ShareIn the minds of most athletes and especially their parents, the way to improve your stock in the eyes of college coaches and get recruited by a number of big schools as a senior is to put together a great senior season. I have heard this from countless players that they are focusing on the [...]
ShareOver the last two years, I have had the opportunity to interact with one of the top athletic recruits in the Class of 2011. While I am not going to say his name, I have also had the opportunity to interact with his mother as well. And despite having the ability to play his sport [...]
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ShareI 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 well as away from [...]
ShareOne of the more interesting debates that athletic recruits have to figure out on a daily basis is if they want playing time early on versus playing at a school with a big name. For example, if you were a national football recruit who lived in Texas, would you take the early playing time at [...]
ShareIn order to really jump into this article, I must relay a story of what a current Division I college coaching staff is doing. This staff made a name for themselves at the mid major level and went to a number of NCAA tournaments. While they never won a game there, the team making this [...]
ShareThe NCAA National Letter of Intent that you sign to accept a scholarship offer makes sure to include a part that talks about you are signing with the school and not the coach. I think the main reason that this is included is because when coaches leave, the school can hold the athlete hostage and [...]
ShareOne of the most stressful times in the lives of parents and their children is if they go through the athletic recruiting process. It doesn’t matter if you are a Division I recruit or someone hoping to play sports at the NAIA level, it is tough weighing out the benefits of all the schools involved. [...]
ShareI wrote yesterday 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 in front of college [...]
ShareThere is one major thing that you can do in recruiting to save money. It is to not send out tape unless a coach requests it. It makes me sick when recruits tell me that they send out game tape and don’t get a response. The reason is because it is not a smart thing [...]