For club teams playing in some tournaments, I have seen people wearing their high school varsity team helmets. I guess for showcases as a team. Is there any best practice when to wear club team helmets vs wearing varsity team helmets?
As a freshman preparing for upcoming recruiting season, I see IL scores and ratings. Are top D1 coaches mostly use that to draw their majority of recruits?
I know everyone would say they evaluate from all angles, watch the films, talk to top club team
coaches, attend top level showcases and etc. But time and resources for coaches are limited, I can’t imagine they really watch all the films boys sent to them. They must be doing some filtering. I thought as a human, I would go for rating and ranking plus trusted recommendations.
Ask another way, how many top D1 spots are from those without a IL score or rating.