Hoops College

05/21/2026

"He sent 10 emails and nobody responded. Basketball just isn't for him."

Stop right there. Ten emails isn't recruiting — it's barely trying.

Successful recruits send 100+ emails. They follow up consistently. They treat recruiting like a job.

When you quit after 10 emails, you're telling coaches you quit when things get difficult. That's exactly what they don't want in a player.

Recruiting is a numbers game. Play the numbers or don't play at all.

We see this mistake constantly: players send out a handful of recruiting emails, get no response, and assume their basketball career is over.…

05/20/2026

Forty years of coaching, in one place you can actually use.

Hoops College is online.

The recruiting course is open. The first module is free — five lessons of get-real-with-yourself work, the part where you figure out where you stand. The rest is paid. The first 50 in get founding pricing: $99 self-paced, or $349 if you want a coach reading what you turn in and writing back. Founders get twelve of those reads instead of six.

There's a parent track too — for the parents who want to help without getting in the way. First module is free there as well.

If you don't know where you stand, it's going to be very hard to get where you want to go. That's what's inside — where you stand, what to do about it, and the stuff nobody else is going to tell you straight. The work that actually moves the needle, in the order it should be done.

The coach's library is next. Skills and mindset come after that.

Get inside:

Hoops College Online is the virtual home of the Hoops College system: recruiting education, structured workouts, mindset, and coaching frameworks. Built on 40+ years of in-person results.

05/10/2026

Basketball moms don’t get enough credit. They’re the first coaches, the first fans, and the ones holding it all together while we’re chasing development. Today’s for you. Happy Mother’s Day. 🏀

04/27/2026

When You Tweet Your Camp Invitation

Camp invitations aren't offers. Learn what D1 coaches actually look for in recruiting and stop wasting time on form letters that don't matter.

04/23/2026

You're not even doing the thing you said you'd do.

That's not basketball development or real exposure. Coaches call it exposure but players need actual skill development and competitive situations to grow.

Read the full post:

Learn the difference between basketball exposure and real competitive skill development. Coaches must provide actual training situations for player growth.

04/21/2026

That’s Not Basketball

04/18/2026

Every player walks the same path in youth basketball today. Same tournaments, same travel teams, same showcase events. Doesn't matter if they're ready or not.

I heard a ref say the other day, "I didn't want to call it because they were young."

Either we're playing basketball or we aren't. Either the game has rules or it doesn't.

One of our young players said it perfectly: "That's not basketball." She was exactly right.

Parents panic and think their kid will fall behind if they're not on the travel circuit by middle school. So they rush into tournaments with uncertified officials with no accountability who decide whether or not they feel like blowing the whistle, not whether or not it was really a foul.

The result? Players learn bad habits because the rules keep changing. They don't develop fundamentals because officials won't enforce proper basketball.

Every player's path should be different because every player develops differently. Some kids are ready for competitive travel ball at 11. Others need two more years of fundamentals.

Your kid's development path should be based on where they are right now, not where other parents think they should be.

Find environments that teach real basketball. Find leagues where officials know and enforce the rules consistently.

That's not basketball until the rules actually matter.

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04/17/2026

We built something that’s about to change how you train. 🏀
The Hoops College Shot Analyzer is here — and we’re looking for the first ones to put it to the test.
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04/16/2026

High school players and their parents still think recruiting works like it did in 2015. You think you're competing against other high school seniors for that scholarship spot.

You're not.

You're competing against a 20-year-old junior who averaged 12 points per game in the Big Sky Conference. You're competing against a 19-year-old sophomore who started 25 games at a D2 school but wants to move up.

The transfer portal changed everything.

When a college coach has an open scholarship, they're not looking at high school highlight videos first. They're looking at the transfer portal. Why? Because a transfer is a known quantity. College stats. College film. College grades.

You have high school stats against kids who might be working at Dairy Queen next year.

This doesn't mean high school players can't get recruited. It means you have to be undeniable. Not just good enough. Undeniable.

Most high school players aren't good enough to compete with college transfers for scholarship spots. That's not mean. That's reality.

The sooner you understand what you're actually competing against, the sooner you can decide if you're willing to do what it takes.

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04/13/2026

Why So Many People Think Basketball Training Is a Waste of Time