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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.

Coach Communication

How to Track College Coach Out-of-Office Replies

A practical, source-checked workflow to turn an automatic reply into a dated follow-up without guessing about availability, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

College Research

How to Research Academic Support for College Athletes

A practical, source-checked workflow to turn official academic support pages into school specific questions, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

College Research

A Contact Page Log for College Athletics Research

A practical, source-checked workflow to keep official staff contact pages tied to a date and specific research question, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

College Research

How to Audit Position Labels on College Rosters

A practical, source-checked workflow to record how each school labels positions without forcing cross-school equivalence, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

College Research

A Source Date Log for College Roster Research

A practical, source-checked workflow to keep public roster notes tied to the season and page that supplied them, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

College Research

A College Team Travel Question List for Recruits

A practical, source-checked workflow to prepare practical travel questions without assuming every program follows the same routine, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Scholarship Planning

A Financial Aid Account Access Checklist for Families

A practical, source-checked workflow to confirm the athlete can reach official aid systems without storing credentials in a tracker, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Scholarship Planning

A Source Index for College Financial Aid Offers

A practical, source-checked workflow to connect each aid entry to the official document or portal where it appeared, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Video Coordination

How to Build a Full Game Film Index for Recruiting

A practical, source-checked workflow to organize complete game files so selected clips remain traceable, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Video Coordination

How to Track Access Permissions for Recruiting Game Film

A practical, source-checked workflow to record who can open each film link without storing account credentials, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Coach Communication

A Time Zone Check for College Recruiting Calls

A practical, source-checked workflow to confirm call times across locations before the athlete accepts a calendar entry, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Camp Planning

How to Document a College Recruiting Camp Refund Request

A practical, source-checked workflow to keep the published policy, request, and response in one dated record, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Camp Planning

A Waiver Review Log for College Recruiting Camps

A practical, source-checked workflow to record family review of event forms without giving legal advice, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Coach Communication

A Contact Preference Record for College Recruiting

A practical, source-checked workflow to record communication instructions the athlete or program has actually provided, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Academic Recruiting

A Counselor Question Log for College Recruits

A practical, source-checked workflow to route school record and application questions to the right counselor contact, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Recruiting Decisions

How to Build an Evidence Index for a Recruiting Decision

A practical, source-checked workflow to link every open decision question to its current source or written answer, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Recruiting Decisions

A Question Owner Log for College Recruiting Decisions

A practical, source-checked workflow to assign each open decision question to the athlete, family, coach, or official office, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Coach Communication

A Recruiting Email Attachment Checklist for Athletes

A practical, source-checked workflow to check every file and link before an athlete sends a recruiting email, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Coach Communication

A Recruiting Email Thread Handoff Checklist for Athletes

A practical, source-checked workflow to give the athlete enough context to continue a coach conversation in their own voice, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Athlete Profiles

An Academic Field Review for Athlete Recruiting Profiles

A practical, source-checked workflow to compare profile academic fields with the athlete approved school record, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Athlete Profiles

A Source Log for Stats on Athlete Recruiting Profiles

A practical, source-checked workflow to tie each published athletic stat to a dated source the athlete can review, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Video Coordination

A Recruiting Video Audio Review Checklist

A practical, source-checked workflow to check commentary, music, and private information before film is shared, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Video Coordination

A Caption Review Checklist for Recruiting Videos

A practical, source-checked workflow to review names, dates, labels, and visibility before a video is shared, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

Video Coordination

How to Test Recruiting Video Playback on a Phone

A practical, source-checked workflow to verify that a coach can identify the athlete and use the link on a mobile device, with tracking fields, review steps, and questions for athletes and families.

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