Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
– Find the official athletic department website. Google it! – Most official university athletic websites have a ‘Department Directory’ or a ‘Staff Directory’ link. Find the phone number for the Athletic Department switchboard or the direct number for you specific sport. Some schools list direct phone numbers and emails for assistant coaches on their website, others may not and post …
Like life, like nature, recruiting follows a cycle. There is an information-gathering period, an evaluation period, a getting-to-know- you stage, an offer, a woo-ing stage and a closing stage. At each stage, coaches drop players from their list and begin to narrow down their top targets to a group that they will focus their time and energy on. Here is …
The first question a college coach will ask once they are sold on you as a player is, “Can they get into school academically?” Before you will be able to accept an athletic scholarship, practice and compete you will need to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and have your academic and amateur status verified. We will be going into …
Below are 20 signs that a college coach is interested in recruiting you. Depending on their interest level, their actions will vary. Remember, depending on your age, there are limits on to how coaches can recruit you and what type of contact they can have with you. 1-5 signs: Low-Mid level of interest 5-10 signs: Mid-High level of interest 10 …
:: FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS… within your sport and become a master of those! Focus your energy on being the best player that you can be. Coaches at every program are looking for great players. It’s never too late, even after Signing Day, there are still opportunities. If you are a top player, make sure you work on becoming a great …
:: FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS… within your sport and become a master of those! Don’t waste time worrying about the recruiting process, focus all of your energy on being the best player that you can be. If you are a top player, make sure you work on becoming a great leader and teammate—these are qualities coaches are looking for in addition …
Not necessarily, coaches know stats can be misleading so they don’t base evaluations heavily off of them. Sure, if you lead the league, it might help you get “noticed” or your foot in the door. They may send you a questionnaire or ask the coaches in the area about you—but they’ll evaluate your position-specific skills, size and speed over stats …
The main factors coaches are evaluating are position-specific skills, size, strength and speed. Most players may not be great at all four, but being exceptional with any of those qualities can help you get on the map or get the recruiting conversations going. Never let someone tell you that you are “too small” or “too slow” to play college sports—if …
Coaches work off a list of players that they are recruiting, let’s call it their ‘watch list.’ They are constantly adding and subtracting names from their personal list and begin to build one as a staff for each graduating class as early as your freshman year. Separate lists by each group are constantly growing and being edited: seniors, juniors, sophomores, …
Most staffs have a ranking system within their prospect database, a way to rate recruits by their ability or by the level of attention that they want to give them in terms of mail (form letters or hand-written notes), email, calls and what events they get invited to. Common groups include: • Players who are being actively recruited (juniors and …