Win the Recruiting Game in High School Basketball

Disclaimer: This product deals with players transferring from high school to high school. This is not a guide on players getting recruited from high school to the college level

Whether you like it or not, high school basketball is becoming more and more transient in nature. In the copycat nature of basketball, things tend to filter down. This applies to basketball schemes and concepts, but it also applies to off the court concepts like player mobility. In professional basketball we have the formation of “super teams” and free agents requesting to be traded one year into a five year, 100 million dollar contract with fresh ink. In college basketball we have the “transfer portal” and “Name Image and Likeness (NIL) agreements.” These concepts have major implications on how people behave and think at the levels of basketball below.

You have a couple choices as a coach:
1. Complain about the way things are and yearn for the times of the past when it wasn’t a complete free for all in player mobility

2. Adapt and adjust to meet the times and best position your program to keep your players, and even grab players from other programs if you so desire

This guide talks about the three ways to position yourself in the high school recruiting game to WIN!