July 23, 2020
With the ongoing NCAA Division I dead period, recruiting opportunities fall are hard to come by – but the upcoming Showcase PLUS session in Florida this December offers your best opportunity for digital exposure to 200+ college coaches before the end of the NCAA dead period. Check out what’s been added to the Showcase PLUS
Read More »June 12, 2020
Confession: we miss baseball. With players and coaches at home, Headfirst Showcases (Honor Roll & Top96 Camps) and Blast Motion are excited to announce a unique opportunity, giving you a chance to compete with your peers while staying game ready for the next time you get to hit the field. The Headfirst Virtual Swing Off
Read More »May 17, 2020
The proof of the Headfirst Honor Roll formula is in our results – in 2020 alone, nearly 1400 Honor Roll alumni were on the rosters of high-academic college programs across the country. In addition to the total number of Honor Roll alumni playing in college, each year we see coaches recruiting more and more
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May 9, 2020
On Friday, May 8, we sat down (virtually) with Coach Kyle Decker from Harvard Baseball and Jeff McGarry from Blast Motion to discuss using data and analytics with platforms like Blast. In the conversation, we covered how Harvard uses Blast in their own program for player development, and also how college coaches use Blast
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May 3, 2020
What can I do in my recruiting right now? Additional Resources & Posts: College Baseball Recruiting During Coronavirus (blog post and webinar) Digital Recruiting – Coach Communications & Platforms, with SportsRecruits NCAA Dead Period Tips & Tactics for Baseball Recruiting Should I think about re-classifying or doing a post-grad year? What is the impact
Read More »April 26, 2020
Hi everyone – welcome back to our continued recruiting series. We’ve hosted a handful of webinars recently for both travel and high school coaches and also for student-athletes and parents (which are posted on our blog, if you’d like to see the recordings). From those and the questions that we’ve gotten from families, we’re
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April 23, 2020
In the webinar above, the Headfirst team addresses how to navigate the recruiting process during COVID-19 and the NCAA dead period, including a Q&A with members of the audience at the end of the presentation. You can also skip ahead to different sections of the webinar via the outline below: 0:00 – Overview 0:36
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March 27, 2020
There are currently 1395 Honor Roll alumni on the rosters of high-academic college baseball programs from across the country in 2020. Below is the full list of where these Honor Roll alumni are continuing their careers at the college level. Click on a division below to see where Honor Roll alumni are playing in college:
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March 26, 2020
We recorded the conversation above on Thursday, March 26 with Chris Gordon, Assistant Baseball Coach at Duke University. Coach Gordon’s bio on the Duke Athletics website describes his role, in which he “assists with the recruiting process and on-campus visits, facilitates the team’s statistics and analytics technology, and coordinates all Duke baseball camps.” Within
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March 26, 2020
We recorded the conversation above on Wednesday, March 25 with Matt Wheeler, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of SportsRecruits. The conversation covers the recruiting process in broad strokes – school research, finding the right fit, potential twists and turns in the process – and also the advantages and efficiencies of using digital communication and SportsRecruits. In
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