ShareI have talked before how there are a variety of different kinds of high school coaches that you will be dealing without throughout the athletic recruiting process. Some are extremely helpful, others push your name when it is convenient, and some unfortunately don’t do anything. And while the type of high school coach that you [...]
ShareIf a college coach is recruiting you regardless of the sport, there are three options that they can basically do throughout the athletic recruiting process. The first (and the best) is they can offer you a scholarship. The second is that they will continue evaluating and recruiting you while the third is they are moving [...]
ShareOne of the most difficult processes for parents and athletes to understand is what goes into the football recruiting process (Or any other sports for that matter). With highlight videos, summer camps, game tapes, combines, visits, Junior Days, and so many other aspects it is tough to really get a feel for what goes on [...]
ShareNo matter what sport you are looking at play at the college level, the coaches in that sport love to bring prospective recruits on campus no matter what season it is. With basketball players, coaches try to bring recruits in during the fall (Especially because they’d like to have the players decide before fall Signing [...]
ShareCollege football coaches love getting athletes that they recruit on campus during the summer for at least one day of camp. The reason is that it allows them to work with you, evaluate your skills, determine your level of coachability, and just get a general feel for what you can bring to the table. If [...]
ShareThe Nebraska Rivals website, HuskerIllustrated.com, caught up with former Cornerhusker coach Tom Osborn. This legendary coach is now the Athletic Director in Lincoln, Nebraska. Osborn has spent most of his life coaching and found a great deal of success winning ball games with Nebraska. One of their writers, John Talman, caught up with Osborn and [...]
ShareThe old saying scholarship offers breed other scholarship offers is still something that I feel strongly about. College coaches, no matter what sport, will evaluate a prospect much longer knowing that they have a scholarship offer on the table from a rival school than one without. The reason is simply because they know that an [...]
ShareI always stress the importance of making a recruiting highlight video after your junior season. This is a complete no brainer and something that I stress for anyone wanting to be evaluated by college coaches. You may not end up with a scholarship but a good highlight tape could help eventually open some recruiting doors [...]
ShareThe goal of the athletic recruiting process for any sport that you play is to end up getting a scholarship offer. Why else would you be reading this site? But in order to get a scholarship, you will need to be evaluated by the coaching staff. Most of the coaches want to see you in [...]
ShareWe recently had a comment from a parent who sits in a very desirable situation. Even though his son is just entering his junior year of high school, he already holds two early scholarship offers. What that means is his son has already gotten off to a great start in the recruiting process. But with [...]