How to Recruit for Women's Basketball

Recruiting for women's basketball at the college level requires a coach to contact as many prospects as possible as well as keep in constant communication with them. A coach recruiting for a college women's basketball team must evaluate each player that she is recruiting and decide whether to offer that player a scholarship. What sets women's basketball recruiting apart from men's basketball recruiting is that women's game recruiters seek sport-specific skill whereas most men's recruiters prefer a high level of athleticism over existing skill.

Instructions

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      Read and memorize the rules of recruiting for women's basketball at your school's level in the NCAA rule book. Restrictions are placed on coaches at the NCAA Division I and II levels that prohibit the coach from having contact with recruits at certain times of the year. A violation of these rules can result in heavy penalty from the NCAA, which can include a reduction of scholarships your team can offer. NCAA Division III teams are allowed to actively recruit year-round.

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      Contact the high school coaches of the schools that are in your recruiting area. A college recruits first and foremost in the regions surrounding its campus. Contacting every high school coach in the region once per year allows you to get information regarding qualified women's basketball players. Ask the high school coach about the student's grades and whether she will succeed at your level. As a coach, you understand what the academic requirements of your school are and cannot recruit a player who falls outside of those standards. Get the phone number of any qualified women's basketball player from the high school coach so you can make contact.

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      Place a phone call to a women's basketball player that you have an interest in recruiting. Introduce yourself as the coach at a specific school and ask if you can speak with her for a few moments. Ask the player questions about her future as a women's basketball player to learn about her character. Have a piece of paper and a pen handy so you can write down any important information—including her intended major, what her game schedule looks like so you can personally attend a game and what other schools are recruiting her.

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      Visit any qualified women's basketball player face to face. Go to a team practice or a game so you can watch how a certain player performs and determine whether she would fit into your system. Additionally, you will be able to evaluate what type of teammate she is by watching how she interacts with the players around her.

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      Keep in touch with the player that you have begun to recruit. Place a weekly phone call to her or follow up with a hand written note a few times a month. Offer a scholarship if you are confident that she could help the program.