Taping the summer tournaments would be a good idea.</p>
<p>He can also begin to fill out the questionairs on each college lacrosse teams website to make a first attempt to get on their “radar”.</p>
<p>I would also recommend speaking to your club team’s coaches to get their feedback as to where your nephew should focus his college searches. Hopefully they will give him honest advice about his abilities. The coaches can also be your Nephews “link” to the college coaches. The coaches can’t call or email your nephew, but they can call and email his coaches all day long.</p>
<p>In addition to being on the summer team, he should look at going to some of the recruiting camps. His coaches should know which ones would be appropriate for him. Coming from a traditional “hotbed” of lacrosse talent, a Long Island kid should be getting some looks, even if he plays JV as a sophomore. Some of the top teams know that some kids mature later than others. Some others are all about signing up the flashy freshman and sophomore – but there’s more to collegiate lacrosse than top 10 D1 …</p>
<p>Recruiting camps are a great opportunity to be seen by a lot of schools at once. Your summer team should already have its list of attending tournaments (which you can usually then check the website to see what schools’ coaches will be there as well). Kid should write coaches at schools he might be interested in to let them know he’s playing. It’s a misnomer that coaches will find the kid in most cases - unless the kid is a blinding superstar so there is a lot of follow up (and often a lot of silence). Your club team should have some guidance as to what they provide in terms of support, promotion etc in the process. The whole recruiting process of lacrosse seems to be coming earlier and earlier, which means that between sophomore and junior year is probably the best year to get good looks. Much later and you’re looking at recruiting classes mostly already filled. BUT I can also tell you that quality grades are incredibly valuable to the process… so encourage him to end this year as strong as he possibly can.</p>
<p>It is also important to note that while many of the D1 schools are filling up their rosters early, most D3 schools wait till the rising senior year to fill their roster spots.</p>
<p>Theres no athletic scholorships in D3, but many have very good merit, non-merit based aid and financital aid that can add up to more than the D1 schools are giving</p>