Recruiting Tips & Blog

*This page will be updated regularly to reflect the latest Future 500 ID Camp and COVID-19 information. As you may have heard, the NCAA has extended their recruiting ‘Dead Period’ through August 31st for NCAA Division 1 colleges. This means that Division 1 coaches are not able to attend any soccer ID Camp in the nation during the month of August, including Future 500’s camps in Maryland.  Despite this news, Future 500 is determined to provide a truly outstanding college exposure opportunity for aspiring college players at these camps, which is even more important now given all of the recruiting exposure lost by athletes this year. 

THERE ARE NEW UPDATES AS OF JULY 31ST

*This page will be updated regularly to reflect the latest Future 500 ID Camp and COVID-19 information. Future 500, like many organizations, has had to adapt and change our College ID Camps this year in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Future 500 will now be having one Girls Camp on August 6-7 and one Boys Camp on August 8-9.  In addition to moving the camps toward the end of the summer, Future 500 has changed to a new venue with much more space. Both camps will be moving from Eastern University, 1300 Eagle Road, St.

THERE ARE NEW UPDATES AS OF JUNE 4TH

*This page will be updated regularly to reflect the latest Future 500 ID Camp and COVID-19 information. Future 500, like many organizations, has had to adapt and change our College ID Camps this year in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Future 500 has focused on decreasing the size as well as changing the layout of the camps in order to ensure the safety of campers in response to COVID-19. With safety always a priority, Future 500 has made the following changes to camp:

SAFETY CHANGES TO FUTURE 500 IN 2020

1. Requiring Vehicles

As part of Future 500’s safety procedures for 2020, players will not be allowed to linger on the fields when they are not playing and parents will not be allowed to spectate.

Communicating with coaches is one of the most important and most difficult aspects of a successful college recruiting journey. While there are a number of ways to reach out, coaches primarily use their email accounts in their recruiting efforts. This means that you should pursue a coach communication strategy that effectively leverages email. Before you consider what to write you have to make sure that you are giving your emails the best shot possible at being delivered to and opened by coaches. This process has become increasingly difficult for student-athletes aspiring to play in college. Email Delivery The email system that you use to message a college coach is what primarily determines whether the email is delivered to the coach’s inbox.

The Coronavirus (and the D-1 Dead Period) are having a significant effect on the college recruiting process. High school soccer players unable to be seen directly by their desired college coaches may be getting anxious about missed recruiting opportunities with these coaches. Despite being unable to play in front of certain coaches, there are a number of steps you can take to improve your chances of getting recruited. In this article we are going to be talking about how you can send effective emails to college coaches while you’re unable to speak with many of them face to face. Email is going to be an important communication tool with college coaches during the college recruiting process.

A high quality soccer highlight video will give a coach you are communicating with a good impression of your ability and what you might bring to their team. A polished, succinct recruiting highlight video will massively improve your odds of a successful recruiting outcome. Below are a number of tips which will help you to create an effective college recruiting highlight video. 1. Keep it brief! Send 4-6 minutes of video highlights of your play, with some of your best plays displayed in the first couple of minutes. Coaches don’t have time to watch more video than that. If for some reason they want more, they will contact you and request it.