"Thank you for watching me play this weekend!" If this is your post-tournament email strategy, you can do better - and today I'll show you how. College coaches get dozens of these after every showcase. Most get skimmed and filed away. Why? Because they show no insight. They create no connection....

If your email doesn't stop their scroll in the first few seconds after it's opened, you've lost your chance. Most players start their emails with: "Hi Coach! My name is Jane Smith and I'm a forward from Random High School..." And coaches have seen that opening hundreds of times before. The Patte...