To be successfully recruited you must create maximum expo-
sure for yourself and your ability. You must make yourself
known to the greatest number of coaches that might be inter-
ested in recruiting you as possible. You need a device that cre-
ates specific, usable information for a coach to evaluate you
and you need that device in the hands of at least 50 coaches; I
urge you to place that device in the hands of 100 coaches. The
most useful exposure device is the personal profile.
A profile is a structured compiling of data about you and your
athletic and academic record of accomplishments. It is orga-
nized in an arrangement that allows an interested coach the
opportunity to quickly evaluate your potential to contribute to
the coach’s athletic program. A properly created profile can gen-
erate tremendous interest in you as a prospect. As you will learn,
a thoughtful, well-designed profile will create many benefits for
you. A sloppy profile filled with hot air and information that is
useless to recruiters or coaches will be promptly discarded.
The guiding principle to building an effective profile is
simple to understand, yet often difficult to execute. You must
be truthful!
You and your parents have a lot at stake concerning your
college education. The emotional intensity generated by the
chapter 6
Constructing
the Profile