Parents can repel college coaches, for sure. Every community has them. Nobody wants them. Hovering over practices, games, matches, meets and scrimmages, they cast a dark cloud wherever they go. They bug the heck out of coaches, organizations, officials, other parents, and even the kids. It is a shame, really, because sports should be fun for … Read more
“Do your job!” This is something football fans are accustomed to hearing from two of the sport’s preeminent coaches. “Do your job” reminds even the best Both the New England Patriots and Alabama Crimson Tide head coaches, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, respectively, repeat this mantra over and again to their teams. Apparently, it works, … Read more
The best coaches are unquestionably unique individuals. Likewise, they are distinctive in the way they approach their sport and their athletes. Many never played sports competitively beyond high school. Most teach, or taught, classes other than physical education. Yet to a person, they have a fire burning internally which fuels their drive to coach and … Read more
Coach Geno Auriemma has some serious things to say to the parents of high school-age athletes. Coach Auriemma sits alone at the top of women’s college basketball. Despite the UConn Huskies suffering a historic upset to Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I women’s basketball semi-finals, Auriemma undoubtedly remains one of the most revered … Read more
The NCAA has instituted an innovative way to assist D-III athletes through the NCAA Eligibility Center. What is the NCAA Eligibility Center? From its inception, the NCAA’s Eligibility Center, formerly known as the NCAA Clearinghouse, has been where Division I (D-I) and Division II-bound (D-II) high school student-athletes have gone to have their academic records … Read more
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), is a collegiate athletics organization of small athletic programs dedicated to character-driven student-athletes. Some basic things separate the NAIA from the NCAA, and other organizations. The most significant difference between the organizations is the NAIA summer recruiting showcases. The NAIA summer showcases are one-day recruiting events that help high school … Read more
College is where life begins, are you choosing the right school for you? It’s important to be careful and thoughtful when deciding where you want to go to college. Besides degree programs, academic success, and finances, it’s vital that athletes take into consideration what’s going to prepare you to start your adult life. Sometimes with … Read more
National Scouting Report has continued its expansion in helping international athletes pursue their education and athletic careers in college. Typically, an international athlete has to choose between academics an athletics. How to be an International Athlete However, in the United States, that isn’t the case. If you have the abilities to play in college, you can work … Read more
Coaches are looking ahead when it comes to recruiting. Many are looking four or five years ahead and evaluating athletes, from afar, before they can contact them. There is a nearly unrecoverable mistake most families make in recruiting. They wait too late to start the process. They think they are already in, but they aren’t. … Read more
Club volleyball tryouts are over and teams have been made. Every player is excited to start practice with her new team because this will be the year she will be recruited, or will it? We see and hear it over and over again. “My daughter plays club volleyball so she will get seen. Her club … Read more
