September 4, 2010

Are you scheduling recruiting trips?

Now is the time of year that you should be visiting college campuses and meeting college coaches. But most people skip out on this most important aspect of their college search and selection process.

I have heard all the reasons why people do not go on campus visits many times over. Although they may have merit, they will certainly compromise your opportunities. Here they are, the-

Top 10 reasons why people do not go on college visits and meet coaches:

# 10   they are too busy with everyday life to make time for it

# 9     they do not think about it until it is too late

# 8     they do not think their child is committed to play college sports 

# 7     they do not think they need to meet coaches

# 6     they think it is too early to think about college

# 5     they do not have any coaches to meet

# 4     they do not think ahead enough to plan for it

# 3     they do not want to miss a day of school nor a day of work

# 2     they are not permitted to miss a practice 

And the # 1 reason why most people do not go on college visits and meet coaches?          

They do not know when or how to go about arranging for them.   

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.” The point is that all 10 of those reasons lend themselves to mere circumstances that could cause you to lose sight of your goal.