LRT Sports Staff

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How to Pick a College when You Haven’t Picked a Major

Are you ready to start your recruiting process, but have no idea what you want to major in? How are you supposed to commit to a school if you’re still unsure? We’ve put together 3 helpful tips and hints to help you navigate this process: Go to a school that lets you keep your options

September 23, 2021 LRT Sports Staff

Recruiting Horror Stories™: The Coach Who Enjoyed Making Recruits Cry

**Recruiting Horror Stories are posted every Tuesday to provide athletes’ first-hand experiences of what can go wrong during the recruiting process. Since I was little, I dreamed of stepping on a college campus and talking with coaches about reaching my goal: playing college basketball. During the fall of my junior year, I began taking unofficial

September 21, 2021

Social Media Don’ts: Examples from Athletes Who Risked Their Scholarships

Social media has played an ever-increasing role in our lives, and as a result, it has become pivotal in the college athlete recruiting process. Most college coaches that LRT Sports has interviewed state that they look at social media when considering recruits: University of Pennsylvania Men’s Basketball Coach, Steve Donahue says of social media: “Huge

September 16, 2021

How to Contact College Water Polo Coaches

College water polo coaches can begin to contact high school athletes starting June 15 before their junior year. If you are interested in a particular water polo program, we recommend that you take the initiative and send an email to the coach or coaches that you are interested in playing for before this date. You

September 14, 2021

What NCAA Head Football Coaches Look For in Recruits

LRT Sports spoke to several head football coaches in the NCAA and asked them what the most important quality that they look for when recruiting athletes is. Academics and character are the two words that stood out to us. When you reach out to a coach, the first question they likely ask will be about

September 6, 2021

3 Tips on How to Get off the Bench

“Stay patient, be positive and your time will come” Becoming a college athlete is, in itself, a very exciting accomplishment. However, some of the excitement fades away when you don’t get the playing time you were hoping for. To help you get over this challenge, LRT sports put together 3 tips to get off the

September 2, 2021

What You Need to Know When Considering the NAIA

When it comes to college athletics, everyone’s first thought is often of the NCAA. However, there is another option for high school student-athletes: the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Before deciding which school to attend, you should research the NAIA and decide which athletic association is best for you. NAIA General Information Although the

August 30, 2021

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Matt Crosson

Parent

The college process presents a myriad of challenges. Factor in athletics and it becomes even more daunting. Now, add the fact that you have zero experience with sports. What is a the mother of a college bound student-athlete to do? LRT Sports has truly lived up to its promise. It has kept "the college recruiting process honest and easy by providing first hand information about coaches, schools and the recruiting process." Their interviews with current students, coaches, and professional athletes have provided realistic guidance. I am much more informed because of LRT Sports! The coach ratings are the most helpful. LRT Sports interviews allow us to hear from students as to how the adults are impacting not only their athletic experience but also how they are helping to shape their adult self.

Maria Zachary

Parent

The C.A.L.C. was thrilled to have Keirsten Sires come and speak to us on multiple topics relevant to high school athletics today, including recruiting. Keirsten reached all of our students and left them with great strategies that will not only help on the fields, courts, and mats, but also in the game of recruiting. She was a true professional and delivered a wonderful message.

Gus Kalikas

Athletic Director at Arthur L. Johnson High School

Now that the recruiting process and the related stress is over, I wanted to thank you for your guidance. You did so much more than we had expected. Once you started the process by matching the best academic schools first, not the best sport programs, I knew you were the one. The way you laid out a timeline of contacting coaches, visits, and camps completely took any guesswork out of the plan for us. All of the student athletes that you put us in touch with gave us a look from the inside, and made us more comfortable knowing what was coming. Finally, using your website as a resource for knowing what to expect from different coaches based on former recruit reviews gave my son confidence before our meetings. There is no way we could have figured this out on our own, you really put us in a great position when decision time came.

Richard Andrzejewski

Parent

I think hearing from other athletes is very beneficial. To be able to learn from people’s mistakes, and to be able to have access to those voices is really helpful; especially voices that have been there and done that. It’s very important for people to have access to information that could benefit them, and in this case there are many voices that can help the next wave of athletes.

Troy Polamalu

University of Southern California | Pittsburgh Steelers

If you have something that’s going to spell [the recruiting process] out for you… it’s so valuable. I think what everyone at LRT Sports is doing to spread the word and help advocate and educate athletes on the recruitment process is incredible.

Brooke Cabrera

University of Maryland

Without question would have used LRT Sports. It would have probably been one of the most valuable tools that I could have had. If you want to know what these coaches are really like then I think this is the best tool out there. I’m really glad you are allowing recruits to have a resource like this moving forward.

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Articles by LRT Sports Staff

How to Pick a College when You Haven’t Picked a Major

Recruiting Horror Stories™: The Coach Who Enjoyed Making Recruits Cry

Social Media Don’ts: Examples from Athletes Who Risked Their Scholarships

How to Contact College Water Polo Coaches

What NCAA Head Football Coaches Look For in Recruits

3 Tips on How to Get off the Bench

What You Need to Know When Considering the NAIA

Matt Crosson

Parent

Maria Zachary

Parent

Gus Kalikas

Athletic Director at Arthur L. Johnson High School

Richard Andrzejewski

Parent

Troy Polamalu

University of Southern California | Pittsburgh Steelers

Brooke Cabrera

University of Maryland

Will Yeatman

University of Maryland | Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans

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