Getting your football recruiting highlight video done quickly shortly after the season is important for recruiting
With football seasons across the country wrapping up, most athletes and families use this time to relax and take a breather from a busy fall. Yes the goal is to be playing for a State title but only a select amount of teams and prep players get that opportunity. The end of football unfortunately is [...]
Some very interesting advice from a national recruit who had SEC, Big 10, Big 12, and PAC-12 offers
Over the last two years, I have had the opportunity to interact with one of the top athletic recruits in the Class of 2012. 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 [...]
What do I need to do to get a college coach to watch my football recruiting highlight video?
I 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 [...]
What is a “January Recruit” in the eyes of college coaches and are you a “January Recruit”?
One of the more interesting phrases that I found from a comment on the board related to more information regarding a January Decision Recruit. Basically what this involves is a recruit who is not a top tier recruit but still a prospect would like to land in the recruiting process. But before they offer a [...]
Are there downfalls to posting your recruiting highlight videos online?
With video sites like Youtube.com popping up on a daily basis, there is no doubt that getting video footage online continues to be easier. A number of recruited prep athletes in a variety of sports have taken advantage of these sites and posted their recruiting highlight videos to the sites. And while this is great, [...]
Preparing yourself for the eyeball test from college coaches during the football recruiting process
College coaches throughout the country are currently making the rounds at high schools across the State. It doesn’t matter if these colleges are Division I to Junior College, many of these coaches will likely be descending to your school in order to find out more information about you and your teammates. And although it is [...]
How questionable character can ruin the opportunities of an athletic recruit at the college level
Recently I had a chance to speak with an assistant basketball coach who knows a lot about all the athletes in his area. The reason why this coach had called was simply to speak with me about a certain athlete. This player had started varsity the last two years (he is currently a junior) and [...]
How much will a good marketing plan aid you throughout the athletic recruiting process?
A few years back I was talking with some people about recruiting rankings. When discussing the athletes, my evaluations made it obvious as to which athlete should be ranked higher. They had more scholarships, put up bigger numbers as a junior, and seemed to be liked more by a variety of college coaches than the [...]
I am a junior in the football recruiting process with college interest but no scholarship offers. What should I be doing in November (Part Two)?
This article is continued from Sunday. Please click here to see part one now. Now go back and take a look at all the correspondence that you have received from college coaches. Obviously at this stage in the football recruiting process, it will only be letters, questionnaires, and camp invites (you can just throw the [...]
How important recruiting calls from college coaches are at this time of year during the athletic recruiting process
I recently had the opportunity to speak with a recruit about the amount of college interest he has been receiving. He named a variety of big schools and some smaller ones as well throughout the area. When asking these questions to athletes, they are not exactly going to be 100% honest. I am not saying [...]