In Part II of my extended conversation with Renee Lopez, she gives advice on one of the hardest things to do as a recruited athlete: learn how to talk to coaches about money.

Lopez, a former college soccer coach who now runs a popular Facebook group for parents of recruited athletes, gives some pretty radical advice, suggesting that you should never ask coaches specifically about a sports scholarship.

Instead, she says, you should ask more generally about the total "financial picture," since the money colleges have available often comes from a variety of sources.

Coach Renee also shares insights on:

* The ways college coaches show interest in young athletes even when NCAA recruiting rules prevent them from reaching out
* The length of the typical recruiting process, and how you should prepare for it
* The quickest ways to turn a coach off from recruiting you
* The single most important thing you can do to get money to play sports in college
* And loads more!

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LINKS:

Coach Renee's book: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/

Her Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentsofhsathleteswantingtoplayincollege/

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My best stories on athletic recruiting:

The Myth of the Sports Scholarship

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-myth-of-the-sports-scholarship/

The Courting of Marvin Clark

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-courting-of-marvin-clark/

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