College Sports Recruiting Blog

College Sports: National Championships 2020

When are the National Championships set to take place in 2020? This edition of the Friday Scholarship Guide covers Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, Tennis and Volleyball

Dominic Tinodi

2020-01-23

The 'Getting-Recruited-To-Your-Dream-College' Formula

Finding your dream university to play college sports depends on a lot of different factors: 6 factors, which all have to do with your level, your budget and most importantly: your goals in life. Get as close as possible to 100% in each of these 6 dimensions and you nailed it.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-11-21

5 Reasons You Need Support With The Recruiting Process

Almost all athletes run into some sort of issues during their recruiting process. With the right level of support, you are usually able to deal with it just fine. This Friday Scholarship Guide is about why you should get support early on.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-09-26

100th 'Friday Scholarship Guide' Blog Post | Smarthlete

5 years - 100 blog articles. College sports. The recruiting process. Scholarships. Find out which articles have engaged our readership the most. Find out what the next 100 articles will be about.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-09-05

Women's College Soccer | Stepping Stone For Going Pro

Do you need some more convincing that women's college soccer is the perfect environment for young athletes dreaming of going pro? Let's look at the rosters of the countries, which participated in the FIFA 2019 Women's World Cup.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-07-11

Make A College Soccer Recruiting Video

A well-done college soccer recruiting video is one of the single most important elements of your recruiting profile. Sometimes, it's all coaches go by. Get it done the right way from the start!

Dominic Tinodi

2019-06-06

Why Go On An Official Visit Before Committing?

Getting prepared to start talking to coaches is exciting. Talking to coaches even more so. And going on an official or unofficial visit is probably the most exciting element of your recruiting process.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-05-09

European College Tennis Showase 2019

Part of your recruiting process could be participating in a Showcase somewhere in the world: Europe in July 2019 for example.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-03-28

Number of Scholarships in College Volleyball

Getting recruited by a college volleyball team is an exciting process, impacted by the maximum available scholarship budget.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-03-07

Strong Enough to Play College Tennis?

Did 10 coaches reach out, trying to recruit you? Not going to happen unless you are leading the rankings in your state/country.

Dominic Tinodi

2019-02-07

The Team Captain In College Sports

Team captain - every college team has one. What makes you an ideal captain & what is expected of you?

Dominic Tinodi

2019-01-17

Number of Scholarships in College Swimming & Diving

About to get recruited by a NCAA, NAIA or NJCAA school? What's the difference in terms of available scholarship money? Not every team has the same amount of scholarship budget available - let's have a look at why that's the case!

Dominic Tinodi

2018-10-17

The One Question Not To Ask A College Coach

Curious? You better be, as there are quite a few things you can do wrong in the process of building a relationship with coaches.

Dominic Tinodi

2018-09-27

Intercollegiate Athletic Program Funding

Many people think coaches always have the maximum number of scholarships available - or that coaches have the same amount of money available, which makes for a level playing field. But did you know that's not the reality and not all college sports programs dispose of the maximum budget? Some coaches work with the limitation of being partially funded and other coaches with no available athletic scholarship budget at all.

Dominic Tinodi

2018-09-12

3 Reasons Starting Early is Key in Getting Recruited

The moment when somebody commits to an athletic program at college can vary widely. But there is a massive upside of getting things done rather earlier than later.

Dominic Tinodi

2018-08-16