We hired Alan for one pre-June 15th virtual consultation. It was incredibly valuable! Our club is great with recruiting so we didn’t need more of his services, although I know he’d be an incredible asset in additional ways if we did need more support! What we learned during that hour zoom was unlike what I’ve read on his blogs or learned from my husband and my own college coaching experiences in other sports. If you choose to engage with Alan, you’ll learn what’s best for YOUR daughter for HER recruiting through a collaborative approach rather than the one size fits all approach to communication with college coaches. In that hour zoom with Alan, we learned that it would be more optimal if our daughter had her calls with us outside the room (and not listening in!) unless it was a requested family call. She was ready to engage with the coaches, mature enough to ask wise questions, and we didn’t want her to feel assessed by us in real time as that could lead her to second guess herself. While some of her friends wanted their parents in the room during calls and that may best for them, we realized our daughter thrives with independence and we wanted to honor that. Like his articles, Alan doesn’t operate in a “this vs that” approach. He’s a critical thinker and strategic. Alan asked our daughter questions that he would ask when coaching at the college level, and our daughter got to answer them in an authentic environment while also shaking off the nerves. It also gave her things to really think about before she spoke to schools. Our daughter gained confidence going into the scheduled calls June 15th, because she learned from Alan that the adults on the other end are just humans who want the best fit for their program, just as she wanted the best fit for her. That put her at ease and I can even say she loved getting to know the coaches she spoke with. Alan continues to support field hockey families across the country with his work, and I can’t recommend him enough!