I'm going to make it very, very easy for you today.A big focus for many coaches that we meet with, or who we get to serve as clients, are curious about how to improve their on-campus visits with recruits. Among all of the complicated, in-depth strategies that we might suggest, there is one …
How to Get Personality Into Your Online Recruiting Questionnaire
by Sean "Call Me Willie" Devlin, Front RushWhat song would you sing if you were on American Idle?More and more we have seen coaches who are our clients add a little personality to their online recruit questionnaires, and candidly we love it.The premise is that instead of just having …
Adding Quantity (and Quality) to Your Summer Camps
by Scott Alexander, NCSA Recruiting CoachPreparing for summer camps have traditionally created several dilemmas for college coaches. For most, it's not uncommon to feel unprepared as you enter a camp session. Not knowing who a recruit is or whether or not they could actually be a player for you …
Nazis Playing Tennis and Other Super Attention Grabbers
If you're a college coach, you probably do a lot of traveling through airports.I know I do. I can't say for sure, but I think I single-handedly was responsible for U.S. Airways being able to merge with American Airlines recently.On a recent trip through San Francisco on the way to work with …
Like a High-Powered Google Search Engine for College Recruiters
That's what you could easily call the powerful prospect search engine that the National Collegiate Scouting Association has put together for college recruiters.Like Google, coaches can find out verified details on prospects that they are looking to recruit, among other easy-to-use online tools …