Short coaching video by Trenton Luera (former college quarterback) outlining the three most common mistakes recruits make when emailing college coaches and how to fix them to get more responses and scholarship interest. In this chunk he introduces the list and explains mistake #1 (emails are too long — keep to a couple short sentences and link to highlight video) and begins mistake #2 (don’t try to overtly "sell" yourself in the email).
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These are the three most common mistakes I see recruits make when sending emails to college coaches. So in this video, I'm going to break down exactly what the mistakes are and how you can fix them. So that way you can get more responses, more interest, and more scholarship offers from college coaches. If you don't know who I am, I'm Trenton Laura. I'm a former college quarterback, and I'll help recruits just like you get college football scholarships. The number one mistake is that their email is too long. Think about it. That they're going to spend five to 10 minutes reading an email. The answer is absolutely not. Instead, shorten it up, make it a couple sentences. Think of it almost like tweet format, and just guide the coach to your highlight video so that way they can watch something that will actually prove that you're worth a scholarship offer, not just reading blocks of text. Mistake number two is trying to sell yourself. Now, I'm sure you hear this from a lot of people. Hey, you have to sell yourself and recruit. It's all about marketing and sales, and they're not necessarily wrong. But if you're trying to sell yourself an email, then you are wrong.