3 Skin Care Resolutions for the New Year

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Start this year right by making significant changes in your habits. Create a list of your resolutions starting with the following: Regular facials  For those prone to blemishes, cysts, whiteheads, or blackheads, a deep pore-cleansing facial by a skilled aesthetician is important. Skin-care products you use at home should help keep breakouts to a minimum, […]

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I am a senior in the football recruiting process without any offers but I have interest. What should I be doing in January (Part Two)

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For those with Division I-A (BCS) dreams, there basically is only one reason now why a school at this level will offer you a scholarship this late in the process.  It is simply because a recruit that they were after picks another school or the coaches just do not feel good about where they stand with a current football recruit.

I would love to sugarcoat this response and say that these schools will be throwing out offers left and right.  The problem is that this is just flat out not true.  Many of these schools are now putting the finishing touches on their recruiting classes.  There is also a potential for a grayshirt offer but those don’t happen very often and are rare from school to school.

What these schools will most likely be telling you is if you are going to be invited as a walk-on.  Regardless of your disappointment, there is no reason to shut down any doors in the football recruiting process so at the very least consider it.  It may be a good bargaining tool in the race for scholarship dollars.

The majority of Division I-AA (FCS) schools have already started to bring in their top targets on official visits. Because these programs have a set budget that they can offer for scholarships in each class, the timing of your visits really do matter.  In most cases (let me stress most because there are always exceptions to the rule), these schools bring in their top recruits in December if they are out of the playoffs.

Otherwise, the earlier in January that you are invited for an official visit, the better your chance are to get a larger scholarship.  The first few weekends of January are when these schools are competing with each other to snag their top recruits.  These schools believe that the sooner they can get an athlete on campus to see what they have to offer and to extend a specific dollar/percentage amount to the scholarship, the better the chances that they have to land them.

As it gets into late January and early February, many of the visits are used for low scholarship offers (20% and less) or potential walk-ons.  Again, this is not how every case plays out but that is the standard situation for the majority of Division I-AA schools.

Division II coaches take a similar path as the Division I-AA coaches.  The one thing that these Division II coaches make sure of in about 95% of the situations is that they want an athlete on campus in order to discuss exact numbers for a scholarship.  Like I said above, bringing an athlete on campus is by far the best way to impress them and give them a full taste of what their school has to offer.  They may offer something verbally but the exact numbers will not be known until you actually take a trip to the school officially.

The coaches at the Division III and Junior College ranks are waiting to see which athletes get offers and which ones don’t.  Both levels continue to recruit athletes but since an offer from a larger school in many cases will trump what they have to offer, these coaches are lying in waiting until the dust settles after Signing Day.

If coaches are still calling you and haven’t mentioned an official visit, then you need to bring it up yourself.  Take some initiative (parents can print this out and show it to their son but make sure the topic is discussed and brought up frequently).  If a school really is seriously interested in your abilities, then they should have already talked about it and worked on finding a date.

If no coaches are calling and all you are getting is mail, then go back to The Five Steps to a Scholarship Offer and read the section on marketing an athlete to college coaches.  You need to take a long stretch of time and make 100% sure that you really want to play college football.  If you have serious doubt, then it may not be for you.

Your decision should be that you want to play.  If that is the case, then market yourself to Division III and a few smaller Division II programs.  This is a great time to be realistic (tough concept for some to swallow) and realize that if no calls are coming, then you are likely going to have to play at the lowest level.  It sucks but it is the only way to continue your career.

For those with attention from larger schools, take those visits and document as much as you can about them.  You are likely going to be making a college decision within the next month and relieve yourself of one of the most stressful decisions of your life.  And while it is great to get over, remember that this may be the only time in your life where adults will be doing everything that they can to lure you to their school.  This basically will be the only time you will ever experience anything like that.  Enjoy it, put the time in, and make a very educated decision that you will be happy with.

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I’m a junior football player with no offers and no college interest. What should I do?

While seniors are finishing up the recruiting process and trying to figure out where they will be playing in college, for those juniors out there, many are wondering what exactly they should be doing at this point in the recruiting process.  If you have logged extensive varsity playing time and have stats, then you can take one of two options.

The first is to wait and let the recruiting process come to you.  The problem with that is you may be waiting a long time before the schools you are very interested evaluate you, if they do at all.  The second option is start the recruiting process yourself and give yourself a head start in the eyes of college coaches.  You can take whatever way you feel more comfortable with but taking the second is something that I would strongly recommend.

I do have to say that if you saw very little playing time as a junior, it is going to be tough to really get much response from college coaches.  Unless you are a 6-foot-7, 285 pound lineman or can run a 4.5 40-yard dash, it is going to be tough.  There are exceptions but in most situations, you were likely not playing for a reason (an injury is a different story by the way).

If you played a great deal, have good stats and/or earned postseason honors, now is a great time to get the recruiting process started.  I am not promising a scholarship by any means but this is your best chance to eventually get evaluated by college coaches.  There may be a reason why no schools have sent mail or really you could be a diamond in the rough.  It really depends on a case by case basis.

If I had a son in this situation where there was no current attention from college coaches, I would follow the five steps to a scholarship (Click here for the link to the separate articles.  The reason to follow these steps is that they will put your and your skills into the best situation possible to get evaluated by college coaches.  Taking these steps is a much better move than randomly sending out your highlight video (if you haven’t read the articles on this before, just don’t do it).

Going back to the five steps to a scholarship offer, the first step of putting together a recruiting profile is rather simple.  It needs to break down your size, stats, accomplishments, academics, and contact information.  Feel free to add anything else of interest that could help draw the interest of college coaches.

One you finish the recruiting profile, the next step is for families to break down what specific schools are going to be a good fit for the athlete.  Try to use the entire family when putting together information as opinions of others should be valued.  In the end realize that the final decision is that of the athlete, not the mom or dad.

After you have found a good number of schools that fit academically, athletically, and socially, now is the time find a coach at the school to contact.  In most situations, search for the email address of the recruiting coordinator.  Once you have found it, send an email to him about your interest in the school and make sure to attach the recruiting profile.

The fourth step can come at two different times.  You can either make the highlight video (see http://ift.tt/2de41iU for a professional and inexpensive video) before you get interest from coaches and try to post it on a variety of websites (Youtube others).  Having this video available early may help you draw interest of coaches, especially if you can email them the link.  The other option is to wait and make sure there is recruiting attention before making the video.  Either works but if you are for sure going to make the video, you might as well do it early.

Following the fifth step would be to create a website.  The reason is rather obvious.  If you send a recruiting profile to a coach, you can tell them to make sure to check out johndoe.com.  This is a great way to give them easy access to your video and it allows them to find out more information about you quickly.

There is no doubt in my mind that taking these steps will be a huge advantage for you in the recruiting process.  You can tailor your search how you want it but this gives your skills on the football field the best chance to be evaluated by college coaches.

 

 

 

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12 Five-Minute Vegan Breakfasts

Sunrise. Shower. Into the kitchen. Matcha. Coffee. Feed the pet(s). But what in the world do you have time to eat before rushing off to work? What will satisfy you? Make you feel like you ate something healthy, but also delicious? And how do you start your day off on a vegan note, because that seems like a pretty good idea? Easy! Today I am sharing 12 Five-Minute Vegan Breakfasts. Let's get things started 2018!...Read more »

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I am a senior in the football recruiting process without any offers but I have interest. What should I be doing in January (Part One)

When breaking down the football recruiting process during certain times of the year, there are a lot of times where you are able to make up for not doing the right things in the first place.  But if you are not on the right page come January of your senior year, it is going to take a mammoth effort in order to get a scholarship before Signing Day.

The reason why January is so important for football recruits is because this is finally the time where college coaches can focus on how they are going to finish up their recruiting classes.  Bowl games will be ending soon and the schools with playoff systems have already crowed their champions.  If you are not getting recruited, there are just no more excuses for you to make.

January can be a month that is both good and bad for recruits.  The good news could come in the schools that want you to take official visits.  This is the time when these college coaches will get you on campus and finally (let me stress finally for families) talk to you about your scholarship situation.  It has been a long process and finally hearing that there is a scholarship on the table is normally fantastic news.

It can be bad for a few different reasons.  A school that has been recruiting you for the last year that you would love to attend tells you that they are not longer recruiting you and won’t be offering an official visit.  Another program that you were hoping for a scholarship from offers a walk-on.  And a school finally steps up with a scholarship but it is 10% of tuition.

As I have said before and will say over and over again, if one door closes, then it may not be meant to be.  This is very wishful thinking (especially for stressed our parents) but if you stay the course and put education above everything else, good things will likely happen regardless of the level.

For those with Division I-A (BCS) dreams, there basically is only one reason now why a school at this level will offer you a scholarship this late in the process.  It is simply because a recruit that they were after picks another school or the coaches just do not feel good about where they stand with a current football recruit.

I would love to sugarcoat this response and say that these schools will be throwing out offers left and right.  The problem is that this is just flat out not true.  Many of these schools are now putting the finishing touches on their recruiting classes.  There is also a potential for a grayshirt offer but those don’t happen very often and are rare from school to school.

What these schools will most likely be telling you is if you are going to be invited as a walk-on.  Regardless of your disappointment, there is no reason to shut down any doors in the football recruiting process so at the very least consider it.  It may be a good bargaining tool in the race for scholarship dollars.

Look for part two soon!

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Countdown to Football Signing Day: Having the major I love vs. majors that I could end up liking

Signing Day is around the corner and many senior football recruits have relied on Recruiting-101 to help them during the process of being evaluated and earning a scholarship offer.  And with some seniors about to make a decision, we are going to spend the week taking a time to look at some very vital areas to consider before committing to your top school.  We will tackle five different topics this week that should be something you think about before the first Wednesday in February rolls around.  So sit back and enjoy!

When athletes talk about wanting a college that offers strong academics, they are talking about the overall perception that is offered at the school.  But with individual majors, most students go into college undecided and then figure it out as it goes.  That will become a major problem when getting a degree is what you are interested most ends up not being offered by the school you decided on.

So why should I attend a school that has the major I love?  Again, being able to finalize your major before you attend college doesn’t happen all that often.  The key is knowing the areas that interest you and what things you love learning about.  If you feel that you would love to learn more about Business and Engineering, these are two areas that you must study when doing research on each school.

If you do know what direction you want to get your eventual degree in, then figuring out what each school recruiting you has to offer in that field is a huge help.  Most people work until the retirement age of 65 so you will be working for more than 40 years.  That means you will want to go into the field that you love right after college because that is a long time spent doing something you don’t enjoy.

My belief is that you will have the most success in the areas that you are most passionate about.  If you find a school that doesn’t have what you are looking for academically, picking a secondary choice will make it difficult to really buy into the process and enjoy what you are studying and eventually getting a job in.

So why should I attend a school that has majors I could end liking?  While there are some fields that do require certain degrees to get jobs, a number of other positions rely more on experience and who you know rather than what you studied in school.  So what you major is will not be the end all when you graduate.

Like I said above, most college students do go to school without a firm grasp of what they want to study.  18-year old students can and do change their mind every week so it should come as no surprise that one month you are thinking about Business and the next month Computer Science and then the following month Education.  Because of this, it is hard to really research majors that seem to change every week.

You must find something that would be a good fit for you and making it work.  Experience is king in the job market and if things don’t work out as planned, you can go to grad school or consider taking night classes to get a degree in something that you are really interested in.

My final call is……. finding an area of study that you love and making the most of it.  Working in a field you don’t love for 40 years can make life a very miserable experience.  Don’t waste time at a school that doesn’t offer you a major in what you love or it will be a tough four or five year period.

 

 

 

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