Short YouTube recruiting-advice clip (creator: Trenton Luera, uploaded May 2, 2025) explaining why college coaches may 'ghost' recruits—commonly because coaches' inboxes are flooded or they forget—and advising recruits to follow up respectfully with value (new film, updated stats, achievements). The video emphasizes coaches look for persistence and adult communication skills (grit vs. desperation) as signals during recruiting.
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Ever wonder why coaches suddenly stop responding? Here's what they won't tell you. Coaches aren't just evaluating your skills. They're judging how you.
Handle communication.
To be honest, there's a lot of different reasons that a coach could be ghosting you. Now, to be honest, one of the most common reasons is that they just forget their inboxes, their text messages, their emails are all flooded with other messages. And so instead.
Of taking it personally.
You should follow up and just give your message another chance. The coaches who ghosted me in my recruiting process later told me they were looking for players.
Who showed persistence and.
That I showed that clearly. They want to see if you have the grit to keep pushing when things are tough, as well as the adult communic skills to be able to respectfully follow up with them. So remember, they're talking to hundreds of recruits and they just simply.
Can'T respond to everyone. So the players who.
Stand out are the ones who follow up with value. New film, updated stats, recent achievements. Now, you also have to realize that.
Coaches respect persistence but hate desperation.
And there's a fine line between the two. So don't take ghosting personally. It's a part of the game. How you respond determines whether you'll win or lose.