If you want to be the best, you need to invest a great deal into 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 to build new facilities. [...]
The Recruiting-101 Effect and how families can use this site to garner scholarship offers
I have preached on this site for a two and a half yards 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 Junior Day, [...]
For recruited athletes, are there really viable excuses regarding why stats were down?
Let me state again for the record that I believe your stats have very little to do with your overall recruiting attention. The reason why I say this is because there have been numerous athletes I have seen in basketball, football, and other sports who did not do all that well at the high school [...]
Do you need a highlight video to be recruited by Division II & Division III schools?
There is no doubt in my mind that if you want to play college football at the Division I-A/BCS or Division I-AA/FCS levels, you need to put together a recruiting highlight video to showcase your skills. There are occasional exceptions but I would say over 90% that end up with scholarships at these levels have [...]
Steps to avoid being stressed out by the athletic recruiting process – Part Two
Click here to read the first part of this article. Continued from part one: Time may be tight but it is very important that you continue to reevaluate where you sit with the recruiting process. This may get a little old but you need to have a good feel of where you sit with colleges. [...]
College Coaches don’t care about you playing at the highest level if you commit to their school
If you have a lot of interest from a variety of college coaches, there is no doubt that one of the lines you may end up hearing is about how their coaching staff really cares for their players and always does what is in their best interest. There is no doubt that when the coaches [...]
Steps to avoid being stressed out by the athletic recruiting process – Part One
It always seems that when Signing Day nears, the stress levels for entire families continue to rise. Making that final decision is never going to be easy regardless of the situation. But there are some ways that we will talk about that can help with reducing your overall stress level and making things easier for [...]
Why is my son or daughter 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 flood of Division I [...]
Craziest things I have heard from parents throughout the athletic recruiting process
I have spent a great deal of time covering recruiting over the past decade for a wide variety of publications and websites. There is no doubt that one of the most interesting things that I receive from a day to day basis is emails from parents. Some are fantastic about the recruiting process and realize [...]
How can I help Recruiting-101?
One of the most frequent questions that I receive via email is how users can help support the Recruiting-101 website. First off, if you are reading this, that is a great start. The more users that the website receives, the bigger the site grows and the easier it is to spend more time producing better [...]