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What is "Profile Activity"?
What do I do now?
Use this information to expand or refine your schools of interest. Research these programs and talk to your personal recruiter about the next steps for getting recruited by them.
How do I make it better?
Make sure that your personal recruiter has "certified" you on your dashboard. Complete with your profile, headshot, video, test scores/GPA, and unofficial transcripts.
What do I do now?
If your interested in these schools advise your personal recruiter and they will promote your profile to these schools.
Can I view my coaches assessment/certification of me?
In order for your coach to provide an honest assessment, we keep player assessments private (between coaches, Next Level Recruiting and recruiters). Because recruiting is based on relationships and trust, college coaches need to understand exactly the type of athlete, student, and person you are. If your coach over-exaggerates your abilities, college coaches won't trust his opinion and a relationship is lost.
Thousands of recruiters search Next Level Recruiting to find prospective student-athletes like yourself, but only athletes that are certified by their current coach can be found by recruiters. Since your coach has not signed up, you are not being found by recruiters.
Next Level Recruiting verifies all coaches, and all athletes are verified by their coach. This is why Next Level Recruiting is the only recruiting network trusted by recruiters.
How can I upload video?
What is the fee for your Professional Representation?
We have several 'Career Enrollment' programs available, starting as low as FREE (All Players) to $795.00.(Optional) All of our programs include a Athlete Evaluation, Online Athlete Profile, Professional Highlight Film production and promotion to Next Level Recruiting Nationwide Network of College Coaches/Recruiters. Our fees are one-time only and retain our services starting in 8th Grade - For Life.
No interest payment arrangements are also available.
I heard a college coach can’t contact me until my Junior or Senior year?
This is true, but “contact you” means they can’t initiate contact by directly emailing, calling or sending you recruiting letters. As a recruit you can work around this rule in three ways.
- College coaches can talk with your high school or club team coach and schedule a time for you to call. If you call a coach and they pick up the phone, they can talk to you as much as they want. This happens all of the time and the number one way coaches and recruits are talking to one another before “the rules allow a coach to call.”
- You can always visit a coach on an unofficial visit. If you are a freshman or sophomore and you have emailed a coach and they have indicated they are interested through your coach, you can visit them on their campus.
- Attending the schools camps give a coach a chance to watch you next to the other recruits. Don’t go to a camp unless you are sure the school is interested in you. This means you should be using the two tips above to contact coaches and get a sense for who is interested.
I heard you can’t sign for a scholarship until your senior year, so why do I hear about recruits “getting scholarships” as sophomores or earlier?
What this means is a coach has made a verbal scholarship offer. These are unofficial, handshake deals between a coach and a recruit that when signing day comes their senior year the coach will be offering a scholarship. In an effort to get the best talent, coaches are offering their top prospects earlier in the process to lock them up. When you hear about someone with a scholarship as a sophomore or junior, remember it isn’t official. What this means for you, is you need to start contacting coaches now because chances are, that coaching staff is already evaluating recruits in your recruiting class.
At the end of the day, there are too many rules for any one person to remember (except the professionals). The most important thing you need to know as a parent or athlete is if you reach out to a coach and you are the right fit for their program, they are going to find a way to contact you. So it is your job to put together an online resume and begin contacting the coaches you are interested in and are the right fit for you.
What does Next Level Recruiting do that my coach can't do?
Most High School Coaches, really would love to personally help all of their athletes obtain scholarship offers and most coaches will help to the best of their ability if you create recruitment or if a college coach directly contacts them. But the fact is, they simply do not have the time or the resources to do so as effectively as we can. Coaches are busy coaching, helping you become a better athlete, coordinating practices, studying opponent film and game situations, focusing on the schedule and games ahead and often times teaching 4-5 classes per day! Those responsibilities are very difficult, stressful and it's a full-time job in and of itself. Whereas 100% of Next Level Recruiting time and energy, 6 days a week, goes to ensure each and every individual student-athlete in the program is recruited to their full potential. Next Level Recruiting works closely with coaches to help identify the most qualified student-athletes. Those personal relationships ensure that we continue to invite and select only the most serious and dedicated high school prospects for our program every year.
