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Coaching, athlete development, and what a season of check-ins actually tells you.
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How to add your highlights from YouTube
The exact steps, the two YouTube settings that decide whether a coach can watch your clip, and the one link format that saves but never shows. Written against how the portfolio actually reads your video.
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How to introduce yourself and share your portfolio
Your share link opens your whole portfolio for anyone who has it, no account needed. Here is what to check before you send it, what to write around it, and why visibility is a completely separate setting.
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NCAA recruiting periods, explained
Contact, evaluation, quiet, dead: the four periods decide what a coach is allowed to do and when, and they explain most sudden silences. What each period permits, how visits differ, and what signing actually means since the NLI was retired.
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The academic requirements to play NCAA Division I
Talent gets you scouted; eligibility lets you play. The 16 core courses, the 10/7 rule, the 2.3 GPA line, and what actually happens if you miss it — plus the timeline mistakes that are hard to fix in 12th grade.
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NCAA divisions explained: D1, D2 and D3
The three NCAA divisions differ in school size, athletic commitment, level of play, and whether athletic scholarships exist at all. Here is what each one actually asks of you, and how to pick the one that fits your goals.
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U SPORTS: playing university sport in Canada
The NCAA is not the only door. U SPORTS governs varsity sport at more than 50 Canadian universities, its scholarships work differently, and for a lot of athletes it is the better deal. Here is how the system works and where to find every team.
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How to find an NCAA coach's contact information
Every NCAA school publishes its coaches' names and contact details, but never in the same place twice. Here is the two-step route that works for any school: the NCAA Directory first, the school's own athletics site second.
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How to email a coach or recruiter
The subject-line formula that gets a sorting coach to open, the eight-part anatomy of a first email, and a full example you can adapt. Written to be read on a phone between two practices, because that is where it will be read.
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How to get recruiters' attention in 5 steps
If you play somewhere scouts don't visit, being good is not enough — you have to be findable. Five moves that put you in front of recruiters no matter where you're from, and the order to make them in.
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Building a portfolio coaches take seriously
Your portfolio is what your share link opens and what a recruiter judges you by. What each section is for, why a missing section beats a half-empty one, and the habits that keep the whole thing believable.
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How to cut a highlight reel coaches actually watch
Recruiters give a reel about thirty seconds before deciding whether to keep going. What to put first, how to label yourself so you're findable in the frame, how long is too long, and what to do with your portfolio's second video slot.
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Why take the Identity Test
Recruiters can see what you do; the Identity Test shows them who they'd be coaching. What the test measures, how honest answers pay off, which results appear in your portfolio, and the part that stays visible only to you.