That the coaches can't talk to you until June 15th after your sophomore year . But I would say the recruiting process actually starts like a few years before that because you kind of have to kick start it with reaching out to the coaches yourself , emailing them cutting up your film . Um , so I would spend about two hours of my weekends cutting up film and making videos to send to the coaches .
And then I , now I'm here playing at US C and it just , it's like a dream come true . So the beach volleyball community , when I was going through my recruiting process was still pretty small . There was not as many teams as there is now and US C has been and always will be the best .
Um , so I would spend about two hours of my weekends cutting up film and making videos to send to the coaches . And then I would write a really personalized email to each coach , um , send it off and that's how the coaches kind of get to know you . So on June 15th , they can reach out and they already know exactly who you are .
It's because of the work ethic and I would say every single girl on our team right now has that work ethic because that's what it takes to get to a national championship program as a collegiate beach volleyball player , we practice six times a week , we're in the gym , lifting or conditioning five times a week and that has stayed consistent through off season . And while right now , we're getting into our season just because we take preparation super seriously and want to make sure that we're at the top of our game . And I think that there are also ways that you can get better outside the volleyball court too , whether that's watching film , eating right , sleeping , right , stretching every night .
And it just took a lot of commitment and drive to get here . And that's a big reason also that my coaches were drawn to me . It's because of the work ethic and I would say every single girl on our team right now has that work ethic because that's what it takes to get to a national championship program as a collegiate beach volleyball player , we practice six times a week , we're in the gym , lifting or conditioning five times a week and that has stayed consistent through off season .
