*Originally posted 3/11/2024 When I talk to families or meet them for the first time about volleyball recruiting, I often find that there is a struggle on several fronts to avoid several consistent mistakes.

If you spend any time on one of the many Volleyball FB groups, it's inevitable that someone will ask about a recruiting service, NCSA, or general college volleyball recruiting advice. I'm always amazed at two things: 1) the general advice that's given that may or may not apply to that person or may or may not actually be good advice, and 2) the number of people giving the "you don't need help" advice. I don't think that the sometimes bad advice is ill-intentioned. I don't thi

"Libero's get recruited last" Or do they? This is something I typically hear at least a few times every year.

*Originally posted 10/25/2021 Okay, so maybe "addiction" is a little bit much, but hopefully you'll get my point as we get going here.

It's never "too early" to start your recruiting process. The flip side of that is also true! It's never "too late" to start your recruiting process. If you're a senior in high school right now and you've done 0 recruiting prior to today, you can start tomorrow and find a place to play college volleyball. That being said, it is important to know and understand that you will have limited options. While you can start "late" and still get recruited, I usually will encourage

You are busy. Everyone gets that. I get that. College coaches get that. But what you have to remember is that someone is emailing college coaches. Conversations are happening. If you're "too busy" then you're going to miss out on potential opportunities.

Because I have been misunderstood when it comes to things like this, I will first say that I think it's great anytime an athlete gets noticed or rewarded for their accomplishments. It's great when they get recognized for the hard work and dedication they put in to their sport.

I get asked about recruiting tools all the time: "Should we use NCSA?" "Do we need SportsRecruits?" "Do you have a 'needs list'"? (Actually I do)

Questionnaires are certainly a thing. They are necessary to a point, but here are some thoughts I have about questionnaires.

I do a lot of "myth-busting" when it comes to recruiting. There is a lot of misinformation out there and it comes in all shapes and sizes. Often times it comes from sources you might not expect. I already shared a few weeks ago about a parent that got some really bad advice from a very large online recruiting service, you can read about that one HERE. A second example is just the notion that recruiting in the sport of volleyball is the same as football or baseball. This