I was talking to a college coach this afternoon and among other things, we talked about this topic; that there were some athletes out there that could literally do no more than answer the phone on June 15th and still get recruited, offered and be done. The biggest issue is that this line of recruiting only works for a select few athletes. Some think that this way of recruiting only occurs in the Power 5 schools, but I don't think the list is actually that big. Out of the r

I'm kicking it old school a little bit here with this recruiting question. It's one that a lot of coaches will use and ask during the recruiting process and I think that it pertains to our current situation right now in a big way. We always talk about finding the right "fit" for athletes. While certain athletes might have different reasons for a school being a good "fit" for them, in general the question pertains to the athlete being a good fit for the volleyball program,

*originally posted March 2020

This week was certainly a crazy one. I had planned on driving to Denver early Thursday morning for the Crossroads Qualifier and by the time Thursday night was over, I didn't think I could be that exhausted NOT driving 12 hours in the car by myself. As the dominos started falling Wednesday, it all seemed to be happening too fast to comprehend. With Spokane and Indy getting cancelled, I figured that Crossroads wasn't far behind and made the decision to stay home. The consta

Usually when I am doing a recruiting seminar, I spend the majority of the time talking about D1 scholarships and how those numbers break down. I talk to a lot of parents that have athletes that can play in the Power 5 or they want to play in the Power 5. I thought I would run some numbers and try to show how difficult that task really is. *the Power 5 conferences are the SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and PAC 12 **I did round-up some of the answers to help keep the math simple

Well, it was an awesome weekend. The first weekend back for D1 coaches is always busy and there were certainly a lot of D1, D2, D3 and...

I remember years ago showing my team a clip while we were going over some film.  Our DS had chased a ball into the stands and while she...