Tip of the Day #2

Don't let parents contact college coaches--do this yourself.

Coaches want to see some evidence of maturity, communication skills, and passion from the athletes they go through the college recruiting process with. They don't expect you to do all the talking and they are used to leading the conversation. But they do want to know that the athletes they are considering giving a sports scholarship to are willing to take the first step by themselves. And a great by-product is the ongoing relationship you start to develop with them.

Finally, they don't want to deal with a meddling parent. While it's not necessarily the case that a parent who contacts them will become a meddler, they don't even need to consider that possibility if a parent isn't involved in the beginning.

Starting a Tip of the Day Blog

So now that most schools are in session, high school athletes are starting to think about college football recruiting, college basketball recruiting, college baseball recruiting, and high school athletics in general. I'm going to publish a Tip of the Day every few days to help you get going on your search for sports scholarships. These are abbreviated versions of the tips I published in my ebook: The Recruiting Companion for College Sports: Over 100 Winning Tips. Here's the first one:

TIP #1:
ALWAYS BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY AND DO IN ANY COMPETITION, ESPECIALLY THOSE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL

The coaches you care about the most may not be in attendance at a competition you're participating in, but others will be and they talk amongst themselves. Keeping your guard up will ensure that you don't sabotage yourself when you thought no one of importance to you was watching or listening. Someone always is.