How do I get on an AAU or club team to help myself during the athletic recruiting process?
Before diving into this article, the main subject of this article is basketball but it can also be carried over into sports that have club teams (soccer/volleyball) and the majority of sports that have different off-season all star teams (football is the main sport that does not have this). So even [...]
The Recruiting-101 Effect
I have preached on this site for a year and a half about the recruiting process. It matters more about you and your family taking these steps to help yourself rather than the sport that you play. Yes, this site is more football and basketball specific but a Junior Day is a [...]
If you want to be the best, you need to invest in the athletic recruiting process
I recently was driving and heard an outstanding quote from a basketball coach. While he was talking about facilities for his team, what he said was if you want to be the best, you must invest. Again, he was talking specifically about how this school needed to pony up some cash [...]
Why is my child not being recruited by college coaches?
One of the most frequently asked questions that I receive from parents is why is their child not being recruited by college coaches. Their son or daughter may have been lighting up the stats sheet on the sophomore team so they are obviously talented. And now they are wondering why a [...]
Being professional on all fronts throughout the athletic recruiting process
As the old saying goes, “you only one chance to make a first impression.” There is no doubt that rings true in every aspect of life but it must be stressed as well during the athletic recruiting process. Being professional on all fronts throughout the courting process by college coaches [...]
How to use Rivals, Scout, ESPN, and the local media to help yourself throughout the football recruiting process
Before going into the meat of the article, please see the older articles where I talked about getting your profile added to each site: Rivals.com | Scout.com | ESPN Scouts Inc. Because having a profile on each and everyone of these sites is 100% free (there are no fees [...]
More on football highlight videos, recruiting highlight videos, and highlight tapes
I had previously been writing an article a week on what you needed to avoid on recruiting highlight videos, I have actually taken some time off writing about this subject. But after recently cutting a number of different tapes, I saw a lot of things that I thought needed to be [...]
Bringing too much cake to the party during the athletic recruiting process
In one of the stranger article titles that I have written on this site, let me stress that there is actually a point to what was said and the entire article. The reason I decided to put this article together was because of one of the most interesting quotes that I [...]
What college coaches visiting high schools during the athletic recruiting process really means
There have been some interesting comments on a few of the recent columns related to what it means when a college coach visits the high school of a potential athletic recruit. One reader felt that if a Division I college coach flew to your school, then you had it “in the [...]
College coaches are not always confident of their evaluation skills when offering scholarships to prep athletes
When talking about football camps during the summer months, I have mentioned the importance of going to just one day of camp at a number of different places. The reason is to save money, time, and get to more camps along the way. I have stressed this and will continue stressing [...]
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