The Two Most Important Important Things To Getting Recruited! Part 1 Academics

There are two big keys to getting recruited other than an athletes ability. They are ACADEMICS & EXPOSURE. So lets start with academics and by that I mean your GPA and your test scores(ACT and SAT). I can't stress enough how getting good grades can help you in your pursuit of a college scholarship. I know it is probably the last thing a student-athlete wants to hear after all they probably hear it all the time from there parents. And parents I know I am preaching to the choir, can I get an Amen? The facts are in order for a coach to recruit you, you have to meet the academic requirements of that school. So quite simply stated the more schools that you qualify for the more opportunities you will have. Understand that coaches only have so many scholarship to use every year. A coach can break up his scholarships how he chooses so he might give a athlete a full scholarship or he might give four athletes a quarter of a scholarship. When a coach is recruiting a athlete with good academics they know that there is a good chance that there is a chance of getting that athlete some academic scholarship money, meaning that coach does not have to use as much of his/her scholarship money to make that student athlete a great offer. I have helped student athletes that have received partial athletic scholarships, but also academic scholarship and have had the majority of there school paid for. Have you noticed how your called student/athletes and student is always the first word? Not to beat you over the head with it but your academics are important, so put in the time and effort needed to be the best you can be, just like you would do in your sport. Prepare for the ACT/SAT and plan on taking it more than once.

The Recruiting Game

I have been helping high school athletes for the last eight years, I have met with hundreds of athletes and there Parents. I know how overwhelmed the recruiting process can make you feel. Parents want the best for there kids and the athlete wants to keep playing a sport they love and they both want to find a scholarship to help pay for the high cost of a college education. So Parents and Student -Athlete take a deep breath. The purpose of this blog is to help provide some FREE help to those who need it.I will not ask you to buy anything, no e-books, dvd's, cd-rom etc. I believe that is what free was meant to mean. I don't claim to know it all but I have picked up on a lot of things over the last eight years. There are a lot of recruiting services out there, I have been the Regional Scouting Director for one of them and I have been paid by many families to help there athletes. I have helped find scholarships for kids all over the country in sports ranging from golf, swimming, football, baseball, basketball etc. (I will blog about recruiting services later). I hope this blog site can help Parents and Athletes get started on the road to being recruited and help them through the whole process and quite a process it is.