I’m a junior football recruit. What should I be doing right now in the football recruiting process?
One of the features that I hope to do continue doing monthly is to focus on what I feel recruits in football, basketball, and possibly other sports should be doing right now to help themselves in the recruiting. As I have said many times, this is a difficult journey and most families are intimidated by [...]
Things that you must do if you are using this site to help with the recruiting process
There is no doubt that Recruiting-101 can be a great resource during the recruiting process. While we have e-books and individualized consulting available, a number of the readers take advantage of the free side of things. If that is the case, we do hope that you please support our advertisers here. Regardless of your situation, [...]
What is the hardest part of the athletic recruiting process?
No matter how excited you are to get involved in the recruiting process, if you have a lot of schools that are interested in you, it becomes a taxing process before everything is said and done. With visits, calls, scholarship offers (hopefully), things can become extremely stressful in a quick period. Recruiting-101 had a chance [...]
Craziest things I have heard from parents during 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 [...]
Should I look at junior college programs during the recruiting process?
Recently, there were some comments on the site posted about Junior Colleges and the recruiting process involving them. Since it has been something that I really have not talked about, now is a good time to take a look at why you should attend a Junior College or why it should be a place you [...]
Being professional throughout all fronts during the athletic recruiting process
As the old saying goes, “you only one chance to make a first impression.” There is no doubt that rings true in every aspect of life but it must be stressed as well during the athletic recruiting process. Being professional on all fronts throughout the courting process by college coaches will not guarantee a scholarship [...]
How a parent used Recruiting-101 to help their son receive a full Division I-A football scholarship
I have been preaching during the three years that this site has been up that if you follow our advice and have the time to do so, you can help give your son or daughter the best opportunity to compete for scholarship dollars while being evaluated by college coaches. And the longer we write, the [...]
Why recruiting now for juniors rarely pans out during the athletic recruiting process
For those with Division I eyes and early interest from those schools, this really article could be a reality check here. For those families, the hope is that your son or daughter can prove to college coaches that you really can play at that level and hopefully scholarships come in. But in at least 75% [...]
For recruited athletes, are there really viable reasons why your 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 [...]
If you want to be the best, you need to be willing to invest in 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. [...]