It was a game between Crespi and St.Bonaventure last Friday. I was with a friend watching the game. The story he shared with me was stunningly inspiring and I have never come across another great recruiting story like it. It really changed my perception about the college recruiting process and how one can win in this abstract process of recruiting.
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 adopted a clever strategy of linking his online video profile to his signature of all these mails. He assumed that a few coaches would open the video and view it.
The young boy had clearly understood that his recruiting campaign would become a success only if there was a PR tilt in it. Hence he adopted his PR strategy. Important people on Scout.com were also contacted to generate interest in him. The huge hype created due to his PR campaign resulted in his getting his first offer. That was a great start for him. He then sent mails to the other coaches recruiting him that he had received an offer. This acted as a catalyst and offers started flowing in. The number of offers went up to 8 D1 offers.
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.
So let me inspire you on HOW to go from 0-8 D1 offers in a matter of a few weeks (of course you gotta be able to play!):
1. Focus on what you want. It should become an obsession in you. You must take suitable and purposeful action for achieving this in life. "Action" is the six-letter word that fires your rocket to reach your goal.
2. PROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE - this is YOUR PR campaign
3. You should be sure and carry DVD's with you so that you can show your video profiles to all concerned. Treat them like your business cards, and they must also contain details of your online profile. - 31493
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 adopted a clever strategy of linking his online video profile to his signature of all these mails. He assumed that a few coaches would open the video and view it.
The young boy had clearly understood that his recruiting campaign would become a success only if there was a PR tilt in it. Hence he adopted his PR strategy. Important people on Scout.com were also contacted to generate interest in him. The huge hype created due to his PR campaign resulted in his getting his first offer. That was a great start for him. He then sent mails to the other coaches recruiting him that he had received an offer. This acted as a catalyst and offers started flowing in. The number of offers went up to 8 D1 offers.
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.
So let me inspire you on HOW to go from 0-8 D1 offers in a matter of a few weeks (of course you gotta be able to play!):
1. Focus on what you want. It should become an obsession in you. You must take suitable and purposeful action for achieving this in life. "Action" is the six-letter word that fires your rocket to reach your goal.
2. PROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE - this is YOUR PR campaign
3. You should be sure and carry DVD's with you so that you can show your video profiles to all concerned. Treat them like your business cards, and they must also contain details of your online profile. - 31493
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