In college recruiting - especially this time of year - there is often a singular focus from coaches who are doing all they can to ask the right questions of their recruits in order to get one thing from them:Their commitment to visit campus.That's the holy grail of college recruiting, no …
7 Steps To Turn Your Coaching Into An Amazing Experience
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comHow’s your coaching? Having an amazing experience?If so, then — bravo. Stop reading and get back to what you were doing.For the rest of us, who at one time or another feel our coaching experience can be better, I offer a few …
20 Things Your Recruits Told Us That You Should Know
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesWhen an admissions department brings us to campus to lead one of our training workshops, part of what we do is conduct extensive focus group research with their student body. The questions we ask produce honest, valuable feedback on a number of …
Warning: The Era Of Abused Coach Needs To End
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comNow I’m worried.I’m reading the September 28, 2015 issue of Sports Illustrated.On page 50, Alexander Wolff’s article, Abuse Of Power, begins. Wolff does a slam dunk on abusive coaches.Every coach at every level needs to read it.You need …
6 Tips for Starting a Recruiting Call the Right Way
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesIt’s still happening a lot, and that’s not a good thing.During each on-campus workshop that I’ve led over the past year, I’ve taken a straw poll with many of the admissions counselors. The question I ask is, “What’s the most frustrating part of …