Not sure how helpful this is

by Domer99, John Wesley Powell's Expedition Island, Friday, April 10, 2026, 09:55 (9 days ago) @ irishvol

But some elements I found useful.

- Take your kids to overnight camps at colleges they might be interested in. Overnight camps are great for them to experience the location of the school, it won't replicate a college experience but gets them familiar with surroundings. At the very least, they get some good instruction.

- I'd recommend this later vs. earlier (so junior year maybe into senior year), but prospect camps are great exposure too.

- I don't know a ton about this but NCSA helps and seems to have a ton of free services to help student-athletes. They help you with a recruiting profile and provide your child advice and tools to reach out to schools they like. Cautionary warning: they do try to upsell premium services and it's an IMG filtering program.

- As domer.mq intimates, make sure they are prepared for rejection and some heartache. College athletics can be cutthroat and many of these coaches/programs don't care.

- Above all else, be supportive of your child. Enjoy the time you get to spend. Let them kind of carve their path and stay out of the way. Obviously be there and support, but I've seen too many parents drive this process to the point where it's backfired and their kids don't enjoy it.