The five things you should do if you currently hold an athletic scholarship offer
ShareThe goal of the entire athletic recruiting process is to impress a coaching staff enough at their school that they are willing to pay for your college education. You will need to work hard in your sport/the weight room, in the classroom, and in marketing yourself to these coaches but it certainly can be done. [...]
The slippery slope for early scholarship offers by Division I-AA and II schools in the football recruiting process
ShareWhen it comes to scholarship offers in the football recruiting process, 95% of the news is from Division I-A (BCS) schools doing the offering. Most of the scholarships are from programs in BCS conferences in hopes that they are able to land top recruits early in the process. If they do that, the coaches are [...]
The five things you should do if you currently DO NOT hold an athletic scholarship offer
ShareWhile the goal is to get an athletic scholarship, I would assume that the vast majority of families out there reading are ones that currently are offer less at this point of the recruiting process. But the good news is that you are on the right path because you are doing your due diligence and [...]
There is a major time commitment involved to make an informed college decision for athletics
ShareIt doesn’t matter at this point if you are a football recruit with Division II offers, a basketball recruit with Division III interest, or a baseball recruit with NAIA scholarships, making an informed college decision is difficult and time consuming. What makes this so tough is the fact that you need to do so much [...]
Being deadlined by a college coach and living through it
ShareAs I have mentioned many times before, being deadlined is when a college coach tells you that you have until a certain date to accept the scholarship or they will offer another prospect at that same position. When you are in this situation, it is always extremely tough because this may be the school that [...]
Should I call college coaches at any point in the athletic recruiting process?
ShareOutside of a scholarship offer, I have said that one of the most telltale signs for interest from a college program is a call from their coaching staff. This shows that they are interested enough in your ability to take time out of their day to call you and sell their program. But one thing [...]
Levels of Athletic Recruiting Interest
ShareI wrote sometime ago about the different levels of recruiting interest. This is a piece that continues to need updating because of the changes that are going throughout the athletic recruiting process. With scholarship being the goal, it is always interest for athletes to see where the interest that they have been getting ranks. In [...]
Will 7-on-7 football camps help me in football recruiting process?
ShareI recently had a chance to speak with a senior to be athlete about how the football recruiting process was going for them. This player did have a decent amount of interest and attention from college coaches in his region so it was not like no schools were after him. What stood out to me [...]
Ten things that you can do to hurt yourself in the athletic recruiting process
ShareUnless you get an early scholarship offer, the athletic recruiting process is not easy. There are going to be times of stress, frustration, and hopefully joy when you finally make a final decision. But before picking a college, there is going to be a lot of things to do. But instead of focusing on that, [...]
How do I let college coaches recruiting me know that I have a scholarship offer from another school?
ShareI recently spoke with a parent who was lucky enough to see her son add a scholarship offer during the football recruiting process. As I say in all my articles, when an offer comes, this is a perfect time to broadcast it and make sure that the word is spread. This particular parent knew what [...]
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