How To Navigate The College Recruiting Maze

The college decision making process can be a complete cluster for aspiring high school athletes if you do not have the right information. With only 5% of high school athletes (400,000 out of 8,000,000) getting an opportunity to make it only a college roster, it is very important to know how to navigate this convoluted college recruiting process.

It all starts with properly putting yourself on notice with college coaches so that they can add you to their watchlist. In the video above, we are given several tips to help you do what you need to get on your desired schools radar.

Unfortunately we live in a day where marketing beats talent in many scenarios, so it is very important to know how to properly market yourself to get better opportunities. Many college coaches do not have a lot of time when searching for candidates for their upcoming rosters, so often times the most visible candidates are the ones that get selected, even if they are not the absolute best player.

In this day in age it is important to start as early as 8th grade in building your marketing profile to give you better opportunities with college coaches. With technology existing such as HUDL and YouTube, it is not too difficult to upload your highlight videos and get they traveling across the internet to get your name out there. Take heed to the college recruiting advice in the video above and start working on getting to the next level!