August 15th will mark the date of the new recruiting cycle for the 2010-11 school year for Go Big Recruiting.

What is a “cycle”?

The cycle is the way in which Go Big Recruiting differentiates between different seasons for recruiting film per the request of a number of college coaches.  It allows them to identify and separate the previous season’s footage from the current season.

What is the process like?

Go Big’s entire process is modeled off of the sending of DVDs through the mail, only our process is done entirely online.  So just like you would have to burn off DVDs from last season and send them out to colleges and then eventually do the same thing again for the upcoming season, Go Big works the same way.

How does it work?

The cycle really only comes into play for prospects that want to send their 2010-11 school year video to some of the same schools to which they already sent their 2009-10 video.  Just like sending out the new season’s DVD to their respective offices through the mail, prospects must attach the new video to their profile and place an order to those same schools for the new season.

This will ensure that the college coaches get an email notifying them that they have received NEW film from you from the 2010-11 school year.  Your name will then appear at the top of their Go Big inbox in bold, indicating new film has arrived, and when they click on your name to check out your profile and review your new video, you will once again get the email letting you know that your film and profile have been reviewed by a coach at that school.

All of the college coaches that you sent last season’s video and profile to will still have access to your previous video and information but they will NOT be able to view your footage from this upcoming season unless you order them again.  This obviously does not apply to any new schools that you have never previously ordered.

 Questions?

This process was created based upon the information that we received from the college coaches that we speak with on a daily basis.  If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at contact@gobigrecruiting.com.  We are here to serve you and improve the process of highlight/game film submission for everyone involved! 

The more we talk with college coaches, the more we realize that your GPA, test scores, and class rank really do matter in the recruiting process.  At some schools, they can matter a great deal.  At EVERY school, they mean something.

A lot of schools have certain averages from an academic standpoint that they must reach with their incoming recruiting class.  Others, like the Ivy and Patriot Leagues, have a tiered system in which they can only get so many recruits into school at each academic tier.

So what does that mean for you?  It means that the better scores you can get on the SAT and ACT, the better chance you have of getting offered by the schools you are interested in.  Whether your increased academic credentials put you into a different tier for the elite academic schools or just make you a better overall candidate than the other prospects a given school is considering, the fact is the better you do academically, the more options you are going to have.

That means get off to a great start academically when the next school year begins and also take the standardized tests again if you feel like you can improve on your scores.  If you haven’t taken them yet, sign up for a testing date as soon as possible.

This past Saturday the guys at Go Big Recruiting went to the first of many Hoop Group basketball camps they will be attending throughout the summer as they continue their rapid expansion into non-football sports. 

This specific camp was an “academic” camp at Haverford College and over sixty prospects signed up for Go Big after hearing about the benefits of sending their information and videos online to colleges using the Go Big system.

Most of the Hoop Group camps will take place at Albright University in Reading, PA with the next one beginning on Monday, July 5th. 

We have recently made a contact at Rivals.com so that all of the prospects on Go Big can now submit their video online to Rivals using Go Big Recruiting.

Since Scout.com and ESPN were already available, our football prospects can now submit their highlight and game films to all three of the major scouting services.

All you have to do to submit your video to any of the scouting services is search Division One when choosing SCHOOLS in your profile and then search for the special category conference titled SCOUTING SERVICE.

FREE SCHOOLS!:  Did you know you can send your video and information to schools at NO ADDITIONAL COST as long as you refer a friend to Go Big and they both sign-up at Go Big Recruiting and place an order?  The best part about it is that it is a win-win for everyone involved. 

As soon as you refer a friend via the “tell a friend” box located in the bottom right of your homepage after you sign into your account, those friends will receive a coupon code that is good for 3 FREE SCHOOLS if they go to place an order.  Then, as soon as they fill out their profile, upload their video, and choose some schools, you will receive your own coupon code that is also good for 3 FREE SCHOOLS. That is three more opportunities for you to get noticed and possibly recruited by a great college or university!    

One of the coolest things about being a part of a service that helps student-athletes get their videos and information in front of college coaches is the positive reaction that we often receive from parents, players, and often the college coaches themselves.

That’s why the Pennsylvania version of the Lauren’s First and Goal camp was so awesome.  Dozens of parents came up to us throughout the day letting us know how much they like our service which is just a great feeling.  Even more unbelievable was the amount of college coaches telling us how much they like our site, how easy it is to use, and how much time it is saving them as opposed to DVDs.  In fact, the day after the Lauren’s Camp, Bucknell University was the latest school to mention Go Big Recruiting as an option for film submission to their prospects.

Hopefully the same type of thing happens at the Ohio version of the “Lauren’s” camp that takes place June 27 on the campus of Otterbein College.  If you want to get in front of a lot of college coaches all there for a good cause, we highly recommend attending this camp.  Click the link below for more information about this worthwhile camp that Ohio State Head Football Coach Jim Tressel will be speaking at:

 http://www.laurensfirstandgoal.org/Resources/OH-Registration.pdf

If  you  are a football player looking for a camp where you can get in front of a lot of different college coaches at one time, we recommend the Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camps which are held this Sunday, June 6th at Lafayette College in Easton, PA and Sunday, June 27th at Otterbein College in Westerville, OH where Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel will be the keynote speaker.

Last year well over 300 college coaches volunteered their time at these
camps, the most coaches you can get in front of at any camp in the country.
For more information, check this out: http://laurensfirstandgoal.org.

The guys from Go Big will be at the camp this Sunday so if you are going to be there make sure you look out for us and say hello.

Prospects can now upload their academic transcripts to their profiles so that college coaches can both view and download the important information they need in order to make a decision about your ability to be a part of their program and their university.

We recently added this feature because we talk with college coaches all day every day and many of them have mentioned how vital these transcripts are to their ability to make decisions.  That’s why we highly encourage you to upload your transcript as soon as possible.

It’s really pretty easy to post to your account.  Once you have the transcript in an uploadable document (like a Word Doc or PDF) you just click the “Browse” button and find that document and attach it to your profile.  All of this takes place at the bottom of the “Academic Info” section that you can edit in your profile at any time.

One of the big advantages to talking with college coaches on a daily basis like we do at Go Big Recruiting is finding out about some of the outstanding new camps that pop up across the country.  Here’s some information on two new teaching camps we just heard about:

Are you a big guy looking to improve your skills?  Check out an OL/DL/TE clinic run by a pair of New York Jets coaches that focuses on YOU instead of the pretty boy skill guys that get all of the headlines:

www.devlinfootballcamp.com 

DATE: Saturday, June 5th, 2010

LOCATION: The College of NJLion Stadium

COST: $65 per player  

Or how about a padded camp for all positions that is highlighted by an outstanding staff:

What: All-American Football Camp

 When: June 29th-July1st

Where: Cushing Academy — Ashburnham, Massachusetts

Who: Jacksonville Jaguars Asst. Coach Matt Griffin, Princeton University Defensive Coordinator Jared Backus, and many, many more.

If the answer is yes, you need to seriously consider attending the New England Elite Football Camp (www.neelitefootballclinic.com).

WHEN:  July 6-9

WHERE: Waltham, Massachusetts on the campus of Bentley University

WHY: Because the New England Elite Football Camp is a one-stop shop for any high school student-athlete interested in playing college football at an elite academic institution like those that are found in the Ivy, Patriot, and NESCAC (sometimes called the “little Ivy”) conferences.

What makes The ELITE Camp different:

  1. They are THE ONLY camp that has EVERY NESCAC college represented during the same session. In fact 8 of the 10 schools send the HEAD COACH.

 2. Six of the eight IVY league schools (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown) will have coaches there and Yale may end up sending a coach as well.

 3. Their staff consists of over 40 college coaches representing colleges from D1 to D3. This is the most extensive staff of any camp for one session in New England.

 Another advantage to the camp is the evening clinic, which allows prospects to do colleges visits during the day. Players from out-of-town are able to tour schools such as Harvard, Tufts, Brown, Bates, Amherst, Holy Cross, Bentley, Williams and many more during the day and still be fresh for the evening camp session. Again, this saves time and travel.

Any questions, go to www.neelitefootballclinic.com.