Tune into this week's SSDL Podcast as we speak with Lori Payne from American College Connection (ACC Recruits). Lori and her team offer essential resources and insights for student-athletes looking to navigate the collegiate swimming recruitment process. With their guidance, you can approach recruitment with clarity and confidence, reducing the stress and uncertainty often associated with this journey. Tune in to learn how ACC Recruits can support your aspirations of competing at the collegiate level.
Now you see a lot of kids instead of enjoying what should be one of the most fun times of their lives and their recruiting process, I see them semi miserable and stressed out with the whole process and they feel super pressured sometimes by a lot of coaches. And can you just talk a little bit about that? Because I feel like that's the biggest thing I see as kids not enjoying what I think should be the most fun time of your life is the most popular that you'll ever be, you know, until until your wedding day, I think. But it it, it is very stressful time because as much as we do. To help put the student athletes name in front of the coaches and give them the wise why you should look at this kid why they are going to be an asset to your team. That student athletes still has to respond and be responsible and realize that every time that they're writing an e-mail, sending a text and having an interview on the phone with the coach at that the coaches literally interviewing you after the first couple of times so you get better and better at it, but you've got to do your research it's. It's, it's not simple. It's, it's, but you can get all that done in just a few minutes prior to your phone calls. You know, the trick is communicating with us. And I mean, we will walk you through absolutely everything, but it doesn't, I think the happiest day. And I don't know who's happier, the student athlete and the parents when they commit or me when they commit, because I know that they have come to the end of a really long journey and.