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Do you Need an Athletic Recruiting or Counseling Service? What's the Difference?
It’s easy for student athletes and their parents to feel overwhelmed by college recruiting - there are milestones to meet, protocols to follow, and academic and athletic programs to research, evaluate, and narrow down....
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What Constitutes a Good Coach E-mail Update?
When trying to stay on the radar of busy college coaches, a lot of recruits worry about how to reach out. It’s pretty easy to respond to an email from a coach and answer questions they’ve asked, but sending unsolicited information...
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Being a Coxswain in Holland: A Story from Dave Payne
Working for Sparks the past five years, I’ve held a lot of different roles: from starting as a counselor at our domestic camps to being Program Manager for trips abroad. Truth be told, the most difficult role I’ve ever had...
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What Do I Get Out of Unofficial Visits?
A lot of our junior clients are asking about unofficial visits. You can read my article from earlier this year giving a top-to-bottom rundown of the visits, but this interaction with a client seemed especially relevant with some holidays...
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