Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
#1- Don’t blame anyone, ever. If times get tough, put the team on your back and say, “I should/could have done more.” And understand and believe in that statement – you can always lead everyone to do more. Never throw your teammates or coaches under the bus. Even if they probably deserve it, your reactions will only make the situation …
*PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR FOR NUTRITION AND DIETING ADVICE* Here are some basic, non-calorie counting tools: #1 – You must keep a food log! If you don’t know your consumption, then how can you add to it? This is a simple numbers game. If you are eating five things a day and not getting the results you want, then go …
Legally, yes. Until you sign an NLI (National Letter of Intent), anything verbal is non-binding on either side. Verbal commitments from players are non-binding as well, and you have the right to change your mind before signing an NLI. In any sport, there will come a time when coaches will begin pressuring you to commit. Some coaches will be up …
With recruiting beginning earlier and earlier, coaches are anxious to get their top prospects committed and finished with the recruiting process. For most players, scholarship offers have an unspoken expiration date! With each scholarship class coaches determine their needs, position-by-position, and allocate slots based on where they are lacking depth. Once they determine their needs for each signing class, they …
Realistically, for many players, money WILL be a major decision factor when selecting a future school. Colleges vary greatly with the costs of tuition, room and board, course-related books, fees, along with transportation and extra expenses you may have such as cell phone bills, clothing, entertainment. It all adds up—and scholarship money makes a difference for most student-athletes and their …
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 …