The Recruiting Facts
College coaches are all recruiting the same players, you may not know it all the time but they are. If you get a letter or a phone call from a college coach you best believe that some other player has gotten one also. You’re not the only high school player a college coach is talking to or looking at or whatever. The facts are that you are one of a large (and long) list of players who are getting some type of recognition from a coach.
Stretching the Truth in the College Recruiting Process
If you ask high school athletes, "Who’s recruiting you or where are you going to college?" and things like that, many of them will stretch the truth. Many high school athletes will say that they have committed to a particular college when it's not true or they will list or name a lot of colleges when none of those colleges have contacted them at all.
Does setting goals in high school sports really work?
Setting goals in sports at the high school level does work. How does one become a college athlete without setting strong goals?
Being Recruited by 100 College Programs
I have talked about this many times before: that many families and students sometimes only focus on a few college programs. There are many reasons for this. One being that you may only know of a certain college program or know about programs that you’ve seen on T.V. and it’s only natural to just want to be contacted by these programs.
So What, You Got A Letter!
At Woods Recruiting we’ve made a career out of speaking to high school student athletes about college recruiting. In most situations, I use my own experience when talking about the college recruiting process.
30 Random Observations about Getting Recruited For College
Can you play at the next level? Sounds simple, right? But astonishingly, many high school students for many reasons can’t play after high school.
Why haven’t you taken the ACT or SAT tests?
This is one of the biggest problems I see in high school recruiting; when a high school student athlete has not taken the ACT or SAT tests.
Not Getting Division 1 Offers.
I was reading somewhere on a website a father talking about his son not getting any division offers even though they’d heard from five D-1 programs. The father goes on to say that they have also heard from a lot of Division-2 football programs but still can’t understand why not D-1.
Stupid Mistakes Made In Getting Recruited.
College recruiting is not an exact science. Most parents, student athletes and anyone else out there will never understand how the process works. But there are basic things that many people do that are stupid in the overall college recruiting process.
If you work hard and study hard, college recruiters will find you! No they won’t!
Some people think that if you are a very good high school athlete that somehow college coaches will find you. That’s not true and if it was true, how would the coaches find you anyway?
College recruiting and the student athletes
To get recruited for college these days you not only have to be good, you also need to be in the right place at the right time. What I mean is you must be seen by a large number of colleges, all the time. One of the best ways is by playing your sport during the summer at camps, events, showcases and any place that you know where there will be college coaches in attendance.
What to look for in a paid-to-play college recruiting service
Getting recruiting for college is not easy for the average family. There are millions of things that you must do each day. Most families do not have the time to do their own recruiting. This is why there are millions and millions of college recruiting websites out there right now.
This is a review of the West Virginia State University Men's Basketball program.
Anyone who is looking for a good, small college basketball program should look no further than the West Virginia State University Men's Basketball program.
Don't get left behind in the college recruiting process
High school juniors, sophomores and freshmen: now is the time to get the college recruiting process going! Get it started now or you could end up like so many seniors right now still looking for a college program.
Is getting recruited for college a pain in the butt?
There are great players out there who can do it all in their sport, from running the football for big-time yardage or the baseball player who can hit every pitch with power. These players are the best of the best and don’t need any help with the college recruiting process.
The WNBA needs help!
I want to talk about the WNBA. There is a story going out right now that Candace Parker from the Tennessee University basketball program is thinking about leaving Tennessee she wants to play in the Olympics and go on to play in the WNBA.
Recruitng, Recruiting, Recruiting
I would bet that if you talked to a thousand high school players, all of them would say that they’d like to play at a college somewhere.
Walking-on in college is not easy
Every high school student wants to play at a major college and many would walk-on at a college if they knew college programs would take them. To play in a major college program is the dream of many players who play the game and who bust their butts out there every day.
Fake Recruiting
Did you hear about the football player from Fernley High School in Nevada who was duped into picking Cal over the University of Oregon but was not even recruited by either school? The sad part is that neither school had ever heard of this kid! And, the parents paid a college recruiter to help their son get recruited for college! The college recruiter lied to the parents, making them think that their son was a major college player when he was just an average player. The player is a 6 foot 5”, 290 pound offensive lineman but he was never recruited by any major colleges.
Parents: Common mistakes that are made in the recruiting process.
Many parents feel that the high school coach will guide a high school athlete through the college recruiting process. Keep in mind that most high school coaches are full-time teachers and to devote full-time to the recruiting process is not going to be easy.
