About NSR Staff Baseball scouting is in Mike Gossner’s blood. Eight months a year for the past 11 years, he has been scouting high school, junior college and college baseball players for the Baltimore Orioles. Since January, he has been scouting high school players for National Scouting Report. “I just love the game,” said Gossner, 62, an NSR … Read more
At National Scouting Report, we constantly encourage our prospects to build relationships with college coaches. There are a number of ways we instruct prospects to initiate contact and remain in touch with college coaches, although coaches are severely limited to when and how they can make contact with prospects. But make no mistake, abiding by recruiting … Read more
Summer vacation was once just that — a vacation. Not any more. College prospects who are serious about being recruited must create a summer workout plan if they hope to keep up with their competition. Unfortunately, getting into a daily routine is not the easiest thing to do. After nine months of school, high school … Read more
There are times when National Scouting Report scouts sit down in a home to interview a multi-sport prospect and ask: “Which sport do you plan to play in college?” NSR scouts expect the athlete to name one or the other and confess that playing other sports has more to do with hanging with friends than … Read more
We are coming to the end of another school year. Hopefully, our National Scouting Report recruiting seminars and blogs have taught you a thing or two about college recruiting in the past year. Before you depart for the summer, NSR would like to test your recruiting knowledge. Below are 20 true-false questions that may make … Read more
The most successful college prospects, those with multiple offers, build textured lives. Whether that texture is derived from their involvement in art, music or cultural events, outdoor activities, community volunteering or part-time work, these types of athletes are special to college coaches. Coaches know that these prize recruits with multi-layered resumes will add far more to … Read more
College coaches usually don’t flock to Farmville, Va. The small, rural town is located 30 miles south of the Commonwealth’s geographic center, neatly tucked in between Lynchburg and Richmond. Some people might say, “You can’t get there from here.” If you are a high school athlete seeking college exposure, a college coach might be quickly … Read more
The right fit is a big deal for college prospects. Fortunately, the NCAA allows prospects to go on an unlimited number of unofficial visits. In turn, they should go on as many as possible. However, prospective D-I student-athletes can’t start going on unofficial visits until September 1 of their junior year in high school. There’s … Read more
During her early childhood in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Dana Bell couldn’t stand on her own two feet. She sustained four broken ankles. She underwent ankle reconstruction. She was in and out of casts for more than a year. She required three months of intense physical therapy. And she had to be wheeled around kindergarten in a … Read more
Heat can devastate young athletes unaccustomed to performing in high temperatures. Especially at risk are athletes working out or playing for extended periods in facilities without air conditioning such as school gymnasiums or when practicing or playing under the direct sun. While recent statistics are unavailable, it has become all too commonplace to hear of young athletes … Read more
