CHICO,
Not taken as a challenge <smile>
First let me try and answer this question:
Where do players get recruited "from" who don't play in high school?
As noted in previous post, I dind't say that they couldn't be noticed or discovered through the club process, many have. What I attempted to communicate "probably not clearly" is that before playing in college all student athletes must be eligible academically, and that process can only be varified through the education system. (A little different for those home schooled but the process is generally the same)
As we know colleges cannot "leagally" talk to an athlete about attending their school and joining there team until they are Juniors. This does not mean they cannot talk to the athlete, give tips, or encouragement in other settings, but they have guidlines that must be followed. It just means that they cannot walk up to a freshman and or a sophmore who plays in high school or on a club team and say hey, we are interested in you and want to talk more about you about joining our program.
There are a number of websites that address this but these are some good definitions to start in your search engine.
Frequently-Asked Questions on
Recruiting Definitions
Contact period - permissible for authorized athletic department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.
Dead period - not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits.
Evaluation period - permissible for authorized athletics department staff to be involved in
off-campus activities to assess academic qualifications and playing abililties. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospect are permitted.
Quiet period - permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution's campus.
Detailed information about recruiting is available in the online edition of the NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete.
I often here athletes and parents talk about speaking with college recruiters in their first two years in highschool or before. In my travels and work with all sports, I know that most coaches and recruiters are very very careful about what they say to athletes and their parents in these years because it is a big downer for that school, if even the wrong perception is given. Therefore, I wanted to note, that highschools, and highschool coaches could play a mayjor role during that period where athletes are often left with allot of questions. As far as development, I think the clubs are a great avenue, but also feel like the coach from SMU, I believe we are not taking advantage of all of the resources avaiable at the highschools like other sports do in the country. As for physical development in general, I believe most highschool programs lack in this area and that is not a hit on the coach or the program just see too many athlete's, especially females come out of highschool with great skill, and or technical ability (all sports) and about 2-3 years behind in their overall physical development.
