38: You Don't Need the Whole Plan to Get Recruited

About this episode

Susan Forbes challenges the traditional step-by-step approach to recruiting by comparing it to a road trip, emphasizing direction over perfection.

If you’ve been trying to approach recruiting like a step-by-step checklist, this episode will challenge the way you think about the process. In this episode, Susan shares a powerful analogy that reframes recruiting as a road trip instead of a fixed plan. Athletes and families often want the exact steps and a guaranteed path, but in reality, recruiting is about direction, not perfection. Susan breaks down why trying to map out every step can actually create more stress and confusion, and how f...

People in this episode

Host: Susan Forbes

Topics covered

• recruiting
• volleyball
• athlete development
• stress management
• goal setting

Keywords

• recruiting process
• volleyball recruiting
• athlete families
• road trip analogy
• stress in recruiting

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