Recruiting-101

It is interesting to see that one of the most popular articles of this site was Ten Things To Do To Not Get Recruited By College Coaches.  While the article was written in May, I still...

For those that have read The Five Steps to a Scholarship Offer, it is obvious how important is for an athlete to market themselves.  As I have said over and over again, unless you are...

We recently had a comment from a parent who sits in a very desirable situation.  Even though his son is just entering his junior year of high school, he already holds two early scholarship...

Over the past few weeks, I have talked about what steps you need to take to get listed by Rivals Advice, 247Sports Advice, Scout Advice, and ESPN Advice (Click each of the links for the previous articles).  And...

The goal of any coach at any level is to win games.  No matter how much they want to develop the athletes and help them grow as people, the bottom line is that they...

At the Division I level, nearly all basketball programs throughout the country offer full ride scholarship offers.  Per NCAA rules, these Division I schools have to extend scholarship that meet full tuition.  But one...

I wrote yesterday about how you should not waste your time “cold sending” recruiting highlight tapes to college coaches.  That is something I doubt I will ever change my stance on.  But it also...

When looking at Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, it was a breeze finding contact information and the email addresses needed to contact recruiting experts and get yourself listed in their database of top players. But...

As one of the larger websites that cover prep athletics, Scout.com has a database that includes some of the best athletes throughout the country in a number of different sports. And while it is...

24/7 Sports is the newest of the four sites we are profiling but has worked hard to put themselves on the map with the likes of Scout.com, Rivals.com, and ESPN. The good news is...