High School Athlete College Recruiting Service...founded by a Johnny "COACH" Galeas and a group of dedicated fathers of student athletes and former High School & Collegiate coaches. COACHPOST1 has created a database that allows high school athletes to be seen and recruited by Colleges across the nation. and will get your information into the decision makers hands with links to the NCAA Clearinghouse and NCAA site that will provide you with
what you need to get started either on your own or with COACHPOST1...especially if you find it all a little confusing.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

College Recruiting - Lifeblood of every athletic program


Recruiting is the lifeblood of every college athletic program, but college coaches can only recruit the very best prospects available to them. If they do not know about you, they cannot possibly recruit you. Coaches make their choices based on the information they have and the evaluations they make on prospects. In just about every case there are better choices of prospects somewhere out there but the coaches either don't know who they are or they don't have enough information about these prospects to be convinced of their worth. If you are a good high school prospect qualified for the next level of competition, and you want to participate in college athletics, there are two things you must do to make this become a reality:
1. You have to make sure colleges are aware that you are a legitimate prospect.
2. You have to convince coaches. or at least one coach, that you are the best choice for their program.
It sounds simple, but it really is not. In fact, most big colleges spend millions of dollars each year recruiting a relatively small number of athletes for their programs. The Coaches and the Colleges recruit from a very thin layer of top-notch prospects from across the country who are typically identified very early in high-profile tournaments or meets. Other colleges with much more restrictive recruiting budgets must rely on a variety of sources to find suitable prospects. Coaches identify prospects through high school coaches, referrals, personal observations and especially through established scouting organizations like COACHPOST 1.
You can be a great prospect, but unless your information lands in a coaches hands for preliminary evaluation, you might not be identified as a prospect. To ensure that you will not be left out you have to be pro-active and promote yourself by letting the colleges know that you deserve to participate in collegiate athletics. In other words, the old adage, "if you are good enough, coaches will find you," no longer applies when it comes to recruiting. The very best way to get complete and professional exposure is through very hard work on you part with help of your parents and or by using a company like COACHPOST 1.

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