Recruiting, explained straight.
No service to sell you. The rules come from the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA and your state association, and every article links to the official source so you can check it yourself.
What to do each year, freshman to senior
Recruiting is not a senior-year event. Here is what actually matters in each grade, and what can wait.
5 min readD1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO: what each one is and what it takes
Five different worlds, five different rulebooks. Here is the honest version of each.
7 min readHow to email a college coach, with the exact template
Coaches open short emails from athletes, not long emails from parents. Here is what to write and what to attach.
5 min readHighlight film that gets watched past the first 20 seconds
Coaches watch hundreds of reels. The first five plays decide if they watch the sixth.
5 min readThe measurables coaches look at first, by sport
Every sport has two or three numbers a coach reads before anything else. Post those, and get one of them verified.
5 min readNIL for high school athletes: what it is and where to check your state
Some states let high school athletes earn from their name, image and likeness. Some do not. Here is how to find out before you say yes to anything.
4 min readHow to build a recruiting profile a college coach will actually open
A coach gives a new profile about a minute. Here is what has to be on it, in what order, and what to leave off.
6 min readWhat does a recruiting service cost, and why won't they say?
The biggest recruiting companies have a page about cost that lists no cost. Here is why, what it means for you, and the questions to ask before you spend anything.
5 min readDo you need to pay a recruiting service? An honest answer for parents
Some families pay thousands for recruiting help. Here is what those services do, what you can do yourself for free, and how to decide.
6 min readHow college coaches actually find athletes
Most athletes are not discovered. They are found because somebody put the right information in front of the right coach. Here are the ways that happens.
5 min readReading is step one. The page is step two.
Everything in this guide assumes a coach can open one link and see the whole athlete. Build it free and the guide starts making sense.