I talked to a good friend this past weekend who has a teenager that is being actively recruited to play their sport at the college level. They have a few options, but had settled on a favorite.Until this weekend.The parent found out that a particular aspect of the offer had suddenly …
The 6 Rs Of Building A Dynasty
by Tyler Brandt, National Recruiting CoordinatorRemember when the big thing in school was the 3 Rs; Reading, Writing & Arithmetic? It’s really cute that they sounded like Rs and it’s true they are really important fundamentals of education. To this day without these building blocks it is …
How A Simple Clipboard Can Empower Your Coaching
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI just learned something interesting — a coach's clipboard is a very simple but-oh-so-powerful coaching tool.I wrote last week about changing my coaching over to a paperless system. As I switch over to using my iPhone and iPad for practice, I've been …
Reading Their Hand Signals in the Big Game of Recruiting
The headline you can take away from the Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos was how Seattle's defense managed to shut-down the Broncos high flying offense, leading to one of the biggest championship routs in the history of the big game.It wasn't through brute force. …
ESPN’s Paul Biancardi Talks Recruiting at NCRC 2013
Former men's basketball coach Paul Biancardi and current ESPN recruiting expert is always a crowd favorite whenever he speaks at the National Collegiate Recruiting Conference. Here are some highlights from last year, as he teaches coaches how to approach their recruiting efforts with this …