To: Randy11
OK where due I start, I believe that is what this forum is for, is to inform all.
To the Kids and Parents: DO YOUR WORK. Write your letters every week. I know it took our DD at the least, two hours a week to write her letters with the guidance of Mom and Dad. Coaches know who's writing, the kid or the parent. Our DD wrote approx. 75 Colleges each week, she had her top 10, top 50, and the rest were just to see who had interest in her. I believe Coaches want to see the work done by the Kid. With the Recruiting Services, the service is doing the work while the Parent is paying for the work to be done, not what I would want if I were a coach and/or Manager of a company. I've seen what these Recruiting services offer and it is a lot like a profile that your Team puts out for the Coaches at the Showcases.
Now, with that said, I don't believe I bashed anyone with my post. I was stating an opinion just to inform all that might want to read this post.
Let us now take a look at what it might cost us to use these Recruiting Services, and after visiting
www.christwaysports.com I have found that there cost may be one of the highest of them all. Looking at four Recruiting Services(Softballshowcase.com, Berecruited.com, OnDeck, and Christwaysports.com).
On Deck is upfront with there cost, with a recruit paying $100 annually.
Softball Showcase as well as Be Recruited have a start free on there websight, but if you look at there terms it say that there is a cost. I did not want to sign in to find out there cost. I had to write this post. Ha Ha
Now onto Christway
http://www.christwaysports.com/program.htm It looks like a $225 recruit software package, but if you look at the bottom of the page you'll find a 1 year $495 package(I do it for you) Term of Package. Not clear if it's $495 total or $225 plus $495 total package. Anyway, it sounds like a lot. And if you look into it, you do most of the work, filling out blanks that the owner passes on, thats it. The $495(I do it for you) is actually on the bottom of the PROGRAM page. WOW.
If you have read this thread, at the top it said, DO YOUR WORK. Randy11 says "do your homework first before using anybody." So I did a little of the homework for you, NO CHARGE. Hopefully anybody who reads this thread will have a little more understanding of these Recruiting Services. Oh, we dont like the word Services.
DO YOUR WORK means "do your own work!!"