National Scouting Report is your reliable, accurate source for NCAA rules. Today we will cover three new softball rules. This season the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-12 and Southeastern conferences are mandated to experiment with three new pace-of-play rules during conference play, but only during the regular season. All other conferences, regardless of division, may … Read more
Recruiting envelopes are the unseen, little-known keys to prospects’ future. They are imaginary, yes, but nonetheless, every high school prospect has four of them. They arrive on Day One of the prospect’s freshman year. Choices, choices. The question at hand? Which one will they open and which ones will they ignore? These envelopes are sealed. … Read more
The United States Tennis Association and National Scouting Report partnered for the UTSA Southern Championships this past weekend. The event is the first of the USTA, NSR partnership that will continue throughout 2017. The tournament included some of the best 16 and under boys’ and girl’s tennis players from the 9 Southern States. 256 of … Read more
American sports fans will witness a phenomenon over the next two decades. Athletics at every level of competition will soar with youth sports leading the way. At no time in history will we have seen the number of stellar performances by high school athletes. Evaluating high-school-age prospects gives NSR scouts binoculars into the future. What we are … Read more
Dear Prospect, Who is working for you in recruiting today? And, what are they doing for you? Those are two questions you should ask yourself every day. Nothing is more important to your athletic future. You are competing with thousands of athletes for the scholarship offer you want so badly. And when you are in … Read more
The American Football Coaches Association hosts a national convention every year with the goal to improve football coaches through education, interaction, and networking. This convention is one of the largest networking events for college football, with more than 6000 coaches attending the four-day event every second week in January. This year, like every year, National Scouting Report … Read more
The West Coast volleyball world will revolve around Oregon this weekend. NSR area director and volleyball vertical co-leader, Kari Chavez (Washington), will lead a strong contingency of NSR scouts at the Matt Hartner Memorial Volleyball Classic on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. This major tournament will host 232 teams in 18U … Read more
Coaches are looking ahead when it comes to recruiting. Many are looking four or five years ahead and evaluating athletes, from afar, before they can contact them. There is a nearly unrecoverable mistake most families make in recruiting. They wait too late to start the process. They think they are already in, but they aren’t. … Read more
Two of the best teams in college football will compete tonight for the title of national champion and three of those athletes were once National Scouting Report recruits. Alabama football players, O.J. Howard, Bradley Bozeman and Matt Womack will be playing in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship at 8:00 p.m. (ET) against No. … Read more
Prospects and parents are ill-prepared for the realities of college recruiting. They enter excited about all the attention they will get from coaches. They can’t wait to see their athlete’s website go live. They are itching to tell their friends that they are being represented by NSR, the number one scouting organization in the world. … Read more
