Evaluation period, dead period, quiet period, and contact period: What exactly are they and how do they effect the recruiting process?
Each one of the four mentioned terms in the title are things that you need to know before going into the recruiting process. What makes them so vital to athletic recruiting is the fact that they are rules handed down by the NCAA that determines the amount of contact Division I coaches can have with [...]
I am a senior recruit and a a college football program has requested film but hasn’t called. Where do they sit?
This is a very interesting scenario. The athlete that was mentioned above seemed to completely focused on basketball and continuing his career there at the college level. But after not signing in the fall, this player now has more options as to what sport he wants to play. He hasn’t received much mail recently for [...]
Athletic Recruiting Q&A from the eyes of a mother – Part Two
Click here to see the first part of the article. When reading the topics and titles of the articles on the site, many will assume that this is only about football recruiting and how to earn a football scholarship. But as proven by one of my favorite mothers out there reading, that is not true. [...]
I’m a junior with football scholarship offers. What exactly should I be doing now?
Like a few of the other series of articles that I have started, I plan to break down what I would recommend to high school athletes in different situations. This will cover football and basketball as well as the year the athlete is and the recruiting interest they have been receiving. This should help those [...]
Athletic Recruiting Q&A from the eyes of a mother (Part One)
When reading the topics and titles of the articles on the site, many will assume that this is only about football recruiting and how to earn a football scholarship. But as proven by one of my favorite mothers out there reading, that is not true. Her son has played a sport that is definitely not [...]
Do not even consider sending in deposit checks for summer athletic camps anytime soon
Regardless of the sport, you want to stay on top and ahead of things during the athletic recruiting process. This will make things less stressful and just give you a better feel for your overall recruiting. A few things that you can stay ahead of are researching schools, figuring out what interests your son or [...]
Help your football recruiting stock by attending a free Nike Combine
Every spring, Student Sports, SPARQ, and Nike put together combines throughout the country that allows football players to showcase their skills in front of the recruiting experts from potentially a variety of the big sites (Rivals, Scout, ESPN obviously). This is once again the case this year as there will be sixteen Nike Combines held [...]
Being “Self Recruited” during the athletic recruiting process
A few weeks back, I was writing on a different website about how a talented football recruit was receiving Division I attention from a number of schools throughout the country. This was a player who has testing numbers off of the chart and has had a decent amount of success on the football field as [...]
How serious is a college if they give me tickets to their game during the athletic recruiting process?
For all those football recruits out there reading this, I hope you had an opportunity to use your skills in athletics to get free tickets to attend college games. College coaches basically have no limit on the amount of athletes that they can invite to their home games so they do everything that they can [...]
If you are good enough, college coaches will find you. Is that really true?
The old adage goes that if you are good enough at football, basketball, baseball, or whatever sport you play, college coaches will find out. It doesn’t matter if you are playing 8-Man football or the at the biggest school in the State, people expect that college coaches will find them no matter what. But in [...]