Football Recruiting Q&A with a parent who went through the process
I recently had a chance to email the father of an athlete a number of questions related to the football recruiting process that his son had just completed. His son is in the Class of 2009 and plays in a very small state that receives little recognition by colleges throughout the [...]
The impact of crazy helicopter parents during the athletic recruiting process
When a college coach starts recruiting an athlete, they realize that they are getting you as an entire package. This includes your abilities on the court/field, your skills in the class room, and unfortunately for some coaches, that also means dealing with your parents for the next four or five years. [...]
Q&A with a Family Part 2: What happens with football recruiting during a coaching change in December?
When an athlete accepts a Division I scholarship offer for any sport, they feel strongly that this is the school that they want to spend the next four or five years of their life at. And while some may decommit and eventually pick another program, the majority of athletes stay strong [...]
Q&A with a Family Part 1: What happens with football recruiting during a coaching change in December?
When an athlete accepts a Division I scholarship offer for any sport, they feel strongly that this is the school that they want to spend the next four or five years of their life at. And while some may decommit and eventually pick another program, the majority of athletes stay strong [...]
I am a parent who feels helpless in the athletic recruiting process. What should I do?
For most parents reading this, the reason that you were able to find this site is that you want to be able to be proactive throughout the athletic recruiting process for your son or daughter. Maybe this is your first time and for others you may have done it before but [...]
College coaches will avoid “overbearing parents” in the athletic recruiting process
As I have mentioned many times and in a number of different articles, college coaches try to find out the most that they can about each recruit that they are after. If a scholarship offer will come to the table, the majority of coaches do an in-depth background check that allows [...]
Football Recruiting Questions: Q&A with a Parent
A feature that I have tried to include for readers out there is a question and answer with parents who have been through the recruiting process. While many of them have seen their sons head to the Division II or I-AA ranks, the parent that we caught up most recently saw [...]
Football Recruiting Interview with a Parent - Part Two
I recently had a chance to do a question and answer with a parent who saw her son eventually sign with a Division I-AA powerhouse. This All Stater really shined during the end of the season and was able to secure a scholarship despite having two major Division I players also [...]
Football Recruiting Interview with a Parent - Part One
I recently had a chance to do a question and answer with a parent who saw her son eventually sign with a Division I-AA powerhouse. This All Stater really shined during the end of the season and was able to secure a scholarship despite having two major Division I players also [...]
More negatives on football camp invites
As I have written many times in the past regarding camp invites and how the majority of them are to boast numbers and the salaries of coaches (Read the article here), I continue to hear more and more athletes tell me that they are going to these camps because they were sent an invite. [...]
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