Parents of high school athletes too frequently don’t know they need recruiting help. The simple reason? They misinterpret coaches. This is a key error and can lead to embarrassment and lost dreams for the entire family. It can be avoided if parents learn how college recruiting really works. The signs for when families need recruiting … Read more
Playing sports in college is a great experience. Take it from someone who has been there. But the odds of earning an athletic scholarship are not very high. NCAA Facts According to the NCAA, there are 346 Division I colleges or universities. There are 6,552 teams at the Division I level with roughly 178,178 Division … Read more
There are a lot of things athletes who are starting their collegiate careers need to know. One important aspect of collegiate athletics is strength training. Lifting weights and running sprints shouldn’t be new concepts for athletes; most probably do either or both of these things on a regular basis. However, collegiate strength training becomes an … Read more
A cardinal sin made by parents of young athletes hoping to play at the college level is presuming there is no harm in waiting to be recruited. National Scouting Report scouts get glaring evidence of this each day with announcements across the country of freshman and sophomore athletes committing to colleges or coaches making scholarship offers to … Read more
Navigating the NCAA Eligibility Center is a crucial part of the college recruiting process. Typically, it’s also the most stressful for athletes and their families because the NCAA takes it very seriously and it plays a huge role in becoming a college athlete. We’ve decided to break down the NCAA Eligibility Center’s significance and hopefully … Read more
There is a very real disease in the recruiting world. Over the years, hundreds and thousands of high school athletes have become ill with this dreaded disease. Unfortunately, in many cases, the athlete’s recruiting suffers and DIES from this awful sickness. It is D1-itis! D1-itis starts when a high school athlete’s parents begin talking about … Read more
There is no easy answer to the question, “are multi-sport athletes better than single sport athletes?” Since there are many different opinions out there on the issue and every athlete is different; the simple answer is – it depends. Today, many professional athletes and coaches are speaking out about sports specialization. Football legends like Dabo … Read more
Unofficial visits to college campuses are one of the most important, helpful tasks prospects can do during high school. These key outings give prospects something they cannot glean from online virtual tours, admissions tour guides or chest-pounding alumni – an authentic, personal feel for a college campus. “Feel” tests Unofficial visits are baseline discovery missions, … Read more
NCAA Division III prospects have long felt shortchanged in not having an NCAA National Letter of Intent to sign. Forced to stand by as classmates and peers signed with Division I and Division II schools. It was uncomfortable, to say the least. Unfortunately, Division III prospects had nothing showing they had officially committed to their school. … Read more
The recruiting process is constantly changing, and the pressure college coaches and athletes go through is unreal. Not very long ago I was a collegiate athlete. And just a few years before that, I was a high school athlete weaving my way through the recruiting process. It was very challenging. There were many times I … Read more
