Former North Florida Star Is Living Her Lifelong Dream National Scouting Report 2003 alum, Lisa Taylor, didn’t have far to go to hook up with NSR as a high school soccer player at Spruce Creek High in Daytona, Fla. As it turns out, she was a good friend of the oldest daughter of NSR veteran … Read more
Assume Nothing and Make Certain the Company and Its People Are Really Serving You When you elect to use a scouting service, do your homework. There are several basic things any recruiting service worth its salt should be capable of doing for you as a client. Before signing a contract or assuming that these items … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit is arguably the nation’s top college football analyst as well as one of the sport’s best color commentators. He’s also an Ohio State alum who has never been bashful about his allegiance to the Buckeyes and the state of Ohio. Having played football and served as the Buckeye’s team captain as a senior … Read more
Getting Angry Easily or Being Too Hard on Yourself Can Ruin Your College Future A college coach can be watching at anytime. You never know. So, when you make a mistake, what do you do? Throw your helmet, a towel or a fit? Do you hang your head and mutter under your breath? When you do these things, what’s a coach supposed to think? … Read more
It’s All Really a Matter of Economics College coaches are required to squeeze as much out of a dollar as possible. What does that have to do with them rarely going to high school games? Let me explain it this way: If I said that you would win a prize for bringing me the most rubber duckies, … Read more
Gaudy Numbers Make Taylor High Shortstop an Obvious Choice Her credentials are eye-popping: A junior shortstop, for the week Kayla Drury batted .600 with six runs scored, six steals and four RBIs as her school, Taylor (FL) High improved to 6-2 on the young season. Through all games to date, Kayla was hitting at an impressive .593 clip to go … Read more
The Next Few Years Will Be the Most Interesting and Influential of Your Life There is a full-length feature film being made at this moment. No one has any idea if it will be a box office hit or a flop. And, the only the person who can manipulate the outcome is you…because it’s a movie … Read more
Shooting Guard Garners Post-season Honors for Third Straight Year Former NSR basketball prospect, Lenoir-Rhyne’s Cameron Sealey has been named to the 2010-11 All-South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball First Team. Cameron was second in the conference in scoring (17.9 ppg) this season and led the Bears in free throw percentage (.801), steals (50) and three-pointers made (49) in 2010-11. A … Read more
Pressure. That’s what paralyzed and kept Ohio State head football coach, Jim Tressel, from coming forward last April with information about two of his prized players having sold memorabilia to a Columbus, Ohio, pawn shop owner. In failing to comply with NCAA rules, Coach Tressel proved that even guys that wear sweater vests will compromise their principles in exchange … Read more
Time Ticks On As You Wait for Something to Happen…Move It! Sitting on the sideline probably never worked for you, right? Playing second fiddle, bringing up the rear, taking a back seat…whatever you want to call it, you have always tried to avoid these predicaments if at all possible. Sure, when you were younger, the … Read more
