Scholarships breed other scholarships and why college coaches are afraid to be the first to pull the trigger
I probably sound like a broken record for those that read this site frequently but scholarship offers breed other scholarship offers. I have seen this a countless amount of times over the years and just saw it recently. That is why I am writing today’s article but also I want to talk [...]
Why academics matter more than ever in the athletic recruiting process
I have always stressed on here that one way to really help yourself in the athletic recruiting process is by taking care of your grades. Most coaches feel that the athletes with the best grades are usually the ones that they have to worry about the least in the classroom as [...]
Location and the importance of it during the athletic recruiting process
It seems as if during the athletic recruiting process, there are athletes in two different camps. The first one is the players that want to stay close to home and be surrounded by friends and family. The location allows those close to the athlete to see them frequently as well as [...]
You must play AAU basketball for a bigtime scholarship offer according to Bruce Pearl of Tennessee
Tennessee head basketball coach Bruce Pearl has coached at a variety of college programs at all different levels throughout the country. And although the Vols are considered a football program, it hasn’t stopped Pearl from winning a lot of games and bringing in top flight recruits to Knoxville.
We recently found an article [...]
What constitutes recruiting attention for your Rivals, Scout, and ESPN football profiles?
If you have been visiting this site over the last few weeks, then you would have read how to get database profiles on Rivals, Scout, and even ESPN Scouts Inc. And while getting a football recruiting or basketball recruiting database profile will not guarantee you a scholarship, it certainly [...]
Yet another reason why early recruiting letters and mail means nothing in the athletic recruiting process
It seems that I am writing daily about how early recruiting letters and form mail basically mean zilch in the overall athletic recruiting process. It doesn’t matter the sport at all because these coaches are just trying to make sure that they have added you to their recruiting database with thousands of [...]
I will get you an athletic scholarship today!
If you do much searching on the web, I can promise you that two things you will frequently come across is weight loss programs and make money now schemes. The reason that these continue to work year after year is because people are always searching for an easy way make some cash [...]
The five different types of parents in the athletic recruiting process
Over the past decade, I have interviewed thousands of athletes and spoken to hundreds of parents during that time as well. I believe this interaction gives me an excellent feel for what is going on during the football recruiting process and basketball recruiting process. You hear from them first hand what [...]
How do I get college coaches to watch my recruiting highlight video?
I wrote recently about how you should not waste your time “cold sending” recruiting highlight tapes to college coaches. That is something I doubt I will ever change my stance on. But it also had a number of users asking about what they need to do to get their highlight videos [...]
Updated Athletic Recruiting Definitions for Parents and Athletes
When talking about the recruiting process, there are a number of different terms and phrases that I use. While it is something that I assume most people know, I do realize that for people new to the athletic recruiting process, some of these terms may go over your head. So with that [...]
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