A short YouTube clip by Alex Swenson advising athletes how to get noticed by college coaches. Swenson downplays relying solely on high school or travel-ball seasons for exposure and instead emphasizes being proactive: making a strong highlight video, directly recruiting schools/positions, and attending camps and showcases that offer good exposure.
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What's the best way to get your name out there to college coaches, to get noticed by college coaches? Is it your high school season? No. Is it travel ball season? No. So what is it? It's you. All right. It's you being proactive in this process. Now, is high school season important? Yeah. You got to play games. You got to get better. Right. We want to improve. Is travel ball season important? Depends. All right. It's really overrated, but it's good to get your reps in and to train and to develop if you're developing with good coaches. But is it the best way to get exposure? No, it's not. Right. It's you being proactive, you having a good highlight video, you going after schools, recruiting your position, going to camps and showcases that have good exposure. Those are the best ways and the way to maximize your exposure. So focus on those and focus on you being proactive in this process.