The Recruit-Me Athletic Scholarship Podcast with Brent Hanks

There are good reasons and poor reasons for an athlete to make their school choice. Since this is the biggest and most impactful decision of the student-athlete's life, it's important to make it wisely.

The parent and athlete each have responsibilities in this process. After listening to this episode, you'll have a lot to talk about together.

Recruiting expert and Recruit-Me CEO Jon Fugler goes through five bad reasons for a school choice and five good reasons.

You may be at the beginning of the recruiting process and you're not ready to make any kind of school choice, but this really starts at the beginning of the process. What you do now will affect your choice at the finish line.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Free 10-Point Recruiting Checklist

Email your recruiting questions to [email protected]

How can you make sure your student-athlete stays top-of-mind with college coaches? Certainly, athletic achievement is crucial, but that's not the whole story.

In this episode, Recruit-Me CEO Jon Fugler reveals to parents and athletes 6 things that will make sure the talented athlete stays on college coaches' hot lists.

Practice these things and you'll be ahead of most families. For instance, Tip #1 is to make every bit of written communication personal. No more mass emails or letters. Address the coach by name and make references to that particular school. There are other things you can do to make the communication personal and memorable. You want to stand out in a coach's mind, and this works.

Discover the five others as Jon leads parents and athletes through them in just 15 minutes.

Jon offers his free 10-Point Recruiting Checklist as a key resource, which also gives you free access to the 30-Day Recruiting Challenge.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Free 10-Point Recruiting Checklist

Email your recruiting questions to [email protected]

When it comes to your scholarship expectations, it's critical that you know where your athlete's sport falls in the mix. There are two types of athletic scholarships.

We'll explore these two types in this episodes.

Not all scholarships, of course, are full rides. In fact, in some sports, full rides are rare. Why is that? Not only because of limited dollars, but because of the NCAA limits on those sports. For instance, no matter which school it is, every D1 baseball program is limited to 11.7 scholarships.

In this episode, Jon Fugler goes into detail about the two types of scholarships and where your athlete fits in.

Jon also answers listener questions.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Free 10-point Recruiting Checklist

Head Count and Equivalency Sports

Ask Jon a question: [email protected]

Just like when an athlete competes, it's easy to get knocked off your game plan when it comes to pursuing an athletic scholarship.

"I had a totally different episode planned until an hour before recording time," says host Jon Fugler. "It hit me real hard that I needed to record THIS episode first."

And THIS episode is all about preventing derailment and destruction in the scholarship pursuit.

Jon offers five things you need to do to make sure you get to your family's goal: an athletic scholarship. These five things will be easy to remember and apply right away.

If you fall into a ditch, you may not be able to get out. By sticking with these five things, you'll stay on the road and on track. You'll get to your destination.

All these things will make perfect sense, starting with the first one: "Listen to Success." Jon draws on a Dave Ramsey illustration to drive the point home.

You'll be entertained, too, as Jon shares his own sports woes these days.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Recruit-Me Step-byStep System

Chargers Beat Broncos!

Dave Ramsey advice

Email Jon with questions: [email protected]

Athletic talent is a given when comes to getting recruited. College coaches are looking for the best athletes to reward with scholarships.

But there are other factors often overlooked by parents and athletes, but high on the priority list for college coaches.

In this episode, Jon Fugler nails down three of the top characteristics of a recruited athlete. Talent alone won't get you a scholarship. Coaches have a number of factors they are considering.

Discover three big ones with Jon Fugler as he presents them clearly.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

How to Get Recruited in the Next 30 Days free download

What you don't know could hurt you. That''s the case with the rules the NCAA lays down for recruiting. We often hear about NCAA violations that cost programs scholarship money, forfeitures and ineligibility.

As a parent of a student-athlete, or a student-athlete yourself, you should be familiar with key NCAA rules and guidelines.

In this episode, recruiting expert Jon Fugler explains, in clear language, the most important ones. He also explains the Recruiting Calendar and the National Letter of Intent.

While the burden for recruiting within the rules falls on the coaches, you need to know the rules so you can understand coaches' behaviors.

Why hasn't the coach called or written? Why has he or she not come to see my son or daughter compete? These are a couple questions that are answered when you're familiar with the NCAA rules that coaches live by.

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Recruiting Calendar

Free Report: How to Get Recruited in the Next 30 Days

NCAA FAQ and Definitions

Email Jon with questions: [email protected]

There's no magic in getting discovered by a college coach as a high school athlete. But it's a mystery to most.

The Athletic Scholarship Podcast is back from summer hiatus and is now released weekly with this episode, and the new tagline, "15 Minutes That Will Change Your Scholarship Future."

Recruiting expert Jon Fugler offers 7 tips for getting discovered... four that the athlete must do and three that are the parent's responsibilities.

Jon believes that the parent and athlete must work together as a team. He'll make it crystal clear what it takes to get the attention of college coaches and keep it. The recruiting process takes time, and you need to be in it for the long haul.

With these tips, you'll be able to apply them immediately and see results.

Jon also offers the new Free Report: "How to Get Recruited in the Next 30 Days"

This summer is a critical season for recruiting. If you make the next three months count, you'll get your son or daughter on the radar of multiple college coaches. They'll be recruited.

You'll have to stay focused and diligent. In this episode, Recruit-Me CEO Jon Fugler clearly reveals the important first step you'll need to take this summer. If you do it, you'll be on your way to a fruitful recruiting season.

You'll hear what the parent and athlete need to do together right away. You'll get clarity on how you'll accomplish the critical first step in one week or less, setting you up for the rest of the summer.

Jon will tell you about the upcoming free Recruiting Webcast he'll be hosting in early June, which will take you deeper into the things you need to do to make this a recruiting breakthrough summer. Find out more at www.recruit-me.com/webcast.

You can also pick up the free 10-Point Recruiting Checklist right now at www.recruit-me.com/podcast.

In this episode, Jon Fugler presents a 10-point recruiting checklist that will give you what you need to develop and implement your 60-day recruiting plan. With summer approaching, this is a key time of year to get on coaches' radar.

Parents, you'll learn how to lead your son or daughter through the process. Jon starts by presenting three foundational things you must grasp even before getting started into the nuts and bolts of recruiting.

Jon also shares a parent's story with six takeaways that will lead to success in pursuing an athletic scholarship with your son or daughter.

The 10-point recruiting checklist will give you the tracks to run on throughout the entire recruiting process. Jon discusses each point to give you the insights you'll need on the journey.

You can download the Recruiting Checklist as well as Jon's white paper "How to Eliminate the High Cost of College" on the show notes page for Episode #9 at www.recruit-me.com/podcast.

If you have questions for Jon, email him at [email protected].

Most athletic scholarships aren't full rides, often leaving families with a substantial funding gap. In this episode, Jon Fugler talks with college funding expert Brad Baldridge about how to close the gap.

Brad has been counseling families since 2004, has helped them plan for their kids' academic future and has shown them how to get scholarships and other financial aid.

Brad reveals to us some of the best places to find funds and shares some free resources that will help go down this road. He also shares some of the biggest misconceptions when seeking funding.

Just as Jon teaches that you should cast your net wide when compiling your list of schools, it is also good to cast your net wide when looking for funding. It opens up more options.