<p>Is there any "strategy" or advantage to the order a student athlete schedules their OVs on the calendar? ie, going first visit to top pick and going to least favorite last? vice versa? Or maybe going to first where the athlete might be most in demand and most likely to get a generous offer that they would be willing to keep on the table while athlete visits other schools?</p>
<p>Do most D1 schools make an offer (if they are going to) at the OV or can that vary? If no offer comes at the OV is it usually in a followup phone call after they have had time to discuss how the OV went and how well the athlete fit with the team?
(this is for swim in case it makes a difference)</p>
<p>My belief is that unless you are comfortable that coaches will keep a spot open for you until their last official visit day, it would be prudent to select the earliest available dates for your top two or three choices.</p>
<p>You can bet that the coach has a priority list, plus my son found the OVs affected his ability to keep his grades up and participate in his Fall Sport.
If earlier meetings with similarly ranked recruits gel, and the coach decides to offer his support to them, you have lost your chance unless you are the top prospie.
I suggest top choice first, then if you get an offer, you can skip the other visits( or at least some of them)
My son is a recruited swimmer…</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I was afraid of that…that there was risk all offers could get taken in the early weeks. Unfortunately she has the ACT the first weekend, and then her #5 only has early weeks. Perhaps she will just tell them that the dates they mentioned are not working and is there any way she could come another time. Trying to get all these dates to work and mesh together is a headache!</p>
<p>My S did that and was welcomed whenever he could come. However, this is D3, and he is in a niche event in his sport.
We did top choice unoffically Spring Junior year, then 3 OVs at 4,1,2 then a trip to the Midwest for 5,3,6( all off OV schedule) and then cancelled 7 and 8. By then he was tired, his calc grade was trending down, and he was confident of a spot at one of his top 3.</p>
<p>My D has scheduled two OVs so far. Luckily, they are in her top three. One coach told her he doesn’t schedule OVs until the season (XC) is over. He prefers to do them in the winter. We’re confident that offers will come in prior. She’s a bit uncomfortable waiting that long to visit, plus it’s not one of her top choices. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>SteveMA, she has not visited that school at all. It is OOS and requires a plane trip. We may opt to visit unofficially at some point this fall. It’s really her call.</p>
<p>I can see where the coach wants to see senior times for OV’s, especially for girls. A LOT of runners start to fall off toward the end of junior year into senior year (girls) because of physical development. </p>
<p>Does she want to sign in November? Is that the reason why she doesn’t want to wait-or does she just want the process to be done :D.</p>
<p>She’s only been running for one year (played basketball year-round since 6th grade). All the coaches she has spoken to are very impressed with her times. They believe she has a lot of potential. I think she doesn’t want to drag it out. She’d like to know where shes going before the new year, if possible.</p>
<p>Every coach wants their school/team to be a scholar-athlete’s first choice.
As they go through their list, they will move on if a student makes them wait too long.
Asking a coach to wait weeks while a student attends lots of OVs is risky…remember the student’s really don’t hold all the cards/power. There are going to be more potential recruits than spots…and coaches wnat the best they can get as soon as possible.
This is why school visits (unofficial) to see how much the school fits the student before the Ov are so helpful.</p>
<p>Think of it as musical chairs. When the music stops you want to be in the chair of choice.
Also–if there is a top choice–why not do it as soon as possible and be “one and done”…and verbal if the offer is made?</p>
<p>Be warned: There have been true tales of students who posted here–who overplayed their hand.<br>
They loved being wined/dined/flown in and even took OVs at schools they didn’t like.
They told coaches of high profile programs they needed to see other programs, and they got “caught” in their games by the coaches (who do talk to each other). In the end they ended up with no LLs and scrambled in January.</p>
<p>We told our scholar-athlete to feel free to commit once they found the Match…and the gorgeous LL was in hand before we smelled the Turkey in November.</p>