There are two really good ways to get lost in the shuffle of the crazy and chaotic recruiting process.

Getting your list of schools together, creating your highlight and drafting your first email can feel like climbing a mountain. For many families this is often the hardest part; just getting started. But the reality of the college volleyball recruiting process is that those tasks make up only about 25% of the recruiting process. The real work begins after that initial wave of emails and that's where many athletes fall short. The First 25% - Getting Started Research schoo

I'm a big fan of social media. It's a lot of fun in the majority of instances - arguing about silly things aside. I see a lot of volleyball-only Instagram accounts for athletes. As a general rule, there's nothing wrong with posting on your volleyball social media accounts, but for the majority of athletes. What you need to understand is that social media is probably not doing what you would like it to do for your athlete's recruiting process.