A short YouTube advice clip by Trenton Luera (uploaded March 22, 2024) advising high-school recruits seeking college football scholarships on the correct mindset for contacting coaches. The speaker rejects the idea that contacting coaches is "bugging" them and compares outreach to dating: if done correctly it won't seem needy but will show the recruit as the right player for the program. Main recommendations: persist in outreach, message the coach in the right way, and present confidence that you can help the team win.
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If you're a recruit trying to get.
A college football scholarship, then you need.
To have this mindset. And now this is a big issue I see with a lot of recruits I work with, it's this common thought that they're bugging college coaches, that they're annoying them by texting them or messaging them, trying to reach out and play for the program. And I get it. It may seem that way to you. You may think, oh, this coach doesn't have the time, and I don't want to be annoying. And like, if you really liked me, then he would text me.
And now immediately, while I'm talking about.
This and while you might be hearing this, you're like, sounds a lot like talking to a girl or something like that. It kind of is. It's kind of like dating. And you may think like, I don't want to look needy. I don't want to look weird. But ultimately, if you go the right way when you're messaging college coach, when you're reaching out to him, it won't look needy. It won't look weird. It'll look like you're the right player for the program.
That's the whole mindset that you should have.
You shouldn't be like, am I being weird or annoying to this coach, or.
Is he mad at me?
Or something. You should instead be thinking, hey, you know what? He's probably busy, but I should be reaching out to him because I think I'm the right guy for. For his program.
I think I can help him. I think I can help him win.
Games and that he would be lucky to recruit me. And so by continuing to put yourself out there to college coaches, that's what.