Welcome to the Most Honest Thing You'll Read About Volleyball Recruiting
Most recruiting services will tell you they get athletes recruited.
That's not true. And deep down, most families already know it.
Here's what actually gets athletes recruited: the athlete. Her preparation. Her communication. Her film. Her grades. Her follow-through. Her willingness to own the process and run it herself.
What a good service does is equip her to do all of that better. What a bad service does is take your money, put her name in a database, and call it exposure.
P323 Volleyball exists to equip. What you do with that is up to you.
What You Will Find Here
This is a practical, no-fluff guide to the college volleyball recruiting process. Every section is built around one goal: giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to run your own recruiting journey.
Not your parents' journey. Not your club coach's journey. Yours.
You will find content here on everything from building your skills video to understanding scholarship packages to knowing what questions to ask on a campus visit. You can work through it in a suggested order if you are just getting started, or go directly to what you need right now if you are already in the middle of the process.
No gatekeeping. No vague promises. No recycled advice dressed up in new packaging.
Just the real stuff.
What You Will Not Find Here
A shortcut. There is no shortcut.
A guarantee. Anyone who guarantees you a scholarship or a roster spot is lying to you.
A replacement for the work. Reading this matters zero if you do not do something with it. Every section ends with a clear action step. That step only works if you take it.
Two Ways to Use This
Follow the pathway. If you are a sophomore or early junior just getting serious, start at the beginning and work through each section in order. It is designed to build your foundation first and walk you through the process in the right sequence.
Go straight to what you need. If you are a junior or senior with a specific problem to solve right now, jump directly to it. Looking for email templates? Go to 3: Make Contact. Trying to compare scholarship offers? Go to 5: Understand the Money. Preparing for a campus visit? Go to 4: Manage Your Process. Every section stands on its own.
If you are a parent, there is a dedicated section that covers your role in the process, how to evaluate programs alongside your daughter, and how to support without taking over. Start there, then read whatever else helps you understand what she is working through.
The Suggested Pathway
For athletes starting from the beginning, here is the recommended sequence:
- Build Your Foundation — Get your profile, video, and recruiting assets in order before you contact a single coach. Nothing else works until this is done.
- Understand the Landscape — Know the rules, the divisions, and the recruiting calendar before you start reaching out. This is the context that makes everything else make sense.
- Make Contact — Email, DMs, phone calls, follow-up. The exact tools and templates to initiate and sustain communication with college coaches.
- Manage Your Process — Camps, visits, the FIT tool, red flags. How to think and operate like the CEO of your own recruiting journey.
- Understand the Money — Scholarships, stacking aid, negotiating your package. The financial side most families do not understand until it is too late.
- Take Care of You — Mental skills, identity, and the part of this process nobody else talks about.
One Thing Before You Start
The recruiting process is going to test you. It is slower than you want it to be. It involves more silence from coaches than you expect. It will ask you to be proactive in situations where waiting feels easier. It will ask you to hear hard feedback and keep going anyway.
The athletes who come out the other side with the right fit are not always the most talented ones in the gym. They are the ones who stayed consistent, communicated professionally, and refused to let someone else decide their future for them.
That is what Athletes First means. You are in the driver's seat. We are here to help you navigate.
Let's get to work.
Athletes First. Serve Always.
— Prospects 323
Your move: Before you go to 1: Build Your Foundation, write down three programs you are currently interested in and three programs you know nothing about but are curious about. You do not need a reason for the second list. Curiosity is enough. Keep that list somewhere you can find it. You will use it.