I think about this concept quite a bit during the fall and club season. It comes up in conversations passively sometimes, but it comes up none the less. I won't try and beat around the bush too much with this topic. Yes, coaches have their favorites. Just like you have your favorite coaches. Potentially your favorite coaches were the ones that treated you like you were their favorite? But there can be lots of reasons that an athlete (in any sport) has a favorite coach.

*Originally posted 3/1/2022 I wish it was that simple. I wish different variables didn't constantly come up during the recruiting process. If you're expecting one article, blog post, phone call or meeting to be sufficient in helping you get through your recruiting process till the end, you're probably going to miss out or be lost at some point. The "P" in PRI stands for "Parallel". The idea is that I am coming alongside families and athletes throughout their entire proces

*Originally Posted 2/10/2023 The question isn't, "Do you want to play college volleyball?" The question is, "What do you want your...

*Originally posted 10/11/2021 - time to post this again! Just add this one to my list of "Jason-ism's" It is time...to run a 3 ball...

*Originally posted 5/5/2020 We read books to our children almost every night before they go to bed and have been doing that since Keagan...

Don't let my 800 followers on Instagram fool you, but I'm not famous. While I'm out recruiting at a convention center, no one stops me...

I'm not talking about having goals to get to a certain level or a certain college. I'm talking about making some goals for yourself ONCE...

*This ended up being less of a checklist. My goal is always to help parents and athletes with the recruiting process. I hope something like this is helpful as you evaluate where you want to play college volleyball. I'm not perfect by any means. There are lots of variables in recruiting - that is something that isn't necessarily mentioned in this post. If you've been around me the last 6 months you know that this is one of my soapboxes. I've talked about it with club coa

It just looks different. I talked about this the other night with some Recruiting Coordinators/Coaches. I've heard a lot of "motivational" things lately. Maybe because it's 2 years since the death of Kobe Bryant, the NFL playoffs are going on, or NCAA basketball tournament season is upon us. One that hit me was: "Many athletes want to be a part of the result, they don't want to be a part of the process" and another... "Don't be upset by the results you didn't get from the

When it comes to our list of things we are looking for in a college program, the coach is usually near the bottom or not even on the list...

Huge congrats to all of the athletes across the country signing their NLI's to play at the college level this week. This is a huge...

This topic hasn't been getting near enough attention as it probably should. See the link below for a great article from ESPN on the...

I had a phone call with a former player this past week. She was wondering about some of the drills we used to do during practice and she...

If you want to reminisce and listen to Allen Iverson talk about "Practice, man!" then feel free to just scroll down to the bottom and...

I tell all of my children that I don't really care about the outcome of their event or sport, just that they work hard and try their best....

I got a decent look at how our fall was going to be this last week. Sara took a job at a private school this next year and so we...