Athletic Recruiting Blogs
“My Child Wants to Attend This University Out of Town. How Do I Know If It’s Safe?”
9 Questions to Ask Regarding Safety Procedures When Visiting A College Campus Having been a college coach for fourteen years and now in running my own business as a coaching and athletic recruiting educator, I regularly present in high schools and youth sports...
“What Does Committing to An Athletic Program Really Mean?” (Part 3/3)
11 Important Steps to Take After Signing Day The congratulatory high fives, pats-on-the-back and photos opts have tapered off. You can just focus on high school graduation since you have officially signed! Your commitment is official with the signing of your National...
“What Does Committing to An Athletic Program Really Mean?” (Part 2/3)
9 Important Aspects Regarding Signing Day In part 1 our series of “What Does Committing to An Athletic Program Really Mean?”, we addressed 5 Important Steps to Take Prior to Signing. In the midst of many student-athletes signing periods, we want to take the process of...
“What Does Committing to An Athletic Program Really Mean?” (Part 1/3)
5 Important Steps Before Signing We’ve all heard about Jumping Johnny or Sporty Susie “committing” to a college and getting a “full ride” athletic scholarship. But what does that term “committing” really mean for a high school student-athlete? Does it come when you...
“How Can Parents of Student-Athletes Score Points with College Coaches?”
3 Ways to Help the Athletic Recruiting Process for Your Child It seems like every sports season we hear of some parent who went after a high school official or coach verbally or physically. Having been a college coach for 14 years, director of coaching for a travel...
“Should I Be a Walk-On College Student-Athlete?”
7 Factors to Consider Before Deciding to Walk-On “Coach, I just want an opportunity to continue playing in college.” It was April of her high school senior year when I received an email describing a young lady’s desire to play college athletics. She was not looking...
“College Coaches are HERE to Watch Me Play and I’m So NERVOUS!”
3 Steps to Playing Confident When a Recruiter is in the StandsIn presenting College Recruiting Seminars and for The Positive Coaching Alliance, I regularly interact with the parents, coaches, and administrators of high school student-athletes. Once they...
“I’m Being Recruited by THAT College! They Asked Me to Come to Their Camp!”
3 Areas To Consider Before You Pay Camp Tuition As a high school student-athlete, you have likely received many college sports camp invites. Many market these camps as a way for prospects to “be seen” and evaluated by college coaches to get an athletic scholarship,...
“My First Choice College Didn’t Offer A FULL Athletic Scholarship, But I Still Want To Go There! How Do I Pay For It?”
7 Steps To Financing Your Education Earlier this month, we blogged on the often overlooked opportunities for being a student-athlete for NCAA Division II or III in a 2 part series. (Part 1; Part 2) There are other great colleges with amazing programs in NAIA and...