<p>I'm going to be attending a summer soccer camp with the intention of attracting attention from some of the coaches there. However, I haven't contacted any of them before and because I am living outside of the US chances of contact/recruitment is slim. </p>
<p>What's the chances of me being noticed at camp and how can I make sure I stand out more?</p>
<p>I don’t know soccer, but why wouldn’t you contact the coaches ahead of time?</p>
<p>I would definitely email the recruiters/coaches from schools, in which, you have interest…prior to attending the camp - even if it’s last minute. </p>
<p>Pen a few sentences to introduce yourslef, highlight your athletic and academic accomplishments… and provide any other information that would make them WANT to look for you at camp. Attach a copy of your transcript, your high school’s profile and and any standardized test scores you may have received. </p>
<p>If you will be at camp only on certain days , make the dates and times clear to the coaches on your radar. Maybe even ask if they will be attending any other camps this summer… so you are sure to meet at some point?</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>…it can’t hurt to fill out the on-line atheltic recruiting questionnaires at each school of interest, as well.</p>
<p>You should definitely do the things the previous posters have suggested – check out the schools’ websites and find the prospective athlete questionnaire and fill it out. Nearly all of them are online, so you just click the button and it’s done. If they don’t have one, then look around for the coach’s email address; they almost always are listed on the websites. Email the coach and include the info the other posters have stated.</p>
<p>Then when you are at the camp, go up to those coaches and introduce yourself and refer back to your email. It will help them put a name to a face. You cannot rely on “being discovered” because it pretty much never works out that way.</p>
<p>And after the camp, make sure you email the coaches again and tell them thank you for the camp and include anything specific – perhaps a suggestion they made to you, etc. – so they can remember you.</p>
<p>If your high school or club team happens to be playing anywhere near any of the schools you are interested in, email the coach again and let them know when and where you will be playing.</p>
<p>If you don’t contact the coaches before the camp, your chances of being recruited will be greatly diminished unless the camp is very, very small. Almost all college soccer programs have the coaches’ contact info (telephone number, email address) on the team website. You should write a detailed email outlining your academic and soccer related stats and making clear that you are interested in their program. I recommend sending the email to the head coach with copies to all assistants (unless you know one assistant is in charge of recruitment). I also recommend you call the head coach ahead of time.</p>
<p>Most soccer programs do not have big budgets for recruiting, so make it as easy as possible for the coaches to get to know who you are. Humility and shyness can be endearing qualities in certain contexts, but if you want to play college soccer, you need to be willing to reach out to the coaches. Good luck!</p>