Monthly Archives: September 2010

GPA’s and SAT/ACT scores

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I saw this question on one of the sports recruiting message boards the other day and I thought it was an amazing question and point of view about student athletes and their grades:

“Should a recruit’s GPA and SAT/ACT score be considered public information just like his 40 time and vertical? Should GPA’s and SAT/ACT scores be taken into account when assigning stars to players in the star rating system?”

In my opinion, they should publish the student athletes’ GPA and their test scores because there have been so many situations where grades were fixed in high school to get a certain athlete placed in college.

This would eliminate cheating on the part of high school coaches and administrators who think they need to have an advantage in recruiting.  It would also stop some of these under-handed college coaches when it comes to recruiting.

Privacy should be set aside because you’re offering a high school student athlete an athletic scholarship therefore, it is the right of the public to know all they need to know about the high school athletes.

Iowa Girls experimenting with two 16-minutes halve

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About time we’re seeing some rules change in girl’s basketball. I think it’s a great idea to go from 8 minute quarters and play to 16 minute halves.

In my opinion, the high school athletes are better, stronger and physically capable of playing 60 minute or even 20 minute halves.

High school sports in general are changing and the rules should reflect that.

Here is an e-mail that I found on some message boards about the new rule changes:

During the 2010-11 varsity basketball season, varsity girls teams may play two 16-minutes halves during non-conference games with mutual agreement by both schools.

Conferences may also agree to play two 16-minutes halves in all conference games if the conference adopts the policy for the season. Please note that this experimental rule applies only to Varsity contests and is NOT mandatory.

If a conference votes to adopt the rule for its conference games, all schools must participate.
The reason behind this experimental rule is to provide more flow and excitement to the game, reduce heat up/cool down situations, potentially give more players the opportunity to play due to starter fatigue and to eliminate two frequent stall situations at the end of two quarters breaks.
This rule will not be used in the regional or state tournament.

What Does Being Recruited for College Look Like?

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Where are you going for college? Who’s recruiting you? Have you gotten any letters today?

Those are some questions that many high school student athletes will ask another high school student athlete who is also being recruited for college. The question is: what does being recruited for college look like to you? Many high school athletes are not real sure about that answer. Many just play ball, get good grades and hang out with friends and that’s cool.

But as you hit your junior year of high school, are you being recruited by a college program? And if so, what does that look like? Are you getting a huge amount of letters coming to your home or your school? Are there college programs coming to see you play every week? And what about phone calls and emails– are you getting any of those? Has a college program asked to see your DVD or transcript or do they want to know if you’re registered for the NCAA clearing house?

What’s going on with recruiting for you right now? Are you even sure that you are being recruited for college right now or you’re not really sure what’s happening right now?

What does being recruited for college look like right now? Is it different for another student athlete on your team, is it the same or have you not paid much attention to what’s going on with the other kids at you school?

What do your parents think about the college recruiting process? (We all know how parents can be at times about recruiting.)

What role is your high school coach playing in helping you get recruited for college?

You could be a senior in high school right now and is being recruited any different than it was when you were a junior in high school or about the same?

Are you even being recruited for college at all?? Keep in mind that many kids out there are good but are not getting recruited by anyone. Are you even good enough to play in college and if so, how do you know? Who told you that you had game? What are the things that you did to get better? Did you play during the summer or somewhere at a camp? Were there college coaches at any of the camps or did you throw away your money on some useless camp or event?

What does being recruited for college look like to you?

Helping players get in college

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For many years I’ve helped high school student athletes get recruited and placed in college.  College recruiting as a business can be a struggle at times.  On one side, you have parents who are looking for answers, help and information for the student athlete in their family.

On the other side, you have college recruiting services like mine that are willing to assist those parents and athletes.  The problem becomes money.

There are parents searching all over the Internet on ways to get their son or daughter recruited for college but, because money is an issue, these athletes end up under-recruited, under-expose and without a scholarship at all.

I’ve talked to thousands of parents each year and when I explain to them in great detail how I can help their son or daughter get in college, many parents do hear that message clearly.

But when the discussion turns to what it costs for using a recruiting service then everything I’ve said to that parent disappears from their minds.  This is the problem college recruiting services. As an industry, it is not a normal business where you just pay and receive.

Even though I’ve helped many high school athletes that number could be 10 times as much if parents did not have a fear over money.

I just want an opportunity to play in college!

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Most high school student athletes who love their sport want the opportunity to play in college. Many student athletes have worked very hard at their sport and don’t want it to end in high school.

How many times have you heard some high school player say, “I just want an opportunity to play in college?” Well, I’ve heard it a billion times and what that statement tells me is that there are no opportunities out there. There are no college programs recruiting you at all. That is what that statement is telling me and that’s too bad.

There are millions of high school student athletes out there and for some unknown reason, they are not going to college. Well, there are reasons. Sometimes that player may be one of the team leaders but may not have the size or the skill to play at any level and, no matter what that player has done, from going to camps to having near perfect grades, that ball player is still going to be looking for a chance at getting into a college program.

Most of the time when you are still looking for an opportunity to play in college that tells me that you did not look at other college programs or at all levels.

While many other high school student athletes have found a college program some of you will still be looking for an opportunity!

You must learn the game to be a college recruiter.

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This is an e-mail I sent to someone on Facebook who asked me about getting into the college recruiting business:

Thank you!  I’ve been a college recruiter since 1989.  Even though I have a serious basketball background going from playing in high school to college and then overseas, I still needed to learn all that I could about the recruiting process.

I went to camps, I went to tournaments, I talked to players, parents and hundreds of college coaches.  I wanted to understand and learn all I could about the recruiting process so after several years of learning the ins and outs of recruiting and also learning the business side of it, I began to turn what I learned into a business.

If you’re a high school athlete looking to get recruited for college, I would like to hear from you and your parents. Feel free to give me a call. (216) 245-3170

The college recruiting process of Woods Recruiting

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Go with Woods Recruiting because we can help you gain the exposure to college coaches.  The most important thing in the college recruiting process is the ability to get your name out to a large number of college coaches.

Many of these college programs will overlook you and treat you as though you are invisible.

Woods Recruiting can help develop a college recruiting plan to get you the maximum exposure necessary.

Exposure

Networking with college coaches

Follow-up with college coaches

Consult with the parents and student athletes about the recruiting process.

You will get all this and much, much more if you decide to goal with Woods Recruiting. If you are one of the top rated athletes for your sport in your state, you do not need a college recruiting service but the other 98% of you do!!!

There are many athletes who are in college right now but wish they were at some other school. I believe that if they had signed up with a very good recruiting service then they would not be at a college that they didn’t like or had to pick because there were no other choices.

There are a lot of high school athletes right now who are being overlooked by college programs.

As they move throughout their high school athletic careers the problem will get worse.

Many of these athletes believe that they will eventually end up in college.  But reality will soon set in and they will be left with nothing to show for all the hard work they’ve put in their sport.

There are many parents of high school athletes out there who believe that the high school coach will take care of everything.

I believe this is a huge mistake because it is not the high school coach’s responsibility to handle every single detail of the college recruiting process.

Disappointment

Anger

Frustration

Helplessness

Slipping through the cracks

The high school coach sucks

These are some of the phrases I’ve heard from parents and student athletes on how they feel about the overall college recruiting process.

Parents and high school student athletes: you only have one chance to go from high school athlete to college athlete so do everything in your power to make it happen! Go with Woods Recruiting college recruiting service today!