Stay in the Fight
"Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength" -Bruce Lee Not that long ago—five years at most—the recruiting roadmap I shared with families looked very different. The…
Don’t Let Sports Become Their Entire Identity
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of…
Why Your Character Matters
Character is one of the most misunderstood parts of the recruiting process. If I asked 100 recruits to define what “good character” means to a college coach, I would probably…
Why Can’t You Love Me the Way I Am?
“The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming.” - Jim Rohn Let’s start with a hard truth. Finding the right college coach isn’t like…
What’s your Super Bowl?
“You'll never be able to find yourself if you're lost in someone else.” -Anonymous For some athletes, the answer is simple:They want their education paid for. For others, it’s about…
The Red Flags of Posting Your Offers
"Move in silence. Only speak when it's time to say checkmate." — Unknown I’m an old-school coach, and every now and then it takes me a minute to catch up with…
Why Are You Wasting Your Recruitment?
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” — William Shakespeare My brain makes everything hard. I have a little ADHD. I…
The 4 Things Every Recruit Must Include in an Email to a College Coach
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door" -Milton Berle I've been talking to a lot of college coaches as of late about what they want to receive from recruits interested…
Seeing Clearly: The Blurriness of Recruiting Reality
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" -Aristotle I love teenagers. I really do. They’re in the best and blurriest years of their lives—trying things for the first time,…
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