A short YouTube coaching clip by Alex Swenson offering recruitment advice for baseball players: emphasize consistency, demonstrate "controlled aggression," show leadership, and maintain positive relationships with high school/travel/club coaches so that when college coaches call, the conversation can move recruitment forward.
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Making sure first, just consistency, right? We should always be working on consistency of play. And college coaches love seeing guys that are super aggressive on the field. They much rather have a guy that they have to kind of pull back a little bit than a push. So be aggressive, be controlled as you go through that aggressiveness, I like to call it controlled aggression. They want to see that and make sure that you're squared away on and off the field and having leadership qualities, having relationships with your high school coach or your travel ball coach or your club coach. Now, not every coach is perfect. I remember going through this process. I didn't necessarily like all of the coaches that I always had. But it's not about that. It's not about the relationship with the growth. It's about the team and how can I help this team win. And that is ultimately what matters. So consider these things as we go. So when a college coach does call about you, there are positive things said about you so we can move this process forward.