David Payne was a logger by trade and he had carved out a nice livelihood for himself, wife Juanita and two daughters in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The first time I saw David was in 2004 and it wasn’t in the woods or at a sawmill. We met one another at a high … Read more
Lost in the din of packed stadiums and arenas coast to coast is the simple yet irrefutable fact that student-athletes must remain academically eligible to participate in college athletics. And as time goes on and NCAA rules stiffen regarding initial eligibility for incoming freshmen as well as for athletes already enrolled, everyone finally may be … Read more
Laura Allen was a single parent of three and a school teacher when I met her as an NSR scout. It’s an experience I’ll never forget. Having seen me at several of her middle daughter’s basketball games, Laura had asked around about me and had discovered what I did for a living. Someone told her … Read more
Twelve years of being a student, four of those years navigating through high school and one as a high school senior. Ten thousand hours of classes, thousands of hours of homework, hundreds of hours of exams. Last, but certainly not least, countless hours of workouts, practices, and games. For some high school athletes, senior year … Read more
We are extremely proud to introduce Ernesto Ruiz Bry as NSR’s International Tennis Scout. As a former Davis Cup player for Argentina and personal coach to such professional players as Mary Jo Fernandez, Guillermo Vilas, Cedric Piolin, Ronaldo Agenor and Claudo Mezzadri along with Argentina’s number one junior player, Augustin Savarino, Florida’s top junior Simon … Read more
Having grown up in the 1970’s and 80’s, rock music was the dominant music genre for most social circles and the band Journey was definitely one of the bands at the forefront. In 1979 Journey released its album titled Evolution and here it is more than 35 years later and my current life has me … Read more
Welcome back to another school year! For high school student-athletes, that means another year of training, practices, games and college recruiting. If you’re a varsity athlete, hoping to play in college, you better understand the recruiting process. Recruiting is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – a small window of opportunity – and there are no second chances. … Read more
The first Wednesday of February, 2015 was an unbelievable day for the staff at National Scouting Report: Football. We were on watch duty for our kids that were to sign National Letters of Intent to play college football. The east coast athletes started the festivities and set the tone for the rest of the country. … Read more
April 3, 2015 Pocket Radar, Inc. is proud to announce an exclusive partnership with the National Scouting Report for the Ball Coach radar to become the “Official Radar Gun” for scouting and prospect evaluations. Together, Pocket Radar and NSR will continue to help players and scouts evaluate different areas of performance and abilities across all … Read more
Don’t forget to be a kid! I have been involved in sports for the majority of my life first as an athlete, then as a coach, and now as a scout. I have seen the landscape of athletics change since I was a kid. When I was a young athlete you played your sport locally … Read more
