Athletic Profiles

The Offer Say Yes To Woods Recruiting It’s packaged nicely and presented to the student-athlete. Inside is the offer that student-athletes desperately seeks and their parents, with huge anxiety and fears, hoped for. The recruiting process is a jungle filled with...

Slipping Through The Cracks. What Does It Really Mean?  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting There’s no official definition for slipping through the cracks of the recruiting process. I will attempt to give you my opinion on what it really means. Despite their best...

Good Coaching Bad Coaching  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting For the purpose of this conversation I’m going to be referring to AAU basketball.   This topic is centered around the deep decline of AAU basketball coaching. There are those who are connected who feel...

You Need A Lot Of Recruiting Video  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting I’m sure by now you already know video is a required component. One of the many pieces of the recruiting puzzle which is confusing all in itself. You’re going to need a lot of video. Video is...

There’s More To Recruiting Than The Showcase  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting The goal is to showcase your talents during the hot steamy summer months. This is what student-athletes strive for. 110% is the effort given in front of college coaches who you’re...

The Helicopter Parents  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting Hovering above the student-athlete with propeller blades spinning at top speed unaware of their surroundings, every move the athlete makes parents are hovering. They’re waiting to attack like an eagle high...

Bad Grades Will Kill You Say Yes To Woods Recruiting There’s a slow death associated with bad grades eliminating student-athletes from the prize they’ve chased their entire lives in the recruiting process. They are striving for the scholarships....

Go Where You’re Wanted!  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting Have you ever mistakenly tried to fit your mailbox key into the front door of your house? It wouldn’t fit, right? You quickly realize the mistake and feel embarrassment and awkward. Student-athletes are...

Why Not Go For Division One  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting Student-athletes are conditioned to achieve excellence, ignore pain, striving constantly in their sport and in the classroom with full intensity. The coach is drilling into their heads the importance of...

You Only Get One Chance  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting It is the absolute truth for student-athletes when it comes to recruiting: You only get one chance to go from high school athlete to college athlete.  Critical is the understatement. You must do everything in your...

There Are More Unranked Student-Athletes Than Ranked Ones  Say Yes To Woods Recruiting You don’t need that special number next to your name to get recruited for college. Rankings are basically for conversation, nothing more nothing less.  Surprisingly, many...

Organized Planning: The Crystallization Of Desire Into Action!  Al Woods The Voice Of Recruiting  You need a strategy, a structure, a road map, and a blueprint which are all necessary components for College Scouts and recruiting services. Most importantly, for your...

The Dream It’s Not An Impossible Dream Business Coach For College Scouts & Recruiting Services  I started my recruiting service in August of 1989 with nothing more than just heart and determination. The only thing I knew about recruiting was to go to the...

Do You Have That Championship Mindset? Business Coach For College Scouts & Recruiting Services  A College Scout walks with an aura of confidence. They exude a superior mindset knowing that all eyes are on them when they enter the arena of athletic competition....

Why The Urgent Need For College Scouts We Need More College Scouts For as long as I can remember, and that’s going back decades, student-athletes have slipped through the cracks of the recruiting process.   Talented student-athletes, loaded with intangibles...

Being A College Scout Is Understanding The Basics We Need More College Scouts The fascinating conclusion to being a College Scout are the similarities to a professional athlete. Behind the scenes when no one is watching that’s when the professional athlete is...

College Scouts: Understand The Importance Of Lead Generation We Need More College Scouts ‘One is the loneliest number in the universe.’ I do believe that is in a song I once heard from way back in the day. We’re talking about the importance of lead...

The Small Monthly Payment Recruiting Services Are A Joke! We Need More College Scouts There are recruiting services that will allow you to make small, incremental monthly payments. In my opinion, it’s a joke, it’s a disgrace, and it’s stupid....