NSR scout Ken Carlyle has truly experienced an incredible journey. A high-school, two-sport phenom from Memphis, Tennessee, Carlyle was highly recruited in both baseball and basketball coming out of Briar Crest Christian High School. If that school’s name rings a bell, rightfully so. A few years after Ken graduated along came a young offensive lineman … Read more
Take two essential ingredients out of a recipe and it’s ruined. Everybody knows that. But the back story is that you’ve wasted your valuable time and hard-earned money in the process. You can compare cooking to recruiting. Don’t laugh. I’m about to make my point, so stay with me. There is a recipe and then … Read more
National Scouting Report and youth coaches are a perfect match. Coaches are challenged every day, every practice and every game to teach their athletes fundamentals, game tactics and overall team strategies. Those things alone take up nearly all their time. In fact, most people would wilt under the work required to develop individual skills, teach … Read more
National Scouting Report, America’s largest on-the-ground high school scouting organization, is pleased to announce an exclusive, long-term partnership with Pocket Radar, the world’s only pocket-sized speed radar device. “NSR is thrilled to be partners with Pocket Radar,” said Robert Cagle, NSR Vice President of Public Relations. “Pocket Radar CEO Steve Goody is a visionary thinker. … Read more
Connections can only take you but so far in today’s recruiting environment. No one knows that truth better than Marty Hurney. See, few people on the American sports scene have the depth of football connections Hurney enjoys. It would not be much of a stretch to say he knows nearly every college and pro head football … Read more
College prospects love nothing better than wearing sharp, comfortable gear. Same goes for college scouts. At the recent NSR Video Combine Series held at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, NSR scouts were proudly decked out in their new 3N2 sports gear. From caps to shoes, 3N2 coaching togs made NSR scouts stand out. And … Read more
Everyone should be so lucky as to sit in a room full of new NSR scouts in training. With our home office team pouring over 1,000-plus candidates monthly, a daunting task to be sure, just being chosen makes them singularly qualified. Like with our prospects, NSR is not an open enrollment company for aspiring scouts. … Read more
Former National Scouting Report football prospect John Youngblood was recently awarded the 2016 Chucky Mullins Courage Award at the University of Mississippi. Youngblood, a redshirt senior defensive end, was selected from among several veteran defensive players by head coach Hugh Freeze and the Ole Miss coaching staff as the player who best exemplifies Mullins’ courage and … Read more
You may ask yourself, “What does an NSR athlete look like?” Over the years, I have been asked, “What does it take to be a scout for NSR?” National Scouting Report is made up of CHAMPIONS! The graphics seen in this post are 100-percent real. In fact, the rings pictured come from current NSR athletes, … Read more
Does size matter in softball recruiting? Absolutely! But it’s not the “be all, end all.” In college recruiting, we call it “the box.” Does a kid fit “into the box” as per her position, etc.? There are some coaches who recruit by the box, and some coaches who believe “it’s not how big they are, but … Read more
