A short YouTube advice video by Alex Swenson about how high-school athletes can become top college recruits. Key recommendations: target schools that match your athletic level, create a strong highlight video/digital resume (show stats, metrics, grades, physicality), perform well at in-person showcases, keep grades strong to remain eligible, communicate promptly with college coaches, and be coachable and a good teammate.
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How to be a top recruit for a school and how to navigate that from a marketing perspective. Think about it from a college coach's perspective. If they don't see you or if they don't know about you, they can't recruit you. So be proactive in this college recruiting process. And the first thing is targeting schools that match your athletic ability. How do we know that one is understanding and watching those type of athletes play, who have they committed as well in classes ahead of of you, but also understanding their athletic standards, Also showcasing your talents effectively. And we want to show that through a good highlight video that also has a caption that is catchy. We want to show our best athletic abilities, best metrics, best stats, grades and physicality of this as a digital resume, whatever that is for your position, show your best qualities there. Also performing well in person, in showcase events, we need to perform. That is how we're going to be a top recruit. And then also grades are going to be super important. Do not put yourself in a position where they want to recruit you, but they can't because you don't have good grades. Then we need to be communicating with these college coaches. Be prompt, making sure that you are engaging with them and then obviously be a good teammate. Be coachable with your coaches. That's how you become a top recruit for a school.