Football Recruiting Advice for Defensive Ends
Another series of articles that I am going to continue doing is breaking down the recruiting knowledge that I have for different positions in both basketball and football. While some may feel that recruiting is all the same, that is definitely not the case at all. The recruiting process for a quarterback, lineman, linebacker, or [...]
Steroids and the athletic recruiting process
While steroids have been around for sometime now, the real reason that they have been so popular in the media over the last few years has been because of baseball. With players like Jose Canseco openly admitting that he used them and suspicion for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and many others, stories fill newspaper headlines [...]
Should you consider your recruiting options in multiple sports?
To be able to play at the Division I level in any sport takes a great deal of skills and abilities. But to have those attributes in multiple sports shows what kind of athlete you really are. Because playing both sports (Outside of possibly football and track), this article is focusing more on looking at [...]
What is a National Letter of Intent?
With Signing Day 2008 getting closer and closer, athletes in football, soccer, and track will be signing with their future schools. But even though Signing Day is something that continues to get pushed often throughout the recruiting process, few people actually know what a Letter of Intent is or what it does. Basically what a [...]
What to do and not to do on recruiting highlight videos
I have had a chance to look at hundreds and possibly thousands of highlight recruiting videos over the last decade. During that time, I have seen a great deal of outstanding highlight videos as well as some terrible videos that would not get the top player in the country a scholarship. The transition from VHS [...]
How it feels to be committed to your future college
With Signing Day 2008 less than two weeks away, that means a number of the top football players across the country will be getting a chance to sign a Letter of Intent with the school they expect to play for over the next four or five years. But with many athletes still in the midst [...]
Broadcasting your recruiting attention
I recently did an article with a coach about his son. The son is currently a junior on the team and has already started going through the recruiting process. He is a good athlete and was named All State in a smaller school. After finishing the article, the coach requested that I take the names [...]
I am getting recruited for a sport I don’t love. What should I do?
I recently emailed back and fourth with an athlete who has a very interesting story. While he is a senior and has some time before his final decision has to eventual come down, his story is interesting enough to write about. Here is a little background on the athlete. He has been a varsity starter [...]
Football Recruiting Advice for Linebackers
Another series of articles that I am going to continue doing is breaking down the recruiting knowledge that I have for different positions in both basketball and football. While some may feel that recruiting is all the same, that is definitely not the case at all. The recruiting process for a quarterback, lineman, linebacker, or [...]
A high school coach is needed for the athletic recruiting process
In talking with parents and athletes who are going through the recruiting process, many feel that their high school coach is not doing much in the recruiting process. While many coaches may be uneducated about how to help their player, if you can get your high school coach helping you, it would be a big [...]