{"id":100,"date":"2011-08-24T04:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/what-you-do-what-they-see\/"},"modified":"2016-11-08T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:30:34","slug":"what-you-do-what-they-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"What You Do&#8230;.What They See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">I speak with a lot of college coaches throughout the year. We hang out together and we speak about a lot of different things. Being the kind of guy I am, I like to do a lot of listening and observing&#8230;.lots of it. Often, I will sit back and watch a coach watch an athlete. In doing so, I have noticed that coaches tend to do a lot of hidden &#8220;watching.&#8221; Not in a weird way or anything, they just really, really like to eyeball a prospective recruit. And, after communicating with many of them over the years and just being able to figure things out on my own, I have come to the conclusion that they see and decipher things you are doing that you might not even be aware of. Therefore, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">I decided to create a little chart to help you out. It will be broken down into two parts and will be labeled as <b><u>WHAT YOU DO<\/u><\/b> vs <b><u>WHAT THEY SEE<\/u><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Walking to greet them<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>: An athlete&#8217;s gait (basically means strut and\/or the way you walk) is a huge one for coaches. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Do you look awkward and\/or nonathletic? Do you have your head down? Are your shoulder&#8217;s hunched? Are you shuffling along? All of these are Code Reds for a college coach. Hold yourself up high and be confident in your strut. You would already know this one if you had read <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">this<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/2011\/06\/how-to-speak-to-college-coach.html\">long snapping<\/a> blog.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Getting water. Hanging out in the locker room. Eating with your friends.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>: How you interact with your teammates. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Are you social? Too social? Reserved? Rude? Passive? Aggressive? These are all things coaches want to see. Most coaches really like a kid that is social but not too social. Bottom line, have fun but don&#8217;t be a jerk. Rule of thumb, if you wouldn&#8217;t do it with me standing right next to you, you probably shouldn&#8217;t be doing it. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Hanging out with your family<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>: If you are rude or not to your parents\/siblings. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Trust me, they get you are a teenager and unless you have reached the age where you actually start embracing your parents again (patience parents, it will come) they understand the dynamic. Saying that, they want to see if you are a donkey or actually a decent human being. You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their parent(s) and coaches know this. Now, you don&#8217;t have to be over the top as that will show you are too dependent on them (or the parent needs to spread out) but you also don&#8217;t have belittle or spit venom at them either. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Grabbing the football <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">How flexible or athletic you are. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Not even kidding, I have witnessed a ton of coaches focus on when an athlete reaches over to grab a ball simply to see how he bends. Do you look like a 115 year old man or are you fluid? Also, I have witnessed even more check out how a kid catches a snap or fiddles with a football to see his coordination level. I have seen coaches lock onto a kid simply because he looks athletic and not awkward catching someone <i>else&#8217;s <\/i>snap!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Running<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>:<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you have that certain type of speed they are looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ok, so you saw this one and said, duh Rubio. But did you know, many coaches know a Long Snapper is not usually going to be a gazelle out of the blocks so they want to see how you finish the play. They look for something called <i>closing speed<\/i>. Closing speed is when you are finally at full throttle (let&#8217;s pray it is less than a quarter mile to this point), you see where the punt is, zero in on the returner and then head towards them. Many top athletes will almost hit a sixth gear at this point and coaches LOVE that in their players. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><u><b>What You Do<\/b><\/u>: Stare at them, nod at them, have fujidadobs (pronounced foo-ja-da-dobs)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b><u>What They See<\/u><\/b>: You are distant, you are fake, you are clueless.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Are you even paying attention to the coach? Skip this one and write your own ticket to never playing for that team.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Are you looking them in the eye? They want to make sure you have the confidence to stare them down just like they are doing to you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Are you nodding? Coaches know the I-am-going-to-nod-at-every-single-thing-you-say-so-it-looks-like-I-ameally-paying-attention trick. You look like a weirdo and you aren&#8217;t fooling anyone. Throw a nod in every once in awhile, but continuous nodding makes you look like a bobble head.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Are you in full-on fujidadobs mode? I have good friend named CP. His family (I believe) came up with the term fujidadobs. Every person in the world has done it and the trick is to not do it often or in public. Fujidadobs is the process of being so enthralled in something that you completely zone out, let your mouth open and become glassy. Really bad cases of fujidadobs will involve drooling. If you are still confused, turn on Animal Planet or any show about building the biggest something (plane, tanker, megaloader, tractor, bridge) in front of a male and sit back and watch them. Within five minutes, they will have a huge case of fujidadobs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bottom line, focus on the coach and listen to what they are spraying but do not zone out. If they ask you a question and you have no clue what they have even said, you are going to look like a complete idiot and not someone they want on their team.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">A coach sees everything&#8230;.everything. Their job\/money\/life is based on who they recruit. They control you, but you almost control them as well. Therefore, a coach is going to want to recruit a very athletic, physically good looking, well mannered person who listens. And, this <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><i>\u00dcber<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> athlete should be someone that he would be comfortable with babysitting his child (Lord help us) or dating his daughter (I don&#8217;t care how hot she is, run for the hills).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chris-Rubio-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4075\" src=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chris-Rubio-2.jpg\" alt=\"Chris-Rubio-2\" width=\"175\" height=\"181\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rubio Long Snapping<\/a> is, by far, the biggest and best resource for Long Snappers in the country. Offering the best instruction and most exposure in the world. Rubio Long Snapping\u00a0can help you to become the best snapper you can be!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In just 12 years,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/bio.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Rubio<\/a>, President and Owner of\u00a0Rubio Long Snapping,\u00a0has become the #1 Long Snapping instructor in the country and the go-to man when a college coach needs a Long Snapper. Colleges from across the country rely on \u201cRubio\u2019s\u201d word day in and day out on who the best Long Snappers are in the country. Rubio Long Snapping\u00a0has assisted in over 300 Long Snappers earning FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/rubio-long-snapping\/the-list.php\" target=\"_blank\">major colleges and universities just for Long Snapping<\/a>\u00a0and many into the NFL as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET-1024x585.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"Rubio_Card_frontMAGNET\" width=\"550\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"100\">172<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I speak with a lot of college coaches throughout the year. 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