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
Hannah Towne had given up on scouting services! Then she met Sheila Thiery, a real life college scout for NSR. National Scouting Report is a college scouting and recruiting organization. Towne, a very talented volleyball player from Rochester, Indiana, was enrolled by her parents with a telemarketing scouting service, but something was awry – nothing … 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
NSR scouts see it in the eyes of nearly every prospect’s parents. We call it Sudden Panic Syndrome, or SPS, and it’s not pretty. And when it slams into parents like a 40-mile-an-hour head-on collision, everything in their world comes to an abrupt halt. Sudden Panic Syndrome is that moment when parents are suddenly, without … Read more
In this, the Golden Era of athletic recruiting, college coaches may as well be in a candy store that stocks only their favorite chocolate bar. They’ve never had it so good. Coaches are inundated with info from camps, clinics, combines, showcases, tournaments, emails, texts and snail mail. It is impossible for them to cover it all and … Read more
High school athletes all over the country and even world, dream of playing their sport in College. Sadly, many of these athletes will NEVER get recognized by colleges to begin their recruiting process. This lack of recognition does not necessarily reflect negatively on the individual athlete’s abilities but rather on the limitations of the colleges. … Read more
February 5th, Wednesday, will be a wild one in college recruiting. That’s the day most high profile football seniors will be inking their letters of intent with big time programs. But remember, please, that the actual signing period goes all the way to April 1, so there will still be a lot of pens touching paper after … Read more
The key to being recruited to play college athletics is building strong, positive relationships with coaching staffs. Sounds simple, right? But in reality, it’s tough to do. Why is it tough? Because you first have to be identified. And sending an email or a profile package to a college coach isn’t enough to get the job … Read more
NCAA DII, DIII, NAIA and JUCO are the best alternatives for unrecognized prospects High school seniors that are clamoring for attention from college coaches are seeing their chances dwindle as spring approaches. Especially those seniors without at college recruiting plan, you know, the ones who thought coaches would find them, are facing the possibility that their dream … Read more
