E-mail is one of the main ways coaches stay in touch with athletes. That's only going to increase after the pending NCAA text message ban goes into effect.E-mail is quick, cheap, and (when done correctly) highly effective. It works with both your prospect, and your prospect's parents.In …
16 Tips for Recruiting (and Coaching) Greatness
You could learn a few things from Bob Parsons. He's the founder of GoDaddy.com, the Internet domain registration company. In his business life, he's seen success, and failure. He's made millions, and then gone broke. He's battled the government, and build a legendary company along with way …
New Book Gives Coaches the Recruiting Lessons They Never Learned
Don't you wish that someone would have sat you down early in your coaching career and taught you everything you needed to know so that you could go out and recruit with confidence?Lots of you have told us just that. So, we're proud to launch the second in our line of recruiting books for …
Developing Your Recruiting Strategy
I had the chance to train another staff this past week during one of our popular SFC On-Campus Workshops. It was a great session, and I think we gave the staff some great techniques to use in their upcoming recruiting season.One of the things that one of the coaches really wanted was a …
Why Are Minorities Hard to Recruit for College Baseball and Softball?
Why is recruiting minorities for baseball programs becoming more and more of a daunthing task for college coaches? Doug Newhoff, a respected sports reporter in Iowa, has a great article that tries to address that question, and looks ahead to what the sport needs to do to increase minority …