About this episode

Susan discusses the pressures of recruiting timelines for aspiring college volleyball players.

You say you want to play volleyball in college. But what if the real thing stressing you out isn’t the goal… it’s the timeline you attached to it? In this episode, Susan unpacks one of the biggest hidden pressures in recruiting: the belief that it should have happened by now. For the Class of 2026 and 2027 especially, watching other athletes commit can create a quiet panic — even when you’re doing everything “right.” Susan breaks down the two biggest sources of recruiting frustration: timelin...

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Host: Susan Forbes

Topics covered

• volleyball recruiting
• college volleyball
• athlete commitment
• recruiting timeline
• stress in recruiting

Keywords

• volleyball
• recruiting
• college
• timeline
• athletes
• commitment
• stress

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