When a College Coach calls, here is exactly what to say.

Former Division I coach Alex Swenson breaks down what college coaches ask recruits on calls and how to answer. Lead with team success, know your GPA and stats, ask about position expectations and the day-in-the-life.
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When a college coach calls, here's what to say. Be ready, be prepared. And as a former D1 coach who's made hundreds, if not thousands of these calls, there's nothing like losing momentum when the athlete is not ready or prepared. So we're going to go over the exact questions that these college coaches are going to ask and some questions that you can consider asking as well. First off, they're going to ask you how's your season going? How's it going in the spring or the summer or the fall or the winter? Wherever season that you are in, Be prepared to talk about your season. But first talk about the team first, how the team is doing. And then go into your individual stats and only highlight your best stats or metrics. Then also they're going to ask how are grades going? Right? Know your grades, know your gpa, keep your grades up because this could be a deal breaker here. And then they're going to go into details of like, hey, are you thinking about majors? Have you gotten that far yet? You want to be prepared of like, hey, I'm thinking about this. You don't need to know at this time right now. But hey, I've been thinking about maybe business or communication or finance, things like that. Just to show that you've done your homework and you're thinking ahead. Now some questions that you can consider asking these college coaches because it's a two way street. What's the day in the life like as a player in your program? In the fall, in the spring, in the summer, et cetera. And then hey, what are you looking for in my position? Open ended questions here and then hey, hey, how is development in your program not only for my position but in the weight room and academically? Good luck.
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