by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comIt is going to happen.The odds of either of us being undefeated are wicked small. Yet, I bet you plan on winning, focus on winning, seldom talking about "that other" outcome. I do the same, because we are an optimistic lot, us coaches.But we need …
Can Emoticons Improve Your Recruiting?
by Sean Devlin, Front RushLove them or hate them, emoticons (you know the smiley faces like :)) have found their place in common written correspondence and if you choose NOT to use them, you might be at a disadvantage. Experian (CheetahMail) recently did a study showing 56% of brands studied had …
Teaching Recruiting Techniques While Selling Cosmetics at the Mall
If you keep your eyes open, there are people all around you in your daily life that can teach you really valuable recruiting techniques.I was reminded of that on a recent walk through the Water Tower Place mall in downtown Chicago. It's seven levels of shopping paradise - at least if you ask my …
How Geno Made Pressure Fun
I had the chance to be in the crowd at the 2014 NCAA women's basketball national championship game, where the UConn Huskies won the title and completed a perfect season.At the center of the celebration was their longtime coach, Geno Auriemma. Fans of women's basketball seem to either love him …
Two Speakers Added to NCRC 2014 Line-Up
We're excited to announce two additions to the upcoming 2014 National Collegiate Recruiting Conference.Two coaches with an enormous amount of experience have been added to the speaker line-up, offering some valuable insights based on their combined 60 years of college coaching and recruiting …