how many times do people have to say that the camps are fundraisers and the invites come from master email lists that are exchanged regularly by asst.coaches?
Did you even read the above? Ther person said the club coach also received a call from the school expressing inetrest and wanting the girl to go to the camp. This is quite different than just getting a blast email. Obviously doesn't guarantee an offer, but if it is a school your daughter is inetrested and the coaches called your club coach to express interest, you go to the camp. They will be watching you more closely. Of course these camps are money-makers, everyone knows that. But they obviously evaluate girls they care most about and have already identified before the camp as on their recruting board, plus your daughter gets to see the campus and get to know the coaches better which is very valuable if she is offered down the line.
this answer seems most likely. We all get emails inviting our kids to a school's camp/clinic, but the ones that come as an invite through the club's director are personal. They are from the coaches directly, and say that they've seen your daughter play, they want to know where they are at in the process and they mean a little more that those generic blasts. No guarantees, but as our club director said the first time we got one, they already like you at that point, just want to look a little closer.
Scroll down to the bottom of the email and if there is an option to unsubscribe from future emails then it's just a mass email that goes to 100s of girls. You can tell the difference between those and ones sent directly from a coach
Another small clue that the coach is possibly interested in the player, like is stated above, is to scroll down to the coaches contact information. If their cell phone number is included it's a good sign that they are interested. If it's a mass email, it will just have the office phone number and address.
I agree with all of the above. My daughter did receive at least one initial contact email about a prospect clinic that was sent through the team's website system, so there was an unsubscribe link at the bottom. The coach included a cell phone, though, and it did not read like a mass email. As soon as my daughter replied expressing interest in the clinic, the coach reached out to my daughter's coach to set up a call.
We've found college prospect clinics to be really helpful, particularly when my daughter was already on that school's radar. A couple have included a tour open to all players attending, and one she recently attended included a tour with coaches and current players for only a small group of top recruits - well worth the $100 or so we paid for the clinic. The only camp my daughter thought was somewhat of a money grab was hosted by a top program that brings in a lot of college coaches, but the number of campers is very large and not much time was spent working with each coach. I think there are a lot of "money grab" camps and showcases out there, but for the most part we haven't found the college camps/clinics to fall into that category. Not every attending player will generate interest from coaches, however.
