How To Get A D1 Athletic Scholarship
This past Friday I was at the Crespi vs. St. Bonaventure game. I was on the sidelines watching the game visiting with a good friend of mine, and he started sharing with me a GREAT recruiting story that speaks volumes about HOW to WIN this game of college recruiting and INSPIRE you about what is possible in YOUR recruiting process.
My friend and I were discussing a STUD RB back in Southern California that was not getting any love from college coaches…college coaches were only looking at his variables: Height, Weight, etc. and they were missing the size of his heart.
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”
These subject lines were mainly used to generate interest in the minds of the coaches to open the email and read it. Of course, in the email, he would request them to go through his online video that showcased his profile.
***One key tactic he used is that he put his ONLINE PROFILE link in the signature of ALL of his emails…you never know who may end up seeing it!
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.
Hence he went from 0 – 8 D1 offers, and the story gives you the following tips:
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. You should promote yourself using all possible means. Sometimes PR works most effectively.
3. You should ensure that people watch your profile video and hence it is better to carry DVD’s with you. Treat your DVD’s like your business card.
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