Decision Making
Basketball and life are about decision-making. Should you shoot or pass? Well it depends on your abilities and the person’s abilities you might pass to relative to where they are on the court? Should I help or not? That again depends on the situation. Should I do this or do that? Should I go to […]
Reclassification: The Reality
Reclassification is very popular among American basketball players. It is the practice of making an athlete repeat a grade. Usually, repeating a grade is frowned upon. Previously, you only repeated a grade if you failed it. In today’s world, where there’s so much money involved in youth sports, reclassification rarely has anything to do with […]
Recruiting is More Than Just Sales
Recruiting is more than just a sales pitch. Some coaches are labeled as good recruiters because people think they can make a good sales pitch to attract the talent that they want. That may be true. But the best recruiters can also evaluate talent. This goes for players as well. The players who have the […]
What are College Coaches Looking For?
It’s recruiting season. The NCAA D1 men’s transfer portal for men’s basketball has over 1300 athletes and counting. That’s one-third of all the players. When you add the thousands of junior college, postgrad, and high school players that are out there, the question is. What are college coaches looking for? It’s a complicated “formula” that […]
The Narrative about AAU
So the narrative about AAU is very prevalent. The idea is that you have to play “AAU” or travel basketball to get recruited. We’ll look at that as well as the idea that playing in high school is a waste of time. If you don’t care about getting recruited, stop reading. This doesn’t apply to you. […]
Playing NCAA Division 1
When I hear players say that they want to play NCAA Division 1, I have one question. “Why?” Here are some of the answers I get. 1. I want to play at the highest level.2. I want to play against the best players.3. I want to go to school for free.4. I want to be […]
Recruiting Services Review Conclusion
Recruiting Services Review Conclusion In our recruiting services review conclusion, it is important to understand that things are always changing. Technology especially has changed everything in recruiting. 15 years ago Facebook Instagram and Twitter weren’t even a thing. In 15 more years who knows what things will be like. Right now people who think you […]
Recruiting Service Review Part 4
Recruiting Service Review Part 4 In Part 4 of the recruiting services review, we are going to talk about their lack of effort and expertise in evaluating talent. Recruiting services love sending emails that say that “this player can play for your program.” First of all, I have never received a phone call from ANY […]
Recruiting Services Review Part 3
Recruiting Services Review Part 3 In the Recruiting Services Review Part 3, we talk about part of the lack of education that these services provide. The first couple of episodes in this series talked about things you can do for yourself better than someone else can do them for you. However, any service, no matter […]
Recruiting Services Review Part 2
Recruiting Services Review Part 2 Our recruiting services review started with a couple reasons that they are not necessary. You already have a profile if you have a social media account and that’s a very easy and effective way to connect with college coaches. We’ll say for now that you think that profile is worth […]
