{"id":24213,"date":"2024-04-23T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=24213"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:08:59","slug":"how-to-effectively-drive-coaches-to-your-sidelines-via-scoutingzone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/how-to-effectively-drive-college-coaches-to-your-sidelines-via-scoutingzone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to effectively drive college coaches to your sidelines (via ScoutingZone)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24213\" class=\"elementor elementor-24213\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67b2a52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67b2a52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06f7263\" data-id=\"06f7263\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7f15e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d7f15e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to effectively drive coaches to your sidelines (via ScoutingZone)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d01829 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d01829\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d13dac\" data-id=\"9d13dac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86deaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86deaf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This article was submitted by our partner, ScoutingZone, in an ongoing series of best practices for college recruiting.<\/em><\/p><ol><li>Have a game plan of who you are emailing.<\/li><li>Create a template that you can use for each email, so you aren&#8217;t recreating them each time.<\/li><li>Let them know why you&#8217;re interested in their school and their program.<\/li><li>Be authentic and keep it personalized.<\/li><li>It should be written by the player, not the parent.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>What should you include in your email?<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Graduation year<\/li><li>Name<\/li><li>Club team<\/li><li>Personalized ScoutingZone link<ul><li>Your ScoutingZone profile is your soccer &#8220;resume&#8221; and is very important to include in all emails you send to college coaches. This also allows you to see which colleges are viewing your profile.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Tournament game schedule<ul><li>Make it easy for the coaches to find you and flag your matches.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Follow up after events<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Check your Scout Analysis and follow up with schools who may have flagged your match, viewed your profile or favorited you.<\/li><li>Email who you had written prior to the event to follow up, reaffirming your interest.\u00a0<\/li><li>Maybe you added a new highlight video to your ScoutingZone profile that you&#8217;d like them to see.<\/li><li>Let them know where you are playing next.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Key things to remember:\u00a0<\/strong>Be persistent. Emailing them once is not enough, and just because they haven&#8217;t responded, doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a &#8220;no.&#8221; Continue to email them a second, third and fourth time from the original email thread. That shows them you are persistent and that they may not have responded yet. Your Scout Analysis can be a direct reflection of your email communication.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0a9da2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0a9da2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fffc47\" data-id=\"6fffc47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd6510 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"efd6510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SZ-How-to-Drive-Coaches-to-Your-Sidelines-2024-0468-copy.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View a sample email to a college coach<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to effectively drive coaches to your sidelines (via ScoutingZone) Editor\u2019s Note: This article was submitted by our partner, ScoutingZone, in an ongoing series of best practices for college recruiting. 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