#127 COLLEGE Edition: 7 GREAT RECRUITING TIPS - How to Create Opportunities as college student

It takes a  minimum of 10k hrs to learn a new skill any skill. So take a second to reflect on how you got to where you are. What's the best and worst memories during your student athlete journey or overall college experiences?

TIP #1 – SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE. This means you must work at being recruited regularly and consistently. The more effort you make the more results you will create. This is not the movies. Depending on your sport it will only be the top 100-500 athletes in any high school / junior college sport in the entire country that receive the “privilege” of having coaches come to you. You have to be Proactive. Make a commitment to yourself to spend 30 minutes a day researching the schools, coaches, players, tactics, opponents, and the most important, what value can you add to that school or team. On or off the field. 

TIP #2 - CONTACT, CONTACT, CONTACT. Contact College Coaches to let them know you are out there! 90% of all colleges are NOT NCAA Division I and have very little athletic scholarship monies. That means they also have very little if any money for finding potential recruit. Don’t expect coaches to come recruit you, for all we know they are actively recruiting you right now. Have your picture hanging in someones recruiting office. This is also where integrity kicks in on and off the field. When I was a junior in high school, I would email head coaches from so many different universities and just tell them hey, I’m so and so, shared my best sport accomplishment, something to catch their attention right away. Like for me, “I made sure each coach knew my natural kicking foot was left” it was rare and still is rare in soccer and that I just got back from playing soccer in england. Keep it simple, keep it effective. Your starting to tap into self awareness now, and thats a life skill you’ll keep for the rest of your life. 

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Written by Morfett Flores, Owner/Founder of Mogressive Coaching LLC.

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