by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comYears ago, I worked in New Zealand as a white-water raft guide.We would start each trip by gathering all the customers in a large group, and then the guides would introduce ourselves. From there the customers would pick the guide they wanted for the …
Featured Series: The ‘Miracle’ Behind Herb Brooks’s Miracle On Ice
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comYou win college championships when you recruit players like Jack O'Callahan.The greatest moment in United States sports history was when the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the dynasty Soviet team in Lake Placid, NY, and then won Gold …
Creating Recruiting Letters That Work
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Talking to Parents of Your Freshmen and Sophomore Recruits
It's not rocket science.In today's recruiting culture, which see's contact between college coaches and teenage prospects happening earlier and earlier, talking to that recruit's parents is an absolute must.Put yourself at your prospect's kitchen table for a moment, Coach:As a parent, …
10 Ways to Improve Phone Calls to Prospective Students
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesI’m a frequent channel surfer. It’s a bad habit I know. During halftime of a recent college football game I came across the sports movie classic, Jerry Maguire. For me the 1996 film is one of those movies that I can watch over and over again. The …