First things first...the internet has changed everything! What used to be a local paper blurb (National Signing Day) has become an internet and television multi-million dollar industry. With so much attention on today's high school athletes many parents ask, "How do I get my child recognized?"
The purpose of this blog will be to help you do just that. I want to share with parents around the country...my experiences with the recruiting process, and help them help their children. I don't care what team you support, where you live, or what color you are...I just want to help the kids.
I have been through the recruiting process twice with two of my sons, and I'm about to do it again with my third. They're all football players so that's where my experience is, but I'm certain that most of this information can be transfered to other sports.
My first son played for a Division II football program, and my second son signed a full football scholarship with FSU this year. What I learned during the process with my first son, helped me with the recruitment of my second. The second son finished his High School career as a Rivals 250 member, a Prep Star All American, and had offers from such power houses as: FSU, UF, LSU, and Alabama. I say this not to brag, but to point out that I know what it takes to get recognized...and I know what it's like to have a child going through the process.
This first blog is more of an introduction then anything else. It's just a way to let you know what I'll be blogging about. Everyday or every other day I will post information that will help walk you through the recruiting process. I will start by giving you information on how to get recognized, and then we will go into training, academics, the ncaa, and the recruiting process itself.
My hope is to make this an interactive blog so I can answer questions, and help people directly. I say "my hope" because I don't want this to become a forum for bashing rival schools or each other. The focus will be on helping the kids no matter where they live or who they hope to play for.
Tune in tomorrow, and we will talk about taking the first steps to being recruited.
9 comments:
great idea! look forward to keeping up with this blog.
Based on your introduction, the first question I would ask is, are you implying that both of your sons were of the same talent level and if you had known how to "shop" them, both would have gone more prominent schools?
How much more prominent than FSU, UF, Alabama and LSU does it get?
I would say that Jonnie and Vince did share the same level of talent, BUT Jonnie was a 5'8" LB, and that is a very difficult obstacle to overcome when dealing with DI programs. In case you're wondering Vince is now 6'1". That is the only major difference between them.
Good job polk, keep up the good work. I hope people who visit here realize you are doing this for the kids, no matter what school they decide to attend. That being said, GO NOLES!!
How much more prominent than FSU, UF, Alabama and LSU does it get?
You missed it. BOTH, as in Jonnie would have made it to that level also, therefore, BOTH would have been in prominent schools.
can you not read....the reason BOTH (no need for yelling) did not go to D-1 schools was their physical size, i.e. 5'8...6'1...height, for many positions are crucial...just ask chris leak;)
I am going to say this very slow. I asked a question about whether or not he was stating that getting on the recruiting wagon early was the difference in one son going to a prominent school verses the other one.
He answered my question with the reply on size, but someone misunderstood my post as I didn't think FSU and others were prominent schools. I replied with BOTH to highlight the fact that I was using both as inclusion in regards to prominent schools.
I do not think it is I that can't read.
Nice, but I disagree with the statement you make about a parent not relying on past times when they were in HS etc.The following only applies to true bluchippers and the first step for a parent is to know the difference. I have two sons that attend(d) the same (small) HS in Florida. One was a 2000 all state recruit that was recruited by many d1 schools who lost interest because the highschool coach had accepted another job and was not sending the requested info or they were waiting to see if another recruit would commit first. So when a college came to his HS campus & personally said we want you -that was the one he chose. My second son is a 2009 Rivals 100 recruit and he is now going through some of the same experiences w/the HS coach so we have copies of all his game film and my son checks the coach's mailbox for his letters and all info has been redirected to our home address--Now he also has not rcvd an offer from a local college that is playing games... while they await to see if they can get someone else first while the National Champs have already offered him. My brother was a 1979 recruit @ a very small Fl HS as well he realized very ealy during his varsity years that the coach had a tradition of sending players to a small college in Kansas and he knew that he could play for a bigger college so he asked for copies of all of his game film and during his senior year mailed them to various colleges and was offered by three he chose Utah State, FSU was his ideal but no offer the same for my son's A parent and player has to be proactive in the process w/out being to overbearing , get the film in a college programs hands and follow up if your son is really a blue chipper.
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