by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Happy Holidays to each of you and your families.My five year-old daughter Olivia has been counting down the days until Santa arrives. Not down the chimney though, because as she points …
How To Increase The Value Of Your Coaching, And Why You Better Do It Now
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com Coaches are a dime a dozen. I know, that stings like getting snapped with a rolled-up, locker-room towel, yet there is truth to it. The truth lies in the fact there are many, many coaches in the world, at least 5 million in the US alone. As one athletic …
Featured Series: The ‘Miracle’ Behind Herb Brooks’s Miracle On Ice
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comConfidence is one of the greatest assets in a recruit. Cockiness can be another matter. Sometimes there is a fine line between the two, and it has to be studied in recruiting.Jim Craig, who would be the goalie of the historic Miracle on Ice team, had …
How to Effectively Talk About Paying for College With Your Prospects (and their parents)
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesDuring a recent phone call with a good friend he mentioned that his daughter, a high school junior, was starting to receive a lot of mail from colleges and universities. What he said next is something that I’m sure many of you in admissions have …
Featured Series: The ‘Miracle’ Behind Herb Brooks’s Miracle On Ice
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheiFireWithin.comYou need to sign talent in recruiting and then develop it. Yes, there are many other factors, but talent is a biggie. The movie Miracle ends with captions of what happened to the players from the gold medal-winning 1980 US Olympic hockey team. What Disney …