How To Get A D1 Athletic Scholarship
Last Friday, there was a game between Crespi and St.Bonaventure and I, along with another friend of mine, were watching the game. Most of our conversation centered around a thoroughly inspiring story that is in fact, a great recruiting story. After hearing the story, I started viewing my college recruiting process through a different perspective altogether.
It happened in Southern California where my friend came across a STUD RB back who was not a top prospect with college coaches. Not a fault of the coaches because they were just browsing through his credentials like height, weight, etc. and they had no understanding of his most important accessory, that is his laser-like focus.
His physical attributes convinced them that he could not play for the school. So my friend started coaching him on how to promote himself. They made an online video on his profile and emailed all the coaches to view the video. The key point in this story was whenever the emails were sent to the coaches, the subject line of the emails contained a unique line such as:
SUBJECT: “I am the Running Back YOU need”…; “Running Back to help YOUR program”; “CA Star RB to help your program”
Essentially, he was using subject lines that would peak the coaches interest, get them to open the email and then he would instruct the coach to check out his online profile.
He started linking the online video profile to his signature on his emails, at least a few of the coaches would click to view his profile.
This young man realized he had to turn his recruiting campaign into a PR campaign. He started contacting people at Scout.com to generate interest in him…as he began to build some hype around him he got his first offer.Now, this is where things got good…he went from 0 offers to 8 D1 offers in a matter of few weeks. Once he got his first offer, he began to use this first offer to parlay it with the coaches he had been in communication with previously. He started emailing the coaches and letting him know that X school had just offered him a scholarship.
It is a human tendency to want to have what you can’t have. This same human tendency is what made other coaches extend an offer to this young man. He visited North Carolina with his family and called up all the coaches of major colleges to inform them that he was local, and he wanted to meet them. Once he met them, he showed them his video profile. In the evening, as many as four offers were extended to him.
Hence he went from 0 – 8 D1 offers, and the story gives you the following tips:
1. If you want to succeed, you should have the burning desire in your belly. This desire must be so intense that you should be prepared to do whatever it takes. Positive action is the thing that will carry you to success. It will help you generate opportunities.
2. For promoting yourself, you should cover all possible avenues. This is the PR age.
3. ALWAYS have a way to get people to watch your highlight video – carry DVD’s with you like they are your business card or make up business cards with your online profile on it.
Learn more about the keys to getting anAthletic Scholarship. Coach Chris Berg wants to share with you the secrets he has used to help generate over $77million in Athletic Scholarships so you can achieve your collegiate dreams.
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