
Another mailbag from Recruiting-101. As I have said before, if you have questions that you want answered, please reply in a comment to this post. That is the most efficient way for your athletic recruiting questions to be answered.
I’ve got a good question for you to ponder and post:
I have a [...]
I just received a question recently asking me if most players inflate their height and weight on recruiting services like Rivals.com, Scout.com, and other sites. Because I know that this unfortunately happens, I thought it would be important to talk about and reasons why I think you you should not do this. The [...]
When talking about the recruiting process, there are a number of different terms and phrases that I use. While it is something that I assume most people know, I do realize that for people new to the athletic recruiting process, some of these terms may go over your head. So with that [...]
Before diving into this article, the main subject of this article is basketball but it can also be carried over into sports that have club teams (soccer/volleyball) and the majority of sports that have different off-season all star teams (football is the main sport that does not have this). So even [...]
A few weeks back I got an email from an athlete talking about a teammate. His teammate has much better college potential because of his size along the offensive line and college coaches have taken notice of that. What this teammate did, in my mind, was very questionable.
He basically just emailed me [...]
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 [...]
I have preached on this site for a two and a half yards about the recruiting process. It matters more about you and your family taking these steps to help yourself rather than the sport that you play. Yes, this site is more football and basketball specific but a Junior Day [...]
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 [...]
Click here to read the first part of this article. Continued from part one: Time may be tight but it is very important that you continue to reevaluate where you sit with the recruiting process. This may get a little old but you need to have a good feel of where [...]
If you have a lot of interest from a variety of college coaches, there is no doubt that one of the lines you may end up hearing is about how their coaching staff really cares for their players and always does what is in their best interest. There is no doubt [...]