Join a 71-year-old coach as he walks through his kick-strong yoga routine, targeted warm-ups and cool-downs designed to protect knees, hips and quads while improving leg extension and balance. He explains common hip-rotation and plant-foot issues, and shows how to correct technique to avoid weak punts and short field goals.

Watch the full session on The Athletic Scholarship Truth YouTube channel to see the metaglass POV, detailed alignment cues, and practical fixes that can reduce the need for PT and boost your kicker’s performance.

Coach Marc Nolan talks with Scottish coach Kevin Middleton about his journey from volunteering at grassroots clubs to working in professional and women’s football. They discuss practical strategies for communicating with parents, involving players in their development plans, and creating healthy team environments.

Topics include the youth-to-academy funnel, differences between pay-to-play and community-based systems, the balance of talent and work ethic, coach education, handling discipline and adversity, and the importance of empathy and trust. Kevin also shares his resources and book for coaches seeking better practices.

Veteran coach shares why traditional recruiting tactics no longer work and why many parents feel overwhelmed by camps, rankings, NIL, and the transfer portal.

He introduces a free, parent-driven community focused on college readiness, smarter camp choices, real evaluation standards, and monthly live Q&A sessions to help families plan instead of react.

Coach Nolan warns parents that while AI can explain scholarship rules—partial awards, blended aid, and NIL uncertainty—it can’t show how fast recruiting status can change. Offers can vanish as coaches, budgets, and rosters shift, and preferred walk-on spots can disappear unexpectedly.

This episode emphasizes that real recruiting experience, not just maps from AI, is needed to understand consequences. Coach Nolan previews a follow-up on the misunderstood preferred walk-on path and how keeping an opportunity matters as much as getting one.

Discover the truth about college athletic scholarships and how artificial intelligence often gets it wrong. When it comes to college recruitment, understanding the scholarship application process is crucial for student athletes. Gaining scholarship insights can make all the difference in securing sports scholarships and athletic scholarships. However, navigating the world of financial aid and funding education can be complex. This video provides a comprehensive scholarship guide, covering financial planning, college grants, and student grants. We'll delve into scholarship programs, exploring scholarship eligibility and what it takes to succeed in securing the funding you need. If you're a student athlete or a parent looking to support your child's athletic career, this video is for you. Learn how to make informed decisions about your educational future and unlock the opportunities that athletic scholarships can provide. By understanding the nuances of college athletic scholarships, you can take the first step towards a successful and funded education.

Coach Nolan explains why success in modern sports is about managing transitions—not just talent. He breaks down how athletes, parents, and coaches must shift roles and expectations as competition and staff structures become more demanding, and one of his all-time quotes for Youth Athletes and their Parents. "The Transition Doesn't Fail Athletes- Fail The Transitions".

The episode outlines practical steps families can take to prepare for high school-to-college changes and announces a free college-readiness course to help athletes and parents understand the realities of college athletics.

Should your athlete reclass?

It’s one of the most emotional—and expensive—decisions parents face in high school sports today.

In this episode, Coach Marc Nolan breaks down the real truth behind reclassifying, including what most recruiting services, camps, and social media won’t tell you.

Reclassifying is not automatically bad — but it’s also not a magic fix.

In this episode, we cover:

Why families reclass (and when it actually makes sense)

The false belief that “another year = more recruiting offers”

How reclass can quietly turn into a wasted year with no structure

The financial, emotional, and developmental costs parents overlook

Why college coaches don’t recruit age — they recruit performance, readiness, and trust

The dangerous mindset of “we’ll figure it out later”

What MUST be in place before you even consider reclassifying

💡 Key takeaway:

Reclassifying without a real plan doesn’t buy opportunity — it delays accountability.

This episode is for:

Parents feeling pressure to reclass “because everyone else is”

Athletes hoping another year will fix recruiting problems

Families trying to make a smart, long-term decision instead of an emotional one

🎧 Listen before you decide.

Because once you reclass, you don’t get that year back.

Coach Marc Nolan uses the shower temperature analogy to explain why youth and high school athletes (and parents and coaches) perform best when they focus on consistent preparation, routines, warm-ups, breathing, and mental focus instead of emotional highs or lows.

The episode stresses practical steps—steady coaching, pre-game routines, proper warm-ups and nutrition, and avoiding emotional reactions—to help athletes stay “just right” and perform reliably at practices, games, and camps.