Monday, September 28
Coach Ted's Tips
12 STEPS TO GAIN ATTENTION FROM COLLEGES COACHES
1. Start playing on a very competitive travel ball team by your early teen years.
2. Attend NFCA recruiting camps during your high school years.
3. Attend college skills camps early in your career. Zero in on the preferred colleges and attend those camps more than once.
4. Send a softball resume, DVD and travel ball schedule to selected colleges as a sophomore and no later than your junior year. Express interest in each school with a personalized cover letter.
5. Take the PSAT, SAT & ACT early, prior to the senior year.
6. Email college coaches to alert and remind them of your participation in tournaments and camps.
7. Ask your youth coach to snail mail and email a letter of recommendation to selected college coaches.
8. Ask your youth coach to telephone selected college coaches to follow-up on written recommendations.
9. Take numerous unofficial visits and start early in your high school career. Parents may go too, but the athlete should take the lead in asking questions and responding to college coaches.
10. Mail a thank you letter to the head coach after each visit.
11. Draw the college coaches attention at tournaments by hustling on and off the field, staying positive, encouraging teammates and showing poise in tough situations.
12. Remember that coaches are looking for certain basic skills. These include: knowledge of the game, base running ability, fielding strengths and batting skills. Practice, practice, practice to make sure you can showcase talent in these areas.
Tuesday, September 29
"If you help a player make it to college, you have helped one player... If you help a coach better understand the game and help with the coaching skills, he or she can then impact so many more players throughout a lifetime."
Friday, October 2
Some more words to make you think
The greatest "shot in the arm".............. Encouragement
The most destructive habit .................... Worry
The greatest Joy ...................................... Giving
The greatest loss..................................... Lost of self-respect
The most satisfying work...................... Helping others
The ugliest personality trait................. Selfishness
The most endangered species............... Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource............... Our youth
The greatest problem to overcome....... Fear
The most effective sleeping pill............ Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease........ Excuses
The most powerful force in life............. Love
The most dangerous pariah..................... A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.. The brain
The worst thing to be without................. Hope
The deadliest weapon ............................... The tongue
The greatest asset .................................... Faith
The most worthless emotion ................... Self-pity
The most beautiful attire ......................... SMILE!
The most prized possession .................... Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication.. Prayer
The most contagious spirit ...................... Enthusiasm
The Two Most Power-Filled Words " I CAN "
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Ted's Tips