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Recording Athletic Events for The Purpose of College Recruiting

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One of the best ways to gain attention of college coaches is through DVD’s.  College coaches are always looking for new talent and one of the best ways to gain exposure to college coaches is through the DVD.

Now that’s the easy part, the hard part is actually having some type of camcorder and have your athletic events recorded.  Student athletes: have your parents record your games because they are more responsible and will take this process very seriously.

In recent years, college programs are not really coming out to as many high school games as they used to.  This could be because of budget concerns or the fact that they may only see one player who may be good enough to play ball for them.  It would make sense for college coaches to review 10-15 DVD’s in one day as opposed to going to actually see that number of players.

I believe it’s critical to have a DVD in the college recruiting process because, again, this is the best way to gain exposure to college coaches.

Having the student athletes’ athletic events recorded is critical to getting recruited for college but many student athletes and parents sometimes overlook this important detail.  Think about it this way: college coaches cannot be everywhere to see student athletes play. Also, the same coaches are not going to know about every single athlete who’s available.

I think the DVD’s are very important because a full athletic scholarship may depend on having a quality DVD.

When shopping for a camcorder you need to get something that you can upload the image to your computer and burn it to a DVD. This will save you a huge amount of money if you learn how to do this yourself.  And, if you learn how to upload the recorded games to your computer, you also will be able to upload it to YouTube.

I’ve included for your consideration several links to outstanding camcorders.

Sony(R) DCR-HC28 Mini DV Handycam(R) Camcorder

Canon ZR800 Mini DV Camcorder

Canon DC210 DVD Camcorder

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Not Doing What You Should Be Doing and Stop Blaming Others!

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As a college recruiter, I am contacted by high school athletes and parents every day looking for information or help with the college recruiting process. My role is to offer my opinion on matters that relate to recruiting and then it’s up to that athlete or parent to use that information however they see fit.

What happens in most cases is that parents and athletes want to do what they think is best without giving it much thought.

I always tell parents to get a DVD made that shows highlights of games and full game action. So when the student athletes or parents are asked by a college coach if they can see the tape or DVD then they are ready to mail one. There are parents who don’t understand what I tell them and they’ll wait until the last minute to get the DVD made and mail it out. Big mistake parents!

Parents, you’re going to have to invest into the college recruiting process. When I advise some of the parents on this, it seems that they don’t hear me! Many parents sit back and wait to see what is going to happen in the recruiting process when they should act on the recruiting process.

These parents hold off because they don’t want to spend any money on anything, hoping that the college recruiting process will take care of itself. Another big mistake parents!

Many high school student athletes will also delay taking the SAT or ACT tests until the last minute thinking that they will score well on their first try. Big mistake everyone!

There are more high school student athletes who are not going to a Division 1 college program. These players need to get busy with the process of getting their names out there, but they don’t.

The point is that many athletes and parents are not doing what they should be doing and when things don’t work out they start blaming others!

Don’t get left behind in the college recruiting process

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High school juniors, sophomores and freshmen: now is the time to get the college recruiting process going! Get it started now or you could end up like so many seniors right now still looking for a college program.

Many high school seniors are all over the Internet looking for the answers to their college recruiting concerns and sadly there are no answers.

Do your work now high school players! Get ready to be recruited now!

I hear it all the time from parents-that they did everything to help their student athlete get recruited for college but still it did not work. I think it’s really all about not doing enough of all the right things in the recruiting process.

Why do some high school players who have the same talent get recruited over another player? The answer is getting the exposure, where are you playing during the summer, having a DVD, are you writing to college coaches, do you have the grades, and can you play at the college level?

Getting left behind in the college recruiting process is not cool but sadly, it does happen all the time.

Know this: you are not going to get what you want out of a college program if you wait too late in the college recruiting process. Many high school players all feel that if you’re good, college coaches will find you and that’s not true.