**this can help is you are being recruited & want to ensure some opportunity or if you are a guy/gal looking to start your recruiting buzz and generate opportunity for yourself; it does not matter who you are or the position you are in, if you are in high school or looking to participate in college athletics, read up & learn how to get yourself recruited and develop opportunity for yourself!
HOW DO I GET RECRUITED?
1.DO NOT WAIT TO BE SEEN!
Take initiative & get in the mission. You wait you will be left behind, get out there, get your name out there, & be seen! Only way your talents will be utilIzed at the next level after high school is to be seen. Many say they want to go D1 but wait and let their coaches send out film after their senior season...THATS TOO LATE, you have now put yourself in a position of catch-up! THE MOMENT YOU HAVE "QUALITY" VARSITY FILM, it should be edited & sent out to coaches
For football athletes, combines & camps are available at schools and universities through the spring & summer! Even middle school athletes can start to generate their buzz at FBU (Football Univeristy) Combines & camps. High school athletes will find luck in their recruiting process attending combines/camps featured by VTOsports, RIVALS Camp Series, National Underclassmen Combines, & Nike Football Training Camps; although athletes should train and polish combines drills & position drills before attending! You want to be recruited, you must be in shape & look good, as well as perfom ELITE! Even at a young age, this can be the start of your "sport resume" & scholarship journey!
2. SEND FILM YOURSELF!
If your coach is one that wait to send out film as your senior year approaches, don't get offended, GET MOTIVATED! SEND YOUR FILM OUR YOURSELF, with hudl it is easy to manage your film and plays against varsity competition. Chop the film, send it out, YES EVEN IF YOU ARE A SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN EVEN, in high school send it out don't wait & let the seniors get all the shine in the recruiting process!
(DONT KNOW WHAT TO ADD OR DROP FROM YOUR HIGHLIGHT TAPE..Find plenty of tips here: http://aspiretodominate.blogspot.com/2013/12/enhance-clarify-your-highlight-tape-do.html?m=1)
3.BUT..WHERE DO I SEND FILM?
The answer is EVERYWHERE! You say you have dreams of playing division one, don't forget FCS level schools are STILL division one & prestigious univeristies as well! Get online & search for "Staff Directory" on the sports pages of every school that offers a scholarship at the college level (THATS MEANS ALL D1, D1AA, & D2 schools). In the "sports directory" scroll to your sport & the email as well as phone number of each and every coach at each college/university will be available, EVERY SCHOOL & COACH SHOULD GET YOUR INFORMATION! THIS IS THE MEANING OF "BEING SEEN", SO GET SEEN!!! 
No school should be left behind, maximize your opportunity to obtain and education & play sports at the next level, also might experience a new place in the nation from reaching out to plenty of places. 
NO SCHOOL LEFT BEHIND! Maximize your opportunity!
4. ACADEMIC & ATHLETIC RESUME
introduce yourself to the staff and coaches but you must do it properly! Don't want to come off cocky, but want to be perceived as confident; don't want to seem like you are too smart, but also don't want to make yourself seem ignorant AT ALL!
First, tell them of course your Name, State, School, position, height and weight, and ACCURATE COMBINE TIMES (Dash speeds, shuttles, vertices, bench max reps, weight room maxs (squat, power clean, snatch, deadlift, bench is always last). Tell the truth, recruiters will call coaches & read up on combine websites; coaches at the next level are well connected & WILL FIND out if your numbers & speeds are not as advertised. Don't hurt yourself in the recruiting process.
RESUME. give a brief overview of ALL respectable accomplishments athletically & academically, show ability in & out of the classroom; allow for coaches to get a feel for the athlete you are. Examples: team captian, preseason & post season honors, academic honors, stats, anything to make you JUMP OFF THE PAGE!
5. RECRUITING WEBSITES
Along with sending out film & information to all coaches through emails & even resending emails to colleges/univeristies you may be interested more than others, sign up for these recruiting networks & help your process even more! BeRecrutied.com, NCSA.com, and GoBigRecruiting.com are a few of the free websites that can be utilized to improve ones recruiting process. HAVE TWITTER, FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM BUT DONT HAVE A PAGE FOR RECRUITING..GET ON BOARD!!!
6.SOCIAL BEHAVIOR & COMMUNITY APPEARANCE
Behavior on social networks can haunt athletes, just as it does adults with jobs! Keep it clean & professional, you are always on an interview. Don't lose a job before the opportunity presents itself with a careless mistakes posting inappropriate material. Display leadership qualities and the ability to adapt to new or unfamiliar situations, be a great person internally & externally character and karma go along way in the recruiting process! Help athletes around you grow and you will grow as well!
7.STAY TRUE & NEVER LIE
Never lie about your numbers or accomplishments, again, coaches at the next level are looking for an athlete to fit in their system & looking for those qualities within the athlete, COACHES WILL FIND A WAY TO GET THE TRUTH! Lie to one coach & 100 more will find out, don't underestimate the power of the truth! If you are prepared & have talents, also follow these tips then your recruiting should take flight and you should have no worries! NO NEED TO LIE!
Conclusion
Dont wait to be seen, you want that scholarship you must perform well I'm your sport(s)& lead your team through thick and thin. Don't wait for your coaches to start your recruiting process, read up and down this article and start the process yourself. Read our previous article & shape your highlight film to a reel of excellence. Display yourself to be the athlete you speak of, develop a resume to endorse your tape & introduce yourself along with the highlight reel (FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES).Most importantly maximize your opportunity; send your film every where and attend camps to dominate. Be in the front of every drill, have great technique and ability, show your motor & versatility...
And the contact relationships & letters should start rolling in. Dont be discouraged if they don't; rather get motivated & send more film while training to strength weaknesses and enhance greater abilities! Leave no school behind and maximize your opportunity to play at the next level & study at the next level. You want letter and phone calls, GO GET THEM!
Go get yourself recruited,
Aspire to dominate!
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