Rochester Professor Finds Cumulative Effect of Football Collisions A study by Jianhui Zhong, a professor of imaging sciences and physics at the University of Rochester, has produced surprising as well as disturbing outcomes. A football player on the Rochester team, Jeff Bazarian, had experienced a mild concussion and Zhong thought that a test his department was using for other purposes called … Read more
These Six Things Will Put You in a Solid Position to be Evaluated Good grades. In today’s recruiting environment, the first things coaches go to are a prospect’s grades. Take care of your academic business. Include your core course GPA and any standardized test results. Without good grades your options will be limited. Club team involvement. After grades coaches want … Read more
Our Uniquely Effective Approach Has Made Us the Standard Bearer for 32 Years National Scouting Report (NSR) is the world’s oldest high school scouting organization. NSR scouts do most of the initial work for college coaches by identifying legitimate college prospects. We do not accept every prospect because our reputation rides on our ability to provide … Read more
Facing the Music Early Helps to Make the Recruiting Process Smoother Determining which level of competition you realistically fit is a necessary first step toward considering and eventually accepting scholarship offers. Over blowing your status in particular can easily result in missing solid scholarship opportunities. Parents, friends and high school, club or travel coaches, and … Read more
Jump Aboard Today for Updates on Recruiting and the NCAA Want to see how social media effectively works in college recruiting from the pros? Go to www.facebook.com/NationalScoutingReport and www.twitter.com/NSRnow to see our daily postings on current and former NSR prospects that are doing great things in high school and beyond. Keep up with Oklahoma Sooner starting and … Read more
Don’t Wait Another Day Do you want a college athletic scholarship? If yes, from the day you start in the ninth grade, your recruiting clock is ticking. So, what you do today counts. Either you are in the game or you are out of the game. Which are you? If you are in, are you getting results? Are coaches … Read more
Once You’re On the Big Board, You May Have to Push Yourself Up the Ladder Every college coach has a “white board.” For the uninformed, it’s where the top recruits are listed and it’s usually prominent in a college coach’s office. That white board is a constant reminder of who’s at the top of the … Read more
Put an Academic Plan Together to Cut Student Loans According to a report by National Public Radio, college “students are borrowing more money to pay for college than ever before. New data shows that students who graduated in 2010 carried 5 percent more debt than in the previous year. And education debt is expect to grow … Read more
This Four-Step Process is Consistent for Every College Athletic Prospect The road to winning a college athletic scholarship is a clear one. Four steps, that’s all it takes. But, it’s how you take those crucial steps that counts. First, you have to be recognized. No college coach can start recruiting you until he or she … Read more
It’s True, Choices Abound, but Only One Pick Will Get Real Results You want a college athletic scholarship. Your grades are good. Your competitive drive is strong. And, your will to reach your goals is focused. But, not enough colleges are showing you interest. You’re paddling upstream and don’t know how to change course. Thinking back, … Read more
