College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

More and more, college coaches and recruiters are trying to uncover the mental state of their current student-athletes, as well as the prospects they are looking to bring into their programs. On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, Dan Tudor talks with former D1 athlete and consultant to athletes Lauren Ammon. Lauren works with this generation of student-athletes to help them maximize their performance through better mental health, deal with the pressures of life as an athlete, and remove roadblocks as they try to achieve their athletic goals. We talked with her about how to identify athletes on a team that might be struggling with mental health and stress, as well as assessing the prospects you recruit so that you can determine if they showing glimpses of a personality type you may not want in your program, or struggling with a mental health need you might want to be aware of before bringing them on campus. You can contact Lauren about how she works with teams and athletes at www.laurenammon.com. Thanks for listening - make sure to give us the good 'ol 5-star rating, and tell your fellow coaches in your department about the podcast.

On today's episode, we talk to Coach Evan Burk about his new book, "Finding Intangibles" https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Intangibles-Uncover-Performers-Championship/dp/B09SP4394Z Coach Burk is a former college and NFL football coach (by the way, he never played high school or college football!) His fascination with what separates great teams from mediocre ones drove him to write this book that will force you to re-think the way you look for talent through recruiting. For more about the work Coach Burk does with teams and organizations, or to contact him, visit his website: https://www.coachevanburk.com/ To contact the host of the show, Dan Tudor, email him at dan@dantudor.com. Make sure to subscribe and rate the podcast, and thanks for telling your fellow coaches about it!

NIL - Name, Image and Likeness - has taken root across the college athletics landscape, and now we're feeling the effects of this landmark change in the way college student-athletes fund their education and their lives. Joining us on this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast is Matt Brown, creator of the Extra Points website and column...those two great resources, and everything else you might want to know, is at https://www.extrapointsmb.com/. I recommend you take a look, Coach! We talk about what coaches have learned over the first several months of NIL after it was enacted in the Summer of 2021, why it matters to every coach/school/program no matter their division level, and what the future looks like (especially as it involves recruiting) You can follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBrownEP to keep track of all of his latest reporting. To get in touch with Dan Tudor, email him at dan@dantudor.com....AND, remember to subscribe and rate the CRW podcast!

In case you haven't noticed, money - how much your college costs, what kind of scholarship you're going to give your prospect, and the affordability of your school - is a topic of conversation with your prospects that is trending up. Why? A bunch of factors that you have no control over: Growing inflation worries, job uncertainty, the financial impact of the pandemic, and just a general feeling that life (including college) is getting too expensive. In this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, Dan Tudor explains the trend he's seeing out on campuses and in conversations coaches are having with parents, as well as recommended tweaks to a recruiting approach that coaches should consider taking. * Note: Much of this conversation builds off of a previous money-related podcast episode we did in Episode 65, so you may want to listen to that first. Questions about this episode or any other recruiting questions? Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening and for telling other coaches in your department about the show, Coach!

How does your program address some of today's controversial, debated or topical news items? Today on the College Recruiting Podcast, we talk with a coach who has not only embraced an open dialogue with his team about those things, but has gone out of his way to make it part of their overall team personality. It defines who they are as a program for their team, and for their recruits. Some prospects may turn away, others may be attracted to Coach Gabe Bolton's women's soccer program at California State University, Stanislaus. Regardless, he says it has done a spectacular job of defining who they are, and who they're looking for when recruiting. Listen to see if his approach might work for you and your program! To listen to Coach Bolton's previous interview on the podcast, which is a great primer for this episode, go here: https://www.stitcher.com/show/college-recruiting-weekly/episode/coach-gabe-bolton-on-building-a-successful-program-your-own-way-83603923 Questions? Contact Dan at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening, Coach! If you haven't done so yet, make sure to leave a good rating for us in the comments section of your podcast platform.

On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we tackle the topic of recruiting and developing team leaders, and we're centering the conversation around the new book by coach Jamy Bechler. His latest work, "The Captain", is a fantastic resource for teams and coaches. It's a story about a superstar player who has to learn some hard but valuable lessons about what being a leader is all about. This is a GREAT resource for your entire team, and makes a great book for everyone in your program to read and discuss. Listen to this episode as we discuss leadership, recruiting and what makes this generation of student-athlete challenging to coach. To order Jamy's book and discussion guide, go here: https://jamybechler.com/thecaptainbook/ You can connect with Jamy on social media on Twitter and Instagram by following @CoachBechler

In this episode, join Dan Tudor in a live roundtable discussion with six tennis coaches before the speech he gave at the ITA tennis coaches convention in Las Vegas in early December, 2021. Topics that got talked about include how to differentiate your program from others in high level conferences, ways to manage a successful communication plan, expanding your recruiting geography, and more. It was a wide-ranging back and forth discussion for a little over an hour, so there's a lot of great content here for coaches in all sports, at all levels. Questions about Tudor Collegiate Strategies, and what we do to serve college coaching staffs? Visit www.dantudor.com, or email Dan at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe and give us a five star rating!

It's a question more and more coaches are asking about: How do I spot potential underlying physical and mental health issues with the prospects I'm talking to? That's something our guest today has put a lot of though and research into. Vanessa Bogenholm is a popular personal trainer from California who works with rising athletes, and is the author of the book, "It's Your Body." She talks with Dan Tudor about what she's seeing - both the positives and the negatives - with this generation of student-athlete, and how coaches can better assess and coach those athletes successfully through the recruiting process, and their athletic careers in college. To buy her book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D8WYWM9/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 Questions? Email Dan Tudor directly at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening - don't forget to subscribe, give us 5 stars, and tell at least 1,000 friends and fellow coaches about the podcast!

It's time to hear from Dan Tudor, one on one; He's got a lot of new information for coaches in this episode, focusing on everything from why you need to give the parents of your recruits reasons to NOT choose your competitor (without engaging in negative recruiting) to the difference between scouting and recruiting...plus a whole lot more (o.k., technically. just 4.5 more things, but it'll seem like a lot more when you hear what he has to say). It's a good one, Coach! Take a listen, and if you have questions, contact Dan directly at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks, Coach!

How can coaches build a truly excellent program? By defining what 'excellence' is. That's what today's guest would make the case for: Giancarlo Lemmi is the Associate Head Coach for Liberty University women's tennis, and has helped the program amass over 100 wins since 2012. In the process of his coaching work at the university, Lemmi has advocated for coaches to become better at defining their vision for their careers and programs, and the working towards achieving that vision. As a by product of that effort, Lemmi just published his first book, "The Court of Excellence: Using Your Life Story to Shape Your Coaching Philosophy". The book is available here: https://amzn.to/3iEkFcu Coach Lemmi also co-hosts the popular "The Christian Coach Podcast" - listen to their interviews with lots of fellow coaches and how they are building their lives, careers and program here: https://www.coachlemmi.com/podcast His website also offers ways coaches can get help developing their own stories to define their program, and attract the right recruits: https://www.coachlemmi.com/ Thanks for listening, Coach! If you have questions or podcast guest ideas, email me at dan@dantudor.com.