Up Close In Personnel with Alex Brown
Sports:Football
Ep. 41 - Brett Arkelian - Recruiting 101 for Specialists & How Colleges Evaluate Kickers
As I thought about this week's podcast, I realized we hadn't yet covered the wide world of special teams and recruiting specialists!
Quoting the great Rich Eisen, "Punters are people too!" and we intend to cover all things related to recruiting on this show.
Breaking down the recruiting process and more specifically what college recruiters look for in kickers, we are joined by Rice's Special Teams Graduate Assistant - Brett Arkelian. During this episode we talked through Brett's unique experience of going through the recruiting process as a high school, junior college and graduate transfer prospect.
We covered a lot of topics that will help recruits and recruiters alike throughout the episode, starting with the importance of mental training:
When it comes to emailing, researching and reaching out to colleges, here are three quick tips for recruits out there (and this also applies to coaches or recruiters seeking employment from colleges):
Also, here are five things that college recruiters need to assess when evaluating kickers:
This was an awesome episode to record, and I hope you learned as much as I did about kicking after listening through! To find and follow Brett's work, be sure to visit his website The Kicker's Bible | Iceman Kicking! Check out his podcast, the "Iceman Kicking Podcast" and pick up his ebook - "The Kicker's Bible!"
Thanks for listening and you can always visit UpCloseInPersonnel.com for complete show notes and listening links!
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