ARMS CARA Logs are a fast and easy way for both coaches and compliance officers to track and monitor CARA activity.  For coaches maintaining and submitting CARA Logs in ARMS is as easy as maintaining an outlook calendar.  For compliance officers reviewing and approving CARA Logs is as fast and easy as checking email.

Using the ARMS Calendar, coaches can quickly maintain, submit, and certify CARA Logs because ARMS CARA Logs are customizable and easy to understand.  ARMS will help you track the length of time and dates of your CARA events for every player in your database automatically with the help of the following features:

• Drag & Drop Events or Activities into your Calendar (the same as you would in Outlook or Google Calendars)
• Set-Up Recurring Events
• Customize your own activity types e.g. Viewing Film or Lift & Conditioning on a per sport basis
• Set custom groups to easily add which athletes were present at an activity (ex. Whole team, Offense only, Defense only, Pitchers only, Goalies only, etc.)
• Submit Electronically to your Compliance Officer
• Certify Electronically to your Compliance Officer
• Send notifications to athletes to certify electronically

The days of paper chasing are over.  ARMS.  Welcome to the next generation of recruiting and compliance.

For a Demo of CARA Logs or other ARMS products, call us at (202) 425-5681

The NCAA is proposing to change the definition of agent in what is being called “The Cecil Newton Rule”

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Headlinin-8217-NCAA-takes-aim-at-the-Cecil-Ne?urn=ncaaf-wp4212

Exploring how universities should think about monitoring the social media activities of their athletes.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/07/what_to_do_about_social_media.html

Dave Pickle writes about not one, but two hot button issues with pay for play and Title IX.

http://www.ncaa.org/blog/2011/07/women-and-pay-for-play/

Before becoming the head coach of the Syracuse women’s soccer program in 2008, Phil Wheddon helped win two gold medals for the USA.  Knowing what it takes to win, Wheddon understood the importance of acquiring a comprehensive recruiting and compliance solution that would not only be easy to use but also extend to all facets of the women’s soccer program.  Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in their first purchase of a recruiting and compliance solution.

“Prior to ARMS, we only had access to a very outdated and limited system.  We needed something that was more functional and efficient,” said Wheddon.  “ARMS enables us to work with multiple disciplines, such as camps, recruiting, and alumni engagement, and its ease and efficiency sets it apart from any other software that is out there.”

Click here to read about why 60% of our customers switch to us from a competitor’s software.

Recruiting on the road used to be a painful and time-consuming process for many coaches, as they grew frustrated in their inability to stay on top of their recruiting activities while away from their offices. Built into the smartphone functionality is the ARMS Active Compliance feature – a feature on the smartphone that warns coaches in the event that they may be inadvertently committing a secondary violation by calling or emailing a particular recruit.  For Wheddon, the ARMS Mobile experience has greatly increased his ability to stay on top of all information by being able to access their database from their smartphones.

“The nature of the job of the coach is to be on the road constantly, and the ARMS Mobile keeps us very efficient, “ said Wheddon.  “To be able to pull the whole database from our smartphones and see who called who and when, and to have all of that at your fingertips, out of the office, is an invaluable tool for us.”

Click here to read about how our coaches are each using the ARMS system in their own ways to improve their programs.

Having successfully made the switch from a competitor to ARMS, assistant coach Abby Crumpton was impressed by how simple the process was to make the transition. She encourages coaches to not be afraid but ecstatic about the transition to ARMS.

“So much work to get used to it, already have something else that works OK – no, those are all just excuses.  Coaches don’t understand just how much time it will save them to spend on the more enjoyable aspects of coaching.”

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ARMS recruiting software delivers better results for recruiting, camp attendance, and fundraising while helping you spend less time in the office and more time with your athletes.

If you are a coach who is interested in understanding what the next generation of recruiting software can do for you, then request a short online demo of the ARMS recruiting software. In just 10 minutes, we will be able to show you how you can save more time, become more efficient, and feel more satisfied with your recruiting software.

Assistant Coach Mike Miller and Head Coach Ian McIntyre

The Syracuse University men’s soccer coaches began using the ARMS recruiting software when they took over guidance of the program last year. With no time to waste, Head Coach Ian McIntyre and his staff needed an all-in-one IT solution for their camps, alumni, and most importantly, recruiting.

“We use it like a personal secretary, said Assistant Coach Mike Miller. ARMS has completely enhanced every aspect of our program.”

Coach Miller quickly grasped the time-saving advantages of having one software that works seamlessly with camps, recruiting, and out-reach.

“ARMS helped us start our camps from scratch.  We were quickly able to get the camps up and running; we began contacting all our new recruits, getting their information into the system, and determining, based on their response and attendance, what camps they attended.”

Click here to view a camp registration page created by Coach Miller using ARMS.

When it comes time to scout those recruits at tournaments, Assistant Coaches Jukka Masalin and Miller use the ARMS tournament routine to significantly reduce the mindless data-entry that accompanies the old-school systems.

“The ARMS import and export routine makes it easy for me to make notes on all our recruits, said Coach Miller. I simply type the notes on each kid on an Excel spreadsheet and upload it into the system.”

Click here to read about how you can use the time-saving features of ARMS.

Finally, ARMS has helped the coaches reach out to alumni and make them feel more involved with the program. Coach Miller customized his alumni questionnaire to effortlessly gather up-to-date information on the program’s alumni, then Coach McIntyre sends out a weekly email that provides news and information and recaps every match.

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ARMS recruiting software delivers better results for recruiting, camp attendance, and fundraising while helping you spend less time in the office and more time with your athletes.

If you are a coach who is interested in understanding what the next generation of recruiting software can do for you, then request a short online demo of the ARMS recruiting software. In just 10 minutes, we will be able to show you how you can save more time, become more efficient, and feel more satisfied with your recruiting software.

With the incredible growth of social media the NCAA, universities, coaches and players have had to learn and decide what’s acceptable and what’s not in the social media space.  Below is a link to a great interview discussing social media with Ronnie Ramos, the NCAA’s Managing Director of Communications:

Ronnie Ramos on the NCAA and Social Media

ARMS Recruiting and Compliance Software is a leader in helping schools save time and money managing their records and preventing NCAA violations

Associate Head Coach Nicky Hitchens

Transforming the Drexel field hockey program into a national power took a lot of time and effort for Head Coach Denise Zelenak and Associate Head Coach Nicky Hitchens. So they needed a software that could enable them to be more productive in less time.

Coach Hitchens quickly grasped the power of ARMS (Athlete Relationship Management Software) and immediately began utilizing the email integration, camp management, and alumni fundraising components of ARMS to really flex her “ARMS” muscles and automate those tasks.

“I was using one system for camps, another for my email blasts, and another for invitations to social events.  And ARMS puts it all under one roof for me.”

Automatically generating responses to unsolicited player emails and getting them to fill out the online questionnaire has been a big time saver for Coach Hitchens.

“It’s incredible how much easier the first contact is for us.  It’s very simple for me to use the ARMS Dropbox to put each recruit where she needs to be in order for us to give her the appropriate first response.  And then I can contact all those kids at once with a few simple clicks.  It’s really automated that process for us, but still gives us that personal touch.”

Click here to read about how you can use the time-saving features of ARMS.

In addition, Coach Hitchens has simplified the process of reaching out to alumni to get them more in tune and involved with the program.

“It’s so simple for me to just make an update of a questionnaire I have stored in the system and send it out to all the alums.  I can update the questionnaire to see what things they like the most about the program so we know what to do in the future.”

Click here to view an alumni social event page created by Coach Hitchens using ARMS.

“It’s made my life much easier.  I am just more productive and doing it all in less time.”

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ARMS recruiting software delivers better results for recruiting, camp attendance, and fundraising while helping you spend less time in the office and more time with your athletes.

If you are a coach who is interested in understanding what the next generation of recruiting software can do for you, then request a short online demo of the ARMS recruiting software. In just 10 minutes, we will be able to show you how you can save time, become more efficient, and feel more satisfied with your recruiting software.

Head Coach Alan Edwards

Iona Volleyball Head Coach Alan Edwards was always a great recruiter. That was never in question.

In his first three years at Iona, each of the teams Coach Edwards assembled made it to the MAAC Championship.

But Coach Edwards was still bothered by the amount of time he was wasting on trying to organize his recruiting information. Hours of logging contacts, mindless data-entry, sorting through an increasingly filled inbox for a recruit’s email from weeks ago, and staying on top of an expanding pile of loose papers was keeping Coach Edwards from focusing on work that would more directly improve his team.

So Coach Edwards, a self-described non-technical computer person, sought out a software solution that could help him save time and become more efficient.  At the time, Coach Edwards initially connected with ARMS, he was skeptical that  ARMS would be any different from the other options on the market.  However, he quickly realized that ARMS had some really innovative features that set it apart from the competition.

“ARMS enables me to manage my lists in a much better way, said Coach Edwards. “It’s been huge; an unbelievably valuable tool.”

The efficiency and power of the ARMS recruiting software made Coach Edwards a believer of the ARMS advantage. Coach Edwards, who performs all his tasks as the sole coach of the program, has questioned how he was ever able to recruit before ARMS.

“There’s no way I can go without it.”

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ARMS recruiting software delivers better results for recruiting, camp attendance, and fundraising while helping you spend less time in the office and more time with your athletes.

If you are a coach who is interested in understanding what the next generation of recruiting software can do for you, then request a short online demo of the ARMS recruiting software. In just 10 minutes, we will be able to show you how you can save time, become more efficient, and feel more satisfied with your recruiting software.

Brie Katz, Associate Head Coach

The ARMS Fundraising tool was one of the reasons why Columbia Volleyball Associate Head Coach Brie Katz chose ARMS.

In the first few weeks of utilizing the fundraising component, Coach Katz has received more positive feedback and noticed an increase in engagement from supporters of the program she had never reached before.

“For us, just adding a questionnaire for alumni, creating a great looking webpage for our alumni match, and putting an RSVP link on our website has made our alumni feel really special,” said Coach Katz. “They have all commented on those things and alumni we have literally never heard from are responding to our questionnaires and online links.”

View several “RSVP Links” (in the upper right section) created by Coach Katz using ARMS.

The ARMS Alumni Management component makes creating online event registration and questionnaire webpages a very easy process, enabling you to easily collect information from supporters as well as publish web pages and online registrations to promote your fundraising events. For more information visit ARMS Fundraising.

The power of the ARMS fundraising tool is the ability to capture the information you need when you want it. So you’ll be able to find out who your best and most dependable donors are – giving you specific tools to put the right message in front of the right people and driving your fundraising goals higher every year.

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ARMS recruiting software delivers better results for recruiting, camp attendance, and fundraising while helping you spend less time in the office and more time with your athletes.

If you are a coach who is interested in understanding what the next generation of recruiting software can do for you, then request a short online demo of the ARMS recruiting software. In just 10 minutes, we will be able to show you how you can save more time, become more efficient, and feel more satisfied with your recruiting software.

Carrie Doyle, Senior Associate Athletic Director of University of New Hampshire Athletics, took the lead and created an NCAA Compliance video.   The ARMS Team embedded the video as Required Step 1 in the ARMS NCAA Eligibility electronic form submission process.  See the NCAA Compliance Video below: