In this episode we address the soon to be voted on "5 for 5" legislation and how it will change things recruits this class and going forward.  We talk about what parents and athletes need to do in the next 6 weeks to prepare the best they can and how it may change strategies.

We also address the Volleyball Recruiting Calendar and maybe this ruling will finally force a change in that timeline ASAP if the Coaches Association cares about the athlete's best interest at all.

Finally the pod wraps up with a couple of '29 athletes doing it right and some other random thoughts on Programs with smoke heading to camp season and some fun news on our Summer.

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A deep dive into the complex and stressful topic that is College Select Camps.  Which ones do you pick?  How many do you attend?  How do you know when to start deciding and more.

Plus a guide for '29s and '30s how should you attack your Summer Camps this year?

Then we take a look at what will be a June like no other in the world of D1 Setter recruiting and we can't wait.  More top teams than ever needing a setter and more top talent than ever before means one crazy and historic battle of the big dogs come summer time.

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Season 3 starts with a three topic pod focusing on 

1. How do injuries impact an athlete's recruiting journey?

2. Have a plan and be prepared for the negativity that is Social Media when entering the recruiting world.

3. How our PPV formula is meant to simply help show you an idea of your worth in the recruiting craziness to help you get an idea of where you might fit in.

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In town for Kentucky vs. Texas and decided to record at one of UT's biggest tailgate spots.  It's been a while, so I'm just getting caught up on '27 recruiting topics, '28 Class Preview, and what we learned doing the America's 200 Project.  Plus College Volleyball: what we learned.

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We talk about the basics of recruiting for future classes after watching some of the top recruits in the Class of 2025 start their college careers.....on the bench this past month.  We reflect back on talking with them during their recruiting processes and their stories.

1. Did they take their time?  2. Did they do their research?

3. What can prospects start to learn when watching college vb now?  

4. What questions should you be asking and what research should you be doing if you are a 27, 28 or a 29 prospect?

5. Why it isn't the coach's fault when you don't play early.

6. We tell some stories of some perfect culture fits that weren't highly ranked recruits and how they are thriving because they picked culture over anything else.

7. Plus our college thoughts and early POTY rankings.

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Thoughts on First Serve in Lincoln and on to Nashville.  Talk Vandy VB and more opening thoughts.  Plus Class of 2027 recruiting notes and some recruiting prospect updates.

On your radar, athletes, some staff shout and show shouts to some coaches, making some great presser comments, and more.

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I get back on my kick of trying to make college volleyball more exciting again.  Pumping up the need for better rivalries and more exciting coaching characters in the sport.

I point how colorful HC's in other revenue sports fuel rivalries and get "edge spectators" to tune in and spend $ on tickets, apparel and draw additional interest to a program or contest that normally they would not.  Still going back to my main point that eventually volleyball is going to need to draw my "Buffalo Wild Wings Crowd" to truly grow and survive and thrive if they want to catch basketball as a revenue sport (at the college level).  Also, it's just boring listening to the same old press conference where every coach and every athlete says the same boring rehearsed line time after time.

Plus we get into staff shouts from the latest recruiting weeks and who has been crushing it at the end of the Select Camp Circuit before we head into Prep VB season.

Lots of fun banter as the college "fan" in me comes out and I draw up some potential trash talking rivalries that might be fun to see for VB Fans:)

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I talk with Louisville Associate HC Todd Chamberlain about many topics in his career at Louisville from: Talent evaluating, to building their culture, treating people the right way, locking down hometown recruits from Day 1, all coaches having valuable say and knowing who they could get and who they couldn't.

He talks about the early years of building to get a step better and how they struggled to fill their 1000 seat arena in the first year, but they invited anyone who wanted to be a Louisville fan to do so.

One of the great guys in the sport who has been a part of the recruiting and talent evaluating for the past 8 years.  One of the people I have been fortunate enough to meet and know in this sport.

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We talk about some changes in this year's 2027 class and also break down some of the fits of the commits of the top programs.  Then we talk about the movement of getting the calendar changed so that athletes can take their time in recruiting

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We explain the other half of the PPV Pyramid and how it came to be.  There is the athlete PPV Chart and then the program PPV Chart.  Recruitology is the study of volleyball recruiting and it's patterns and predictability.  I break down who is rivals with who, what programs tend to recruit where and and why the actual athlete PPV score doesn't matter as much as the Level does.  This is a generalized look at my study of program recruiting trends over the past 3 seasons and predicting this class from information gathered through our website and communication with prospects, etc.

It may be interesting if you are a volleyball recruiting nerd and it may be extremely boring or useless who knows

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