by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies In order to win a recruit’s commitment, you need to separate yourself from every other program recruiting that athlete. Simply put, a recruit’s process is to consider several schools and then ultimately pick one. One that they feel is different and …
What Your Top Recruits Need to Hear Before They’ll Commit
by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies If you want your team to get better, you have two options: Get better at developing athletes, or recruit better athletes to your program Most coaches do a combination of both, of course. But what does it take in order to accomplish option number …
Building Anticipation – Instead of Anxiety – When You’re Recruiting
Think about it, Coach:If we can define anxiety as "experiencing failure in advance of it happening", then the opposite definition must be true also, right?I'm talking about anticipation. When you're anticipating something, it's usually because you just can't wait for it to happen. Buying …
20 Fresh Recruiting Ideas to Keep Coaches Moving Forward
by Paul Nemetz-Carlson, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Over the past year I’ve been sharing my “Recruiting Tip of the Day” on my Twitter account, @PNC_777, hoping that providing recruiting advice - in short form - would help coaches understand the process, their prospects, and that by creating better …
Onboarding Your Freshmen and Sophomores – Now, More Important Than Ever
by Greg Carroll, Tudor Collegiate Strategies I’m sure some reading this article have had the following conversation with a current freshman or sophomore member of their team. “Coach, I think I’m going to take the next semester off. I just don't feel like I fit in and the past year has not been …