The Process rules guide

How college softball recruiting actually works, phase by phase, with the contact rules by division and the current D1 calendar.

Steps

Open The Process in the header. Start with When can coaches talk to you, which is the most-asked question and depends entirely on division.
Read the eight phases in order. Most families discover them in the wrong order; the first one is honest self-evaluation.
Use the D1 calendar for dead periods and evaluation weekends when planning the travel season, and the eight classic mistakes before the first email goes out.
The FAQ answers the questions we get most, including the National Letter of Intent, camp invites, and who should write the emails.

A family that knows the D1 contact date for her class, plans camps around evaluation periods, and stops reading silence as rejection.

Taking rules advice from a travel coach's memory. The page is verified against the NCAA's own documents each August.
Asking Ask a question for a rule. It sends you here on purpose; rules are not something a model should paraphrase.

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