the recruiting process

This week I celebrate 10 years of Brandi Jackson Golf (and 8 of those years have been spent as the RecruitPKB College Consultant here at PKB Girls Tour). As I celebrate this milestone I wanted to just share a little for those who may not know my story and how I ended up here. But more importantly to say a big thank you to all of you and to the PKB Girls Tour because it has been an absolute honor and blessing to be in this role and I look for so much more to come! It’s so crazy to think this “little business” that I started while recovering from foot surgery at my parent's house 10 years ago has grown into the love of my life. I had pretty successful junior and senior years at Furman University highlighted by a runner-up finish at the US Women's [...]

This week is a video about when you should start to process of sending out emails to coaches: Check it out HERE   Written by: Brandi Jackson, RecruitPKB College Consultant For more information about college recruiting, please contact Brandi at bjackson@pkbgt.org

Last week I shared some insight on IGTV about how the recruiting process can help you overcome those moments of pressure when you are in contention or shooting your new low round. In case you didn’t watch that episode I wanted to break it down into a few thoughts and takeaways as I feel this is such an important topic both with player development and the recruiting process  Accept that struggling when you are in contention or nearing your new low round is part of the process, you have to get yourself in those positions in order to know what it’s like. And you’re going to fail more often than you’re gonna succeed at them, especially as you’re still maturing and getting experience. Think back to what happened once you get in those moments, what changed about your game (mentally and physically). For me, I realized that [...]

This past week I shared some insight on IGTV about how the recruiting process can help you overcome those moments of pressure when you are in contention or shooting your new low round. You can view that HERE   Written by: Brandi Jackson, RecruitPKB College Consultant For more information about college recruiting, please contact Brandi at bjackson@pkbgt.org

Had a great conversation with a coach a few weeks and she made an important point. When you’re going through this process it really is you “branding” yourself for what type of person, student, and athlete you are. Are you doing things only because someone is telling you to do them? Or are you doing things because that genuinely is who you are? Coaches will see through this a lot of times. It’s ok that you may not know what to do or how to do it, but once you’re given some directions or suggestions, how do you then attack it? Throughout this pandemic, I’ve encouraged my girls to film some videos beyond just golf swings. Some girls never bothered to do it, others did it only bc they were told to do it, some were nervous initially but really did their best, and some used that [...]

Even the best players in the nation face rejection when going through the recruiting process. There could be any number of reasons that a coach may not accept a player on their team. These reasons may have nothing to do with the player's game or personality. When a player faces rejection, it is essential that it is handled properly. Most importantly, a player should not take rejection personally and allow it to diminish their confidence on the golf course or beyond. Try to accept that the fit is not right and that it only takes one school to believe in you. Use the rejection to fuel your energy at practice/tournaments and strengthen the determination to find the right school Secondly, when a player is turned down by a coach they still have to be respectful. It will only harm the player to respond harshly to the coach [...]

This past week, the NCAA made the decision to extend the Dead Period until April 15th. This means DI coaches can not recruit at tournaments or participate in a recruit's campus visit. This will continue to impact in-person recruiting, but if you are a 2021 or 2022 recruit you are still allowed to communicate with coaches via phone, video, text, and email. So make sure you are staying consistent and active with your communications.     Written by: Brandi Jackson, RecruitPKB College Consultant For more information about college recruiting, please contact Brandi at bjackson@pkbgt.org