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The “10-Min Recruiting Setup” (Do This Once — and You’re Ahead of 90% of Athletes)

This is the part that makes everything easy later.

Step 1: Create a Google Drive folder (takes 2 minutes)

Make a folder called:
Water Polo Recruiting – [Your Name]

Inside it, create these subfolders:

• 01 Highlights Clips

• 02 Full Games

• 03 Tournaments & Schedules

• 04 Coaches / Emails

• 05 Profile + Academics

Step 2: Create a simple clip routine (takes 5 minutes/week)

After games, upload:

• 3–5 short clips (10–25 seconds each)

• Name them like:
  2026-02-03_Tournament_TeamA_vs_TeamB_Cap7_StealCounter.mp4

Step 3: Make a 1-page “Athlete Profile” doc (takes 3 minutes)

Put this at the top:

• Name, grad year, city/state, club + HS team

• Position(s)

• Height/weight (optional)

• Email + phone

• GPA (and test scores if you have them later)

• Coach contact info

• Link to your highlights (later)

Important: This is something the athlete can do. Parents just remind them.

12U (Ages ~11–12): Build Your System (Not College Emails)

At 12U, your goal is not “getting recruited.”
Your goal is: make future recruiting effortless.

What you do at 12U

✅ Set up the Google Drive folder (above)
✅ After games, upload at least 2–3 clips (even if they’re not perfect)
✅ Keep a simple “season log” note:

• tournaments played

• your cap number

• what you improved this month

The point

By 14U/16U you’ll already have clips and structure — no stress, no searching old phones.

Mini rule: Don’t overthink clips. Start messy. You can organize later.

13–14U (Ages ~13–14): Start Building a “Recruitable Library” (Slowly)

This is the sweet spot. You’re still early, but this is when you start creating your future highlights without even trying.

What you do at 13/14U

✅ Upload 3–5 clips per week (or per tournament) into Drive
✅ Start separating clips into categories (inside “Highlights Clips”):

• Defense

• Counterattack

• Driving / Movement

• Passing / Assists

• Shots (don’t make it only shots)

✅ Create a running doc called “My Best Clips List”
Every time you upload a great clip, paste:

• date + tournament

• short label (ex: “steal + assist”)

✅ Start a simple recruiting bio (for later emails)
2–3 sentences only:

• who you are

• what role you play

• your strength (1–2 things)

Why this matters

At 16U, highlights are easy when you’ve been saving clips for 2 years.
If you wait until 16U, making a highlights video becomes painful.

15U (Age ~15): Pre-Recruiting Prep (You’re Building the “Package”)

15U is the transition year where you start getting serious about the recruiting package — before you need it.

What you do at 15U

✅ Update your 1-page Athlete Profile (GPA, teams, coach info)
✅ Make sure you have:

• at least 20–30 good clips in Drive

• at least 2 full games saved (full games help a lot)

✅ Create a clean YouTube/Vimeo link plan (private/unlisted)

• You don’t need to post publicly

• You just need shareable links when the time comes

✅ Start building your college “interest list”
Not your final list — just categories:

• Dream

• Realistic

• Safety

This can be 5–10 schools total just to start.

16U (Ages ~16): Execute Recruiting (Highlights + Outreach + Follow-Up)

This is when recruiting becomes real — and because you’ve been organized, you’ll move fast.

What you do at 16U

✅ Create the final highlights video

• 3–5 minutes

• clean title screen (name, grad year, cap number, teams)

• not just goals

• best plays first

✅ Build your real school list

• Reach / Match / Safety

• based on academics + level + roster fit

✅ Start outreach

• email coaches

• include profile + highlights link + schedule

• follow up consistently

✅ Track everything
In Google Drive “Coaches / Emails”, make a sheet:

• school

• coach name

• date emailed

• follow-up date

• response

This is where most athletes fail

They send one email, then stop.
Recruiting is usually a follow-up game.

The Simple Weekly Recruiting Routine (Athletes can do this)

This is all you need.

Every week (10 minutes):

1. Upload 3–5 clips to Drive

2. Rename files properly

3. Add 1–2 lines to “My Best Clips List”

That’s it.

Parents don’t have to do it.
The athlete does it. Parents just remind them once a week like homework.

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