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The Athletic Academy's main goal is to provide content geared towards recruiting, training, and coaching! Why? So, athletes of today can have the proper knowledge and guidance to help them reach their full potential. Take a look at our blog posts written by experts in the field.
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The Athletic Academy
- Apr 24
- 3 min
A Quick Guide to Prospect Camps for 2022
As the school year comes to a close, planning your summer camp schedule should be priority. Check out our guide to a successful camp season.
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The Athletic Academy
- Feb 18
- 3 min
The Spring Recruiting Checklist
Spring recruiting is a crucial time of year as coaches shift their focus to evaluating and building relationships with new prospects.
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The Athletic Academy
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Meet the Prospect - Mikey Coleman
Committed student-athlete with a passion for the game. All around football player on both sides of the ball and all phases of special teams.
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The Athletic Academy
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
Preparing Student-Athletes Before College
Our goal is to prepare student athletes before they reach college, so they can focus on making lifelong memories filled with achievement.
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The Athletic Academy
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
5 Tips to Enhance Digital Recruiting for Your Program
Digital recruitment occurs when prospective athletes and their programs use technology as a tool to find and attract college coaches.
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The Athletic Academy
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Top 5 tips to increase HUDL views
Hundreds to even thousands of times per day, high school prospects are sending their HUDL links to coaches and posting them on Twitter.
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The Athletic Academy
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
The In-Season Recruiting Checklist
While others are coasting during the season, those that follow these in-season checklist items will continue to see recruiting progress.
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The Athletic Academy
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
8 Things to Maximize Practice for your Fall Season Sport
As we enter August, several Fall high school sports are gearing up and beginning heavy practice sessions and workouts. It's important to...
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The Athletic Academy
- Jun 28, 2021
- 4 min
Football Recruiting in July: Everything to Know
In-person recruiting returned for college football programs in the month of June for the first time in over a year. High school prospects...
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The Athletic Academy
- Jun 25, 2021
- 3 min
Make Open Field Tackles With This One Trick
Defensive Backs who can tackle standout from the rest. If you can tackle properly as a DB, you’ll give coaches another reason to play you, a
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The Athletic Academy
- Jun 9, 2021
- 4 min
Offensive Line: How to Build a Strong Foundation
FHD provides specific training opportunities for offensive lineman. They focus on every fine detail of the O-Line positions from left...
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The Athletic Academy
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Everything you Need to Know for June Recruiting
The NCAA has lifted recruiting restrictions starting June 1st, 2021. It's been almost 15 months since college coaches have been able to...
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The Athletic Academy
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
8 Steps to Fuel Yourself for Competition!
Athletes spend hours upon hours training. It is now time to put the sports nutrition piece altogether when it matters most. A big part of th
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The Athletic Academy
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Negotiating Tuition Prices with Colleges
As the students from the class of 2021 approach graduation and head into the final stages of the college selection process, many families...
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The Athletic Academy
- Mar 29, 2021
- 4 min
To be the BEST, you need to eat the BEST!
Many elite minded athletes include sports nutrition in their training regimens early on, NOT because there is a problem in their...
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The Athletic Academy
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
How to pick the right college for YOU
The best advice I ever received was this: “When making your college decision, pick a school you would go to even if you were NOT playing...
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