Triple Crown is always one of the best tournaments of the club season. It comes every year with a packed house of top-notch athletes, families and of course, college coaches. Wherever the best athletes are, college coaches are usually pretty close behind. *As you read through this, it's important to remember that every athlete, college coach and program are at different stages throughout the year. "College coaches are doing more deciding than they are looking." This is e

*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. There is still this overwhelming notion that, "If I'm good enough college coaches will find me, contact me and give me an offer." It's not always said in that exact way, but the expectations that are communicated follow this same pattern. We often have a passive minds

Communication is paramount throughout your recruiting process. It is true that you could have a school or coach completely do your recruiting for you: they always reach out to you first; they tell you that they want you to come on a visit; it doesn't matter how long they go without hearing back from you; you always stay #1 on their list regardless of what else goes on. I've seen it! It's possible. But in the grand scheme of recruiting it is rare to see college coaches nud

In a similar way that I tackled the notion of college coaches watching your film in a blog post a few weeks ago, I want to talk about this topic a little bit. Again, our mindset going into the recruiting process is really important and its also important when it comes to your expectations at the college level. You can read that blog post here. I would like to start off by saying as a former D1 head coach I did have several athletes each season that started as freshmen. Th