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Understanding The Marching Band Recruiting Process

2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

Compared to athletes, band recruiting marches to a different tune.

In college athletics, the recruiting process is fairly cut-and-dried, in that college coaches offer high school recruits scholarships based on their athletic abilities. However, for a college marching band, the recruiting process [Read More]

Understanding The Marching Band Recruiting Process2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

Top Strength Coaches Share Their Best Advice for High School Football Players

2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

 

Every year, college football strength coaches get a new batch of freshmen they need to whip into shape. Some of these athletes did a great job with their high school football strength and conditioning program by either working with a strength coach [Read More]

Top Strength Coaches Share Their Best Advice for High School Football Players2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

The Right Way and Wrong Way to Handle Disappointment

2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

Disappointment is often associated with words like failure and defeat. However, it is these exact words that show us how to be better. They may have a negative connotation to them, but you can condition yourself to think differently. You have [Read More]

The Right Way and Wrong Way to Handle Disappointment2025-05-29T19:38:44+00:00

What You Need To Know About Women’s College Wrestling Recruiting

2025-05-29T19:38:45+00:00

Women’s wrestling is poised to take off. Don’t get left behind!

Women’s wrestling is growing significantly at the high school and college levels. In 2020, it was approved as an NCAA Emerging Sport across all three NCAA divisions and is now considered [Read More]

What You Need To Know About Women’s College Wrestling Recruiting2025-05-29T19:38:45+00:00

Why High School Athletes Shouldn’t Obsess Over the Number on The Scale

2025-05-29T19:38:45+00:00

One of the most popular places to be in my weight room is around the scale.

I have teen athletes checking every single day to see if they have “gained weight.” The No. 1 desire of nearly every young male athlete is [Read More]

Why High School Athletes Shouldn’t Obsess Over the Number on The Scale2025-05-29T19:38:45+00:00

How To Make A Volleyball Highlight Video That Will Get You Noticed

2025-05-29T19:38:57+00:00

The Dos and Don’ts that will get you recruited

If you’re a high school volleyball player who’s hoping to compete in college, think about these numbers:

  • 1,836: The total number of schools across all college athletic divisions that offer men’s or women’s, [Read More]
How To Make A Volleyball Highlight Video That Will Get You Noticed2025-05-29T19:38:57+00:00

How To Get Recruited By College Wrestling Coaches

2025-05-29T19:38:57+00:00

Hint: Be ready to make the first move

We’ve all seen how the college recruiting process works for larger sports such as football and basketball. For wrestling, however, the recruiting process is a different story. That’s due to the fact that there [Read More]

How To Get Recruited By College Wrestling Coaches2025-05-29T19:38:57+00:00

What Hockey Coaches Look For In Highlight Videos

2025-05-29T19:38:58+00:00

Hint: It’s not only about what you can do now.

Thanks to NHL’s expansion across the U.S., there are more high school hockey players than ever before. While the upside of that is college hockey coaches have larger pools of talent to [Read More]

What Hockey Coaches Look For In Highlight Videos2025-05-29T19:38:58+00:00

5 Habits of Hard-Working High School Athletes

2025-05-29T19:38:58+00:00

If there’s one character trait coaches want to see in every athlete, it’s a tireless work ethic.

Hard-working individuals are coveted regardless of age, gender, or level of play.

The problem?

Almost everyone thinks they work hard.

“Working hard” is a broad term. An overused [Read More]

5 Habits of Hard-Working High School Athletes2025-05-29T19:38:58+00:00