A few weeks ago at an On-Campus Workshop I was conducting for an athletic department, it happened again.A coach that I was speaking with had way too much modesty for his own good. He was the nicest, most humble person you'd ever want to meet. However, from a recruiting standpoint, it could …
Two Critical Time Management Mistakes Coaches Make
by Mandy Green, Head Soccer Coach - University of South DakotaCoach, have you ever come back from lunch, checked your email, fiddled around on the web, and realized that two or three hours had just slipped away from you? Every day, so many coaches engage themselves in activities that are not …
What GM’s Cancelled Facebook Ads Can Teach Coaches About Social Network Recruiting
The news that General Motors announced they were pulling all of thier advertising from the popular social network website Facebook may have been a passing news story to most Americans outside of the business and marketing world.However, I believe it holds an important lesson for college …
What Looks Like a Square Hockey Puck and Helps You Present Ideas to Recruits?
by Sean Devlin, Front RushFor a long time, when giving presentations, we used the whole projector+laptop+cords set-up.Even internally when going over our own "playbook", our conference room here at the Front Rush headquarters is outfitted with the same type of set-up. I've never been a big …
Irrational Recruiting Decisions Made by Recruits (and College Coaches)
It's the thing that drives recruiters absolutely crazy when it comes to understanding how teenage athletes make their final decisions.Most of the time, they make irrational final decisions.This past year it seems like I've seen more examples than ever of that in our ongoing work with college …