The Play College Soccer Podcast | College Recruiting Explained

This month we are talking with Jason Carlson, the Head Men’s coach at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, IA.  Jason is a great guy building a successful program at the NCAA Division II level.

In this episode we talk about:

In this episode we concentrate primarily on understanding how important FIT is to the college recruiting process.  FIT is the only thing colleges (and their staff – including college coaches) are looking for.  It should also be the only thing you are looking for.

But you cannot know how something fits, until you know what you are looking for.  We relate a game of Where’s Waldo to your college search.   Just as you searched for Waldo, you will also need to search for the right schools for you.

UPDATE:  Chris has now taken a job at Texas A&M Corpus Chrisiti.  I have provided the additional contact information in the resource box below.

I’m super pumped to offer this first in a series of interviews with current college coaches. This time with Chris is really invaluable, and the insight he provides is tremendous. Give special attention to when he talks about “pestering” college coaches.

In this interview, you’ll learn:

I hope you enjoy this. I’ve got more interviews coming soon. Let me know if these are valuable!

*I apologize about the recording quality.  I recorded this after a recent move and all my stuff was in boxes.  I’ve since setup my recording studio!

In today’s episode we talk about the common mistakes families make in their recruiting process.  These mistakes are often deadly to recruits.  Listen as we discuss:

In this episode we talk about how you can get a college soccer scholarship.  There are 5 keys you must be consider in order to make college soccer a reality.  This episode talks about:

This welcoming episode is shorter.  It contains: