Seventh Observation....

For my seventh observation I decided to find out information about joining a team as a walk on. A walk on is when someone comes to the school and later decides to try out for a sport. I asked Dave, a soccer player I previously interviewed about how he joined the team. Dave played soccer in Sweden and was chosen by a recruiting scout at a tournament in London. He kept in contact with Nova’s coaches and they told him to come try out once he gets his grades higher. Dave went to a school in Orlando for a year and improved his scores. He transferred to Nova and was accepted right away. Dave told me his friend came to the school and decided to try out for the team as a walk on. He had to provide letters of recommendation and a video of his previous career. Once the coaches reviewed his tapes they decided to have him come to a practice with the team to see how they played together and get a close up of his skills. After they observed his practice with the team they made the decision to have him join the team. They worked on all the contracts with the school within a week and his friend was practicing with the team.
It may vary from each sport depending upon the coach. However this seems like a reasonable way to admit someone onto a team.