Recruiting Highlight Tapes, Coaches, and Lies due to Laziness
This past weekend I had a chance to talk to a family friend about potentially playing college soccer. While this is obviously a sport that does not receive too much coverage on here, a lot of the recruiting principals that I talk about do apply to other sports. And while some are different, the advice [...]
I’m a junior to be with football recruiting interest. What do I do during the month of June?
For those who have just finished up their sophomore year of high school and will be juniors next fall, this article is for you. And while there is little you really can receive during the football recruiting process at this point, it is a good time to do some early leg work that will save [...]
Football camp invites, calls, and receiving Division I interest
As I have mentioned before in a number of articles, summer football camps provide two purposes. The first is to help the college coaches figure out who they want to extend their scholarships to. It is never an easy question but working with the athletes on campus does help further things along in the recruiting [...]
A college football coach told me he only wants full game film. Should I no longer make a highlight video during the recruiting process? What should I do?
In the football recruiting world, myself and many others have stressed the important of the highlight recruiting video. We want you to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars or use hour after hour of your own time putting one of these together. And if you don’t, you will certainly hurt yourself in the football recruiting [...]
How do you tell the priority of a summer camp invite during the athletic recruiting process?
Recently we have had some great comments and questions related to figuring out the interest from a college coach who invites an athlete to their summer camp. It may be because I am a cynic and think the majority of invites that go out are to build up camp numbers and put more money into [...]
One Day Football Camps vs. Three Day Football Camps and which path you should take on the recruiting front
With football camps going on throughout the country, many athletes are hoping that they can finally get a chance to showcase their skills in front of college coaches and receive a scholarship offer. And while few get a chance to actually live that dream, many are at least spending some time at these camps. The [...]
A high school coach is needed for the athletic recruiting process in order to have success
In talking with parents and athletes who are going through the recruiting process, many feel that their high school coach is not doing much in the recruiting process. While many coaches may be uneducated about how to help their player, if you can get your high school coach helping you, it would be a big [...]
Striking while the iron is hot throughout the recruiting process
Because of the busy schedules that people lead these days, it is never easy to stay on top of everything. Lets say that for example you as a parent have been missing work because you have been following your son or daughter during the current season. In the end, their team wins the State title [...]
I am getting recruited for a sport I don’t love. Should I consider it?
I recently emailed back and fourth with an athlete who has a very interesting story. While he is a senior and has some time before his final decision has to eventual come down, his story is interesting enough to write about. Here is a little background on the athlete. He has been a varsity starter [...]
Should I commit to a school even if I am not 100% in order to ensure I have a scholarship?
As I have mentioned many times in my recruiting definitions for parents and players, college coaches are prone to deadline an athlete during the recruiting process. I even spoke with a college coach just yesterday about an athlete. He said there was an athlete with an offer still waiting to decide but they had another [...]