Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
As you take Unofficial Visits, Official Visits and spend countless hours talking with coaches on the phone, it’s easy for your thoughts and impressions to begin to blend together weeks later once you’re home. A great practice is keep a notebook, with space for each school or coach to have their own section for notes. Keep track of what was …
The good news is within all programs – not all recruits who were offered scholarships were players who the coaches went after and found on their own. A good chunk of players who earn scholarship offers are ones who approached the school first. So, if you aren’t gaining much interest and/or if there are some programs you are very interested …
On Official and Unofficial visits, coaches are trying to both get to know you better and let you get a better understanding of them. It’s a two-way street and visits are their opportunities to show you what they have to offer. The important takeaway from visits is getting a feel for what it will be like to live there, go …
10 MUST-ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE RECRUITING PROCESS AND DURING OFFICIAL/UNOFFICIAL VISITS #1: What are grad rates of your sport nationally, and how do they compare to the schools that you are looking at? Does that university and your specific team graduate their players? What percentage of that teams’ players have graduated in the last 5-10 years? #2: What are the …
Whether choosing a school as a blue-chip prospect with 50 scholarship offers or as a Division III non-scholarship athlete, it is very important to develop your personal selection criteria that will help you through the process – and prioritize it based on your non- negotiables and your preferences. Before the process becomes overwhelming, what are the core factors that you …
#1: They demand perfection in everything that you do, even off-the- field #2: They understand that winning is the only thing that they will be judged on and can balance game preparations, strategy and player development with other job requirements that don’t necessarily effect wins and losses #3: They learn from every coach they have worked for and keep everything …
Players choose schools for a variety of reasons, many recruits focusing on a key three or four factors they must-have when making their decision. Below are a list of 30 factors (some good and some worthless) that players consider when making their decisions: #1 – Graduation Rates of Athletes #2 – Class Size #3 – Academic Support Available for Student-Athletes …
Coaches have their own checklist of characteristics and skills that they are looking for. You need to develop one as well! As you sit down, think about the few things that are really important to you, that will help you become a successful player, eventual college graduate and person. In order to be successful in a situation, you need to …
Before you get too deep in the recruiting process it’s important for you to learn the difference between what it takes to be a great recruiter and what to look for in a great coach. Recruiting players and coaching players are two completely different jobs– and not too many people understand that. Recruiting and coaching require different skill sets. Just …
Once a coach has scouted you, offered you, had you to campus for an official or unofficial visit there will probably come a time when they will begin to put the pressure on you to commit. The goal of every recruiting cycle is to sign the best player to each available scholarship. This phase is a lot like the weeks …