How does a social networking site differ from RecruitU2?
A. In much the same way scouting services operate, social networking sites offer to put your profile up on their web site and wait for coaches to come to the web site, sort through all the posted profiles and find yours. Since this service is inexpensive it draws a large number of high school student athletes to these sites. This means that as the sites become more popular with the student athletes, there are more student athletes for the coaches to sort through if they are going to find you. The most frequently heard criticism of these sites is that, coaches don’t have time to go to multiple sites, register with them and then spend hours reading hundreds of profiles that are all formatted differently and have different information in them. The coaches would rather either hear from a student athlete directly and establish communication with the student or get recommendations from other sources they trust. Remember, just like when you look for a job, you don’t want your resume in a gian
