Walk-On: How to Give Yourself the Best Chance
Say you?ve decided to attend a particular school and desperately want to be on the team. Though you?ve self-recruited vigorously, the coach hasn?t offered you a recruited position. Instead she?s suggested that you come to walk-on tryouts.
Make no mistake about it, this is not an ideal situation, but it's also not hopeless. You must continue to self-recruit so the coach knows you well by the time you arrive on campus. The coach?s familiarity with you will help distinguish you from the pack during tryouts.
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