For years, college coaches have voiced frustrations over the parent involvement in recruiting. Primarily, the fact that parents want to take over the process, run the process, communicate during the process, and then possibly interfere with coaching once they arrive on your campus as a new …
What Recruits Do When You Give Them Confusing Signs
This is a real sign.It would certainly cause anyone to stop and take notice, right? Especially if you happened to be on that trail where it's posted and didn't want to be eaten by a crocodile. But does it only apply to individuals in wheelchairs? What's causing it to happen? And, what else is …
Bringing the Most Powerful Sales Persuader on Your Next Recruiting Visit
It's something that we all use to make a buying decision in our regular lives, but seldom - if ever - utilize it in our recruiting lives as a college coach.And I'll go one step further: When you use it, you set yourself apart from other coaches so much, you become impossible to ignore in a …
Win Recruits with Your Vision
by Mandy Green, Busy CoachOver the course of my 23-year coaching career, I certainly have had my fair share of being at programs where there was a lot of objections to overcome.The first time I was a head coach, I was in a small town of 10,000 people, no Starbucks, bad facilities, no winning …
You Should Be Selling Transportation to Your Recruits
by Mandy Green, Busy CoachWhen I first started out as a college coach, I felt the need to sell my:Facilities Location Team Academics Coaching.Among other things. While talking about those things are necessary things to share with a recruit, I found that the way I was doing it was …