It’s Not Just You and Your Friends Any More The popularity of Facebook and its impact on American culture continues to grow in unique ways. College coaches are now using the world’s social media leader as a way to find out more about prospects. With the growing trend of young people communicating more through Facebook … Read more
It’s a Daunting Task to Stay the Course Distractions, including temptations, are within reach of every young person. The wide open world of communications has delivered options, good and bad, to teenagers through their televisions, smart phones, computers and any number of other techno devices. As a result, staying grounded is a tough chore for kids. For the high-school-age athlete, … Read more
Holing Out Twice in 72 Hours a Rare Feat NSR golf prospect, Brian Belz, from Lakeside High in Hot Springs, AR, did something twice over three days which many lifetime golfers never achieve once — a hole-in-one. In the quarter finals of the ASGA Junior Boys Match played at Eagle Hill Creek Club in Little Rock, Brian stepped to the … Read more
Now Is Not Too Soon for Most College Athletic Prospects Competition. It’s what fuels America. From businesses of all sizes to the smallest classroom in the smallest of rural towns, competition is an ever present, unavoidable element of our lives in this country. Our economy is shaped by it. Our thoughts are influenced by it. And, … Read more
2015 Grad Shows Off Writing Skills at Disney Softball Event NSR standout softball prospect, Sabrina Turner, from Presbyterian Christian School in Hattiesburg, MS, was recently selected to be the player blogger for the 2011 ESPN Rise Girls Showcase and the Fast Pitch ASA National Qualifier at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Kissimmee, FL. And, not only … Read more
NSR is unique in that we have on-the-ground scouts whose first priority is to scout high school, travel and club events in a variety of sports. Scouting in person (on-the-ground) separates us from other so-called scouting organizations whose primary method of signing prospects is to purchase tournament books and then divy the rosters to what we call “cubicle … Read more
Zero In on the Schools Showing You Genuine Interest NSR prospects across the globe are attending summer college sports camps. It’s an annual ritual which is both misunderstood and essential for high school prospects. Of course, big college camps will be filled with aspiring prospects hoping to grab the attention of their favorite coaches and players. These camps … Read more
Enforcement Organization Often Unfairly the Target of Derision It’s hard to understand why people rail on the NCAA as if it makes all the rules. Member schools make the rules. The NCAA’s job is to monitor and enforce those rules. Yet, when a school is hammered for wrongdoing, it’s usually the NCAA that gets much of … Read more
Coaches Sometimes Forget Where They Came From Ego? Eh, maybe. Certainly, in some instances, we know of college coaches that would rather cut an ear off Van Gogh-style than admit that someone outside their office put them onto a legitimate prospect. It doesn’t make much sense, but that’s the way it is. An NSR scout recently … Read more
No One Wants to Own the Failure Literally thousands of deserving senior prep athletic prospects, freshly graduated from high school, will not realize their dreams of playing college sports this coming fall. Sad, isn’t it? All the work, time, effort and money invested in this crucially important dream and nothing to show for it in terms of a scholarship … Read more
