Troy Cagle College Recruiting

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How your recruiting emails stack up against every other athlete trying to get noticed

Here is what separates the top 1% from everyone else 👇

Top 50%: Your subject line includes your name, position, and graduation year

Top 30%: The first two sentences tell the coach who you are, where you are from, and why you are reaching out

Top 20%: Your email includes a link to your best two minute highlight video

Top 10%: You close with a question asking how to build a relationship or if the coach is open to having a conversation

Top 1%: You are sending ten emails a day to new college coaches

Consistency and structure are what turn emails into offers 🎯

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What to say when a college coach invites you to camp and you cannot go

Saying “sorry coach I can’t make it” is how you get labeled uninterested and lose contact for good 👇

Lead with gratitude: Thank the coach for the camp invite and let them know you will talk with your family and check your schedule

Show real interest in the program: Tell the coach you want to learn more about their school so they know you are not just declining the invite and moving on

Open the door for another evaluation: Ask if they will be evaluating athletes in your class outside of camp this season so you find out if there is another path to being seen

Turning down a camp invite the wrong way ends your chances with that program 🎯 doing it the right way keeps the door wide open

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What to say when a college coach tells you to “keep me updated”

What you say next is the difference between staying on their radar and being forgotten 👇

Get clarity right away: Ask the coach the best way to stay in touch and how often they want updates so nothing gets lost in translation

Give them two clear options: Suggest a quick email every two weeks or an update after every game and let them choose which one fits their schedule

Why it works: When you ask the right question the coach hands you the exact roadmap for how to stay in front of them and get an offer from their program

Most athletes wait around hoping a coach circles back 🎯 this puts you in control of the conversation

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The three plays to lead with instead of a title screen if you want coaches to actually watch your highlight

Coaches decide within the first 15 seconds whether to keep watching or move on 👇

Your most athletic play: This is the clip that makes a coach lean forward in their chair and actually want to see what comes next

Your high IQ play: This shows the coach you understand the game and are more than just an athletic recruit

Your unselfish play: This is the most important of the three. It shows you put the team first and instantly separates you from every other athlete sending them film

The first 15 seconds of your highlight decide whether a coach recruits you or forgets your name 🎯

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Things college coaches do not want to see in your highlight video

Small details in your film can end your recruiting before a coach ever finishes watching 👇

Ads in the first 15 to 30 seconds: Most recording platforms slap ads on the front of your video. Upload to YouTube instead so coaches can watch without logging in or sitting through interruptions

Screaming and cursing from the stands: Loud crowd audio makes it nearly impossible to focus on you and evaluate your game. Clean audio wins every time

Cutting off the end of a play: If the clip ends before the result coaches cannot tell if you actually made the play. Always wait one to two seconds after the play ends before moving on

Five minute highlight videos: Coaches would rather see two minutes of your best clips than sit through five minutes of average ones. Every clip has to earn its spot

Your highlight is your first impression 🎯 the little things are usually what get you clicked off

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The ideal length for your highlight video if you actually want college coaches to watch it

Most athletes get this wrong and never even realize it 👇

Five minutes is too long: Coaches are squeezing your film in between practice, games, and recruiting calls. A five minute video never gets watched all the way through

Thirty seconds is too short: Coaches will not know what you actually bring to their program if there is not enough footage to evaluate you

Two minutes is the sweet spot: Every clip earns its spot which means coaches watch the whole thing and finish it knowing you value their time

The right length is what turns views into responses and responses into offers 🎯

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Three questions to ask when a college coach says “do you have any questions for me”

Saying no or asking generic questions is how you get ghosted. Ask these instead 👇

Ask about fit: What can you do right now to be a better fit for their program moving forward. Every other athlete is asking what the coach is looking for. You are the only one asking how to be a better fit

Ask about their workload: Is there anything you can do to make the recruiting process easier on them and their coaching staff. Coaches are buried during recruiting season and respecting their time instantly sets you apart

Ask about next steps: What are the next steps to continue building a relationship with their program and when should you speak again. This makes your next move crystal clear so you never leave a conversation guessing

The right questions turn evaluations into offers 🎯

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The email that got one athlete responses from 23 different D1 and D2 programs

Steal this exact structure and coaches will start replying to almost every email you send 👇

Lead with the essentials: Open with your name, why you are reaching out, position, grad year, height, and GPA all in one sentence. This is everything a coach needs to know before deciding to recruit you

Give context with your highlight: Pair your video link with a short time based description like a 90 second highlight from your sophomore season. Coaches will not click random links but they will press play when they know exactly what they are getting

Close with the right question: Ask what you can do to make the process easier on the coach and their staff. This one question sets you apart because you are offering value instead of just asking for something

The last line of your email is what decides if a coach responds or not 🎯

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What to say instead of “I hope to hear from you soon”

The wrong sign off makes coaches think recruiting is not urgent for you and they will not reply 👇

Stop saying “I hope to hear from you soon”: It tells the coach you are not serious and gives them no reason to respond

Say this instead: Ask what the best next steps are to keep the recruiting process moving with their program

Why it works: Coaches will literally respond and tell you exactly what you need to do to get an offer

Use this every time you message a college coach 🎯

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What to say when a college coach sends you their recruiting questionnaire

Filling out the form and waiting around is exactly why most athletes never hear back 👇

Confirm you submitted it: Thank the coach for sending it over and let them know you just submitted the questionnaire on your end

Ask them to verify on their side: Ask the coach to double check that they received it. This shows you handled what they asked for immediately and that you are serious about the process

Get the next step from them: Ask what you should be doing moving forward to continue the recruiting process with their program. This gets the coach to hand you the roadmap so you are never guessing your next move

The athletes who get recruited are the ones who keep the conversation going 🎯