Recruiting FAQs

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How Do Coaches Assess Players? How Do You Know Which Schools to Aim For?

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Late Starting Senior and Community College Recruiting

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Should My 16 Year Old Play 16/U or 18/U?

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What Are Major Things Coaches Look at When They Watch You Play?

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Does Our 12 Year Old Have to Play Year Round to Be Able to Compete in College?

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My Daughter Is Small for a Pitcher. Will It Be Harder for Her to Get Recruited?

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Should Parents Consider Scholarship Availability When Choosing Recruiting Camps and Contacts?

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Does Having Parents Who Are Alumni of a College Help with Recruiting?

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How Do You Know Which Travel Tournaments Are the Best?

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Can Coaches Help Students Get Admitted to Academic Colleges?

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When Should My Daughter Start Travel Ball?

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Will It Hurt My 14/U Eligibile Daughter to Play for an 18/U Team?

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How to Determine Recruiting Interest While Following NCAA Rules?

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When Should My Daughter Complete Her Video and When Should She Send Out Intro Packets?

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Is It Better to Send Coaches An Email About Yourself or Send Them A Handwritten Letter/Packet In The Mail?

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What Do You Talk About on Your Initial Phone Call With a College Coach?

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Are "Preferred" or "Recruited" Walk-Ons Treated the Same as Scholarship Athletes?

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How Should Parents Act at Tournaments When College Coaches Are Present?

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Scholarship Question Follow Up--How Is The Money Divided?

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Early Commitments and the Ivy League Admission Process?

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How Are Scholarships Divided and Alloted?

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Should My Daughter Phone A Coach To Discuss Her Willingness to Play Multiple Positions?

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Do College Coaches Keep Looking for Players after They've Gotten a Verbal Commitment?

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Do I Have to Play on a Travel Ball Team in Order to Play in College?

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What Should A Player Do When Her High School Coach Doesn't Support Her Playing in College?

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When Can A Prospect Sign A National Letter of Intent? What are the Dates?

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Can a Recruit Have an Unofficial Visit to a College if the Coaching Staff Hasn't Seen Her Play?

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Can Recruits Take Official Visits to D-I Colleges During a Quiet Period?

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Do All Players Commit By Their Junior Year?

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Must We Go to A National Tournament?

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Contacting College Coaches Via Email?

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16U vs 18U As A Junior?

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Fully-Funded Programs?

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What Do Coaches Look At--Travel Ball or High School Ball?

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Academics and Recruiting?

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I'm A Senior. Is It Too Late For Me to Be Recruited?

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Small Town Players?

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Scholarship Funding Amounts?

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Pitching Statistics?

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How to Get College Exposure?

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Committing Without A Letter of Intent?

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How Much Does High School Press Help With Recruiting?

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Division III Schools and Scholarships?

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Negotiating A Scholarship Package?

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Recruiting Dead/Quiet Periods?

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Academic Support for College Athletes?

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Working Out With A College Team?

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evolved. If a question/answer is confusing or you feel an answer is inaccurate, please email me at info@fastpitchrecruiting.com.

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