Any information on the Small College camp for 2015 that I believe Ballard arranged and hosted last year?

Smith has been personally invited to Ohio, Ky Wesleyan, Mt. St Joes, EKU and Ball State. He will also be attending ( not invited as of yet lol ) UK, UC and Notre Dame camps as well.

 

Good luck to all the young men this season!!

 

How were these personal invites delivered and what exactly do they say? Again a serious question here.

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Edited May 6, 201511 yr by sportsfan2012

After having been through it as a parent, being "invited" to a school's camp is nothing noteworthy. The coach usually just wants butts in seats and dollars coming in. Granted, if there is a standout, he will get noticed...but camp interest is alot different than recruiting interest.

We did the Manning passing academy too, and for a 8th grader or freshman, it is pretty cool. For a rising junior or senior looking to get recruited, its a waste of time and money.

 

Ok, well the couple visits that he has made after being invited the coaches have kept in close contact with him. It was after the visit with Ohio and EKU that they invited him to the camp.

This is a email with real intrest. never went to the camp. School came to the HS later in the summer and offered. FCS school.

 

I hope this email finds you doing well. I just wanted to reconnect with you two and explain that our interest in XXXX is still extremely high. XXX's highlight tape has been watched by our entire offensive staff. After watching his tape as a staff we evaluated XXXX as a potential offer though we would love for him to attend one of our camps this summer. I understand that this is no easy feat given our distance from Kentucky. However, as I coach XXXX's position I truly like xXXx's ability and think he would be a great fit in our offensive scheme. I attempted to call xXX today and use my one permitted call and was unable to get in touch with him. I just wanted to reiterate my personal and our teams interest in xXXX and hope attending one of our camps is still something you both will consider. Congrats on your offers I knew it was only a matter of time before they came your way. Have a wonderful afternoon and Go Rams!!

Ok we all get it, why should any parent or young man be happy that someone maybe showing them some interest??

This is a email with real intrest. never went to the camp. School came to the HS later in the summer and offered. FCS school.

 

I hope this email finds you doing well. I just wanted to reconnect with you two and explain that our interest in XXXX is still extremely high. XXX's highlight tape has been watched by our entire offensive staff. After watching his tape as a staff we evaluated XXXX as a potential offer though we would love for him to attend one of our camps this summer. I understand that this is no easy feat given our distance from Kentucky. However, as I coach XXXX's position I truly like xXXx's ability and think he would be a great fit in our offensive scheme. I attempted to call xXX today and use my one permitted call and was unable to get in touch with him. I just wanted to reiterate my personal and our teams interest in xXXX and hope attending one of our camps is still something you both will consider. Congrats on your offers I knew it was only a matter of time before they came your way. Have a wonderful afternoon and Go Rams!!

 

Just a FYI Smith has not been to their camps yet! He was invited to come to their schools first. Ohio invited him, has been to his school and now invited him to their camp. He has not been to Mt. St Joe but the coach has been to his school, and he has not been to EKU camp just an visit that he was invited to by the Coach. Let me clear that part up.

Just a FYI Smith has not been to their camps yet! He was invited to come to their schools first. Ohio invited him, has been to his school and now invited him to their camp. He has not been to Mt. St Joe but the coach has been to his school, and he has not been to EKU camp just an visit that he was invited to by the Coach. Let me clear that part up.

This was to just show what I believe to be real intrest. The question was how do I know real intrest and not just spam email about a camp?

My son had a coach reach out to him via e-mail. The e-mail stated that the coach would like to talk to my son. My son followed up with a call or two that went unanswered and then he followed up with a few e-mails to said coach with no sort of reply. The coach did however start following him on Twitter. This coach is from one of the schools that has been mentioned on here by someone else.

My son had a coach reach out to him via e-mail. The e-mail stated that the coach would like to talk to my son. My son followed up with a call or two that went unanswered and then he followed up with a few e-mails to said coach with no sort of reply. The coach did however start following him on Twitter. This coach is from one of the schools that has been mentioned on here by someone else.

I would keep calling the coach once a week. Leave a voice mail. All good things. Them asking you to call may be because it's a no contact time. You can call them they can't call you.

I would keep calling the coach once a week. Leave a voice mail. All good things. Them asking you to call may be because it's a no contact time. You can call them they can't call you.

 

Coaches are aloud to contact kids right since I believe April 15th.

Coaches are aloud to contact kids right since I believe April 15th.

One call between April 15 and May 31 of an athlete’s junior year.

On/after September 1, athletes can receive one call per week outside any contact periods.

During a contact period, coaches can contact athletes at the institution’s discretion.

Contact period(s)—Sunday after the last Saturday in November through Saturday before the NLI spring signing period.