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Recruiting Conversations - Asking Questions
*Originally posted 1/21/2022 I wanted to start sharing some more of the behind the scenes conversations that I have with college coaches...

Jason
Oct 13, 20235 min read
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Stop Saying This In Your Emails
*Originally posted 10/14/2021 To start, it definitely depends on WHEN you are in the recruiting process. If you are sending out emails...

Jason
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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How To Find Success In Recruiting
*Originally posted 5/19/2020 (Written during Covid, so besides that I think everything else applies here) There are lots of people out...

Jason
Oct 9, 20233 min read
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Can Your Coach Make Stone Soup?
*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...

Jason
Oct 8, 20234 min read
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Update Your Highlight Film
The recruiting process starts before the club season starts. As athletes switch clubs and join new ones at the start of the high school...

Jason
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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We Need To Say No
*Originally Published on 04/07/2022 I've made it clear from the beginning of these new recruiting rules that I wasn't a fan of them. In...

Jason
Sep 29, 20236 min read
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Are College Coaches Watching Your Film?
*Originally posted 5/15/2023 I think one of the false-premises we start with in our recruiting journey, is that college coaches aren't...

Jason
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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How would you feel about walking on?
*Originally Posted 6/29/2020 (edited 9/25/2023) This is a question that I heard a college coach ask an athlete this week and I think it's...

Jason
Sep 25, 20233 min read
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Recruiting Trap: Stalling Your Process
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...

Jason
Sep 25, 20235 min read
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Are College Coaches Human?
*Originally posted 3/2/2020 My short answer is "No, they are Super-Human." I can remember my graduate assistant on the first day of the...

Jason
Sep 22, 20232 min read
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5 Minute Recruiting - "Why Do We Need to Contact Schools So Many Times?"
Here are 3 reasons why you need to be reaching out to college coaches more. Be sure to listen and follow my podcast on Spotify! You can...

Jason
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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"Playing Time" Identity
It's a great sport and I love it, but the sport doesn't define me and it shouldn't define you.

Jason
Sep 15, 20234 min read
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Recruiting the Libero Position
*Originally posted September 26th, 2022 I have said in many of my seminars that the libero position is one of the toughest positions to ...

Jason
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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If Your Recruiting Process Gets Quiet, Then Make Some Noise
I hear this all the time - "It seems that recruiting has gotten really quiet lately" "Recruiting has gotten quiet" "Coaches seem to have...

Jason
Sep 11, 20235 min read
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Knock and Turn the Lights On
Originally posted on 12/14/2020 Sometimes you just forget to turn the lights on...it happens to me all the time. Not usually with lights,...

Jason
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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Playing in the P5 in 2023
Now I know that some (a lot) of this is going to change with all the craziness happening with conference realignment right now - I don't...

Jason
Sep 5, 20234 min read
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You Aren't Hurting Their Feelings
I have this conversation multiple times a year with families and athletes. They are going through the recruiting process, have a couple...

Jason
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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Fall Recruiting Contact Ideas
High school volleyball season brings a bunch of extra things onto your plate when it comes to recruiting. One of the more frequent...

Jason
Aug 26, 20231 min read
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Stay Out of the Tunnel
One issue that I run into with athletes and families is they want to REALLY focus on just these schools. Maybe it's the 5 schools she...

Jason
Aug 23, 20233 min read
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Should Athletes Post About Their Offers?
In short and in my opinion, no, they shouldn't. If you haven't read "You Only Need One Offer" then go read that blog post as well.

Jason
Aug 11, 20233 min read
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