The college recruiting landscape has changed drastically since the birth of the internet. High school athletes are finding it easier to connect with college recruiters on the internet. A good recruiting service will allow student-athletes to showcase their skills on an interactive platform. Recruiting services have been around for decades; however, not until the internet have they become so popular. Coaches find it easy to navigate online services to gather information on potential recruits.

Recruiting services differ from the scouting services in that with a recruiting service the athletes are proactively seeking college scholarships not the online recruiting service. Generally a recruiting service will take any and every high school athlete that is willing to pay for their services. They can’t guarantee you a scholarship, but will help get your search started.

When you register for a recruiting service you need to make sure you can do a few simple things. Each service differs in what they have to offer, but the basics that each service should provide is listed below:

• The ability to post videos
• The ability to post photos
• The ability to post stats
• The option to post contact info

The prices for a recruiting service are usually cheaper than a scouting service. The main reason is because the recruiting services take the hands off approach and simply give you the tools to find an athletic scholarship, and the scouting services spend one-on-one time with the athletes and seek college recruiters in need of certain players. The cost for recruiting services vary from $40-$1600. Some are setup as one-time fees and others are invoiced monthly. The services that cost more typically promise more consulting and evaluation of the student athlete.

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