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Recruiting guides for families
Practical resources for every stage of the college sports recruiting process, from first profile to final decision.
Video Coordination
Building a Recruiting Video That Coaches Actually Watch
A practical guide to creating a recruiting video that holds a coach's attention: structure, clip selection, editing standards, and delivery methods that work across sports and division levels.
Campus Visits
A Comparison Worksheet for Virtual Tours and In-Person Campus Visits
Use one structured worksheet to combine virtual tour research with in-person campus visits: what each format reveals, which fields to score, and how to keep comparisons fair across schools.
College Research
How to Research Academic Support Services at a College Before You Commit
A source-checked workflow for researching a college's academic support services before committing: advising structures, tutoring access, class scheduling around travel, and the questions that produce verifiable answers.
Recruiting Timelines
A Milestone Tracker for Your Personal Recruiting Calendar
Build a personal recruiting calendar with dated milestones: contact windows, evaluation periods, academic deadlines, and follow-up checkpoints, organized so nothing depends on memory.
Recruiting Organization
Creating a College Recruiting Budget That Works for Your Family
A practical framework for families to build a realistic recruiting budget covering travel, camps, video, platforms, and support services without derailing household finances.
College Research
Evaluating College Strength and Conditioning Programs for Your Sport
A guide for student-athletes and families to assess college strength and conditioning programs, including staff credentials, facility access, sport specific programming, and injury prevention track records.
Coach Communication
Managing Recruiting Communication During Exam Periods
A practical system for student-athletes to maintain coach relationships during midterms, finals, and standardized test windows without sacrificing academic performance or recruiting momentum.
Coach Communication
Navigating Coaching Staff Changes During Your Recruiting Process
A step-by-step guide for student-athletes and families when a coach leaves, gets fired, or changes roles during active recruiting, covering communication, offer stability, and decision making.
Recruiting Timelines
Managing a Recruiting Timeline Across Multiple Sports
A practical framework for student-athletes who compete in more than one sport to coordinate recruiting calendars, communication, and decisions without losing track of either process.
College Research
How to Research a College Coach's Development Track Record
A step-by-step method for student-athletes to evaluate how well a college coach develops players at their position, using public data, roster analysis, and targeted questions.
College Research
How to Track College Roster Movement Without Predicting Roster Openings
A dated research log for tracking public college roster movement: what to record, which sources count, and why observing change differs from predicting openings in the transfer era.
College Research
Understanding College Roster Construction and Scholarship Distribution
A detailed breakdown of how college coaches build rosters, allocate scholarships across positions and classes, and what this means for a recruit's playing time projection and offer quality.
Coach Communication
A Thoughtful Reentry Message After Time Away From Recruiting Outreach
How to restart recruiting contact after a pause without over explaining: what to reference from the last exchange, what new facts to include, and how a support VA can prepare the draft for the athlete's review.
College Research
A Verification Routine for College Coach Contact Directories
A repeatable verification routine for college coach directories: which fields to confirm, how to date each check, and how a support VA can keep contact records from drifting out of date.
College Research
Keeping a College Program Contact Rotation Log Without Losing Context
How to track rotating contacts at one college program: logging who said what by date and role, keeping threads tied to the right question, and avoiding mixed messages when replies come from different staff.
Eligibility
A Core Course Progress Log That Stays Aligned With the Eligibility Center
A family maintained core course progress log that mirrors the NCAA 16 core course requirements: how to record each course, when to cross check with a counselor, and what to flag long before certification.
Recruiting Videos
A Transfer Permission Protocol for Game Film With Personal Data
A permission protocol for moving recruiting game film that may contain personal details: who approves the transfer, how access is limited, and how to log the exchange without exposing sensitive records.
Recruiting Videos
How to Run a Helpful Highlight Reel Feedback Loop With Your Current Coach
A feedback loop for refining a recruiting highlight reel with your high school or club coach: what to send, which questions get useful answers, and how to turn advice into the next version.
Campus Visits
An Approval Checklist for an Official Visit Itinerary
A checklist for reviewing an official visit itinerary before travel: which details need program, admissions, and family approval, and how to keep the approved plan from drifting after arrival.
Coach Communication
A Continuity Log for Long Recruiting Email Threads
A simple continuity log for long recruiting threads: how to keep subject lines, next steps, and attachments tied together across months so coaches and families always see the same context.
Recruiting Support
A Confirmation Step for Recruiting Support Task Handoffs
A lightweight confirmation step for recruiting support handoffs: how to define a task, show it is done, and record the result so families can review without rereading the whole workflow.
Recruiting Videos
An Ownership Log for Recruiting Video File Transfers
How to track ownership of recruiting video files as they move between athlete, family, editors, and coaches: naming, permission, expiration, and a log that shows who can share what and when.
College Research
Translating Roster Research Into a Good Question for a College Coach
How to turn roster research into a respectful, specific question for a college coach: which observations belong in a note, which stay private, and how to phrase the ask so it invites a useful answer.
Academic Recruiting
Parallel Tracking for Transcript Requests Across Multiple Schools
A parallel tracking method for transcript requests sent to several colleges and the eligibility center: how to separate request, receipt, and review so no single school's delay hides another's progress.