Last Friday, there was a game between Crespi and St.Bonaventure and I, along with another friend of mine, were watching the game. Most of our conversation centered around a thoroughly inspiring story that is in fact, a great recruiting story. After hearing the story, I started viewing my college recruiting process through a different perspective altogether.
There was a STUD RB back in Southern California who suddenly interested my friend because coaches were not ready to consider him at all because he did not possess any great credentials. They just measured his not-so-inspiring physical attributes like height and weight and thought that he was not fit to represent the college. They could not see what was in his heart. They did not know the stamina and endurace of his will.
His physical attributes convinced them that he could not play for the school. So my friend started coaching him on how to promote himself. They made an online video on his profile and emailed all the coaches to view the video. The key point in this story was whenever the emails were sent to the coaches, the subject line of the emails contained a unique line such as:
SUBJECT: I am the Running Back YOU need…; Running Back to help YOUR program; CA Star RB to help your program
The intention of the player was to arouse the interests of the coaches to open the mail sent by him and read it. The email would persuade them to watch the online video so they could begin recruiting him.
He started linking the online video profile to his signature on his emails, at least a few of the coaches would click to view his profile.
This young man realized he had to turn his recruiting campaign into a PR campaign. He started contacting people at Scout.com to generate interest in him…as he began to build some hype around him he got his first offer.Now, this is where things got good…he went from 0 offers to 8 D1 offers in a matter of few weeks. Once he got his first offer, he began to use this first offer to parlay it with the coaches he had been in communication with previously. He started emailing the coaches and letting him know that X school had just offered him a scholarship.
It is a human tendency to want to have what you can’t have. This same human tendency is what made other coaches extend an offer to this young man. He visited North Carolina with his family and called up all the coaches of major colleges to inform them that he was local, and he wanted to meet them. Once he met them, he showed them his video profile. In the evening, as many as four offers were extended to him.
The tips that can be derived from this story for going from 0 – 8 D1 offers are:
1. If you want to succeed, you should have the burning desire in your belly. This desire must be so intense that you should be prepared to do whatever it takes. Positive action is the thing that will carry you to success. It will help you generate opportunities.
2. For promoting yourself, you should cover all possible avenues. This is the PR age.
3. You should be sure and carry DVD’s with you so that you can show your video profiles to all concerned. Treat them like your business cards, and they must also contain details of your online profile.
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Title: How To Get A D1 Athletic Scholarship
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Submited by: Coach Chris Berg
Category: Football
Added on: November 5th, 2009
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