Month: July 2013

Ten years ago, college coaches were just getting computers installed in their offices.  Emails were a novelty.  Digitized videos were a faraway thought.  Personal Web sites were emerging technology.  Smart phones and tablets?  Non-existent.  But that was then, as they say. Today coaches can link to prospects and their information more readily than ever.  Athletes’ profiles … Read more

Two outside forces are major contributors to today’s high school athletes having to demonstrate a high level of maturity to college coaches.  The spate of troublesome behavior by college athletes having run afoul of the law and the proliferation of technology in recruiting are putting the pressure on young aspiring college athletes to be more … Read more

Flippin’ a bat.  Flippin’ a cap.  Flippin’ a towel.  You name it and flippin’ gets a high school athlete into hot water with college coaches. We scout alongside college coaches every day at tournaments, matches, meets, showcases, combines and camps.  And the conversation often abruptly turns to an athlete that does something inane like flippin’ a piece … Read more

We’re in the middle of summer now and our biggest concern for the athletes we work with and advise is dehydration.  Because the athletes we represent to college coaches have to be in peak condition at club and travel events as well as during workouts, combines, showcases and camps, we constantly harp on the need … Read more