{"id":13555,"date":"2017-01-18T04:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=13555"},"modified":"2017-01-17T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:11:45","slug":"usta-and-nsr-first-partnership-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/usta-and-nsr-first-partnership-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"USTA and NSR First Partnership of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Tennis Association and National Scouting Report partnered for the UTSA Southern Championships this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 and girl\u2019s tennis players from the 9 Southern States.<\/p>\n<p>256 of the best 16u tennis players traveled to Rome, Georgia this weekend to compete in the largest public tennis facility in the nation, the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College.<\/p>\n<p>NSR was the official scouting organization of the tournament and according to NSR\u2019s Director of Tennis, Tim Wilkison, NSR tennis scouts were out doing their thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDoing what we do connecting tennis players with college scholarship with opportunities to play tennis in college,\u201d said Wilkison. \u201cIt takes time to build athletic skills and build relationships with college coaches. That&#8217;s really what NSR helps athletes do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wilkison and the rest of the NSR tennis scouts are pleased with the caliber of athletes in Rome this weekend and look forward to telling college coaches they have found an athlete that fits their needs. They also want to make sure to stress to young tennis athletes that the recruiting process starts early and you must be prepared.<\/p>\n<p>If you couldn&#8217;t attend the USTA Southern Championship tournament and want to be play tennis in college, filling out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/athletes\" target=\"_blank\">Scout Me Form<\/a> is your first step to reaching your goals!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/how-to-get-recruited?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=button&amp;utm_campaign=blog-get-scouted-button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12126 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/get-scouted-300x47.png\" alt=\"get-scouted\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/get-scouted-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/get-scouted.png 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/career-application-location?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=button&amp;utm_campaign=blog-careers-button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12125 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/apply-now-300x47.png\" alt=\"apply-now\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/apply-now-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/apply-now.png 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: grey;\" \/>\n<h6 style=\"color: grey;\">PICKS FOR YOU<\/h6>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-3 col-xs-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/5-bad-habits-that-can-turn-off-college-coaches\/\"><img src=\"\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/bad-habits-FB.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>5 Bad Habits That Can Turn Off College Coaches<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-3 col-xs-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/3-mistakes-no-high-school-athlete-can-afford-to-make\/\"><img src=\"\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/3-mistakes-fb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>3 Mistakes No High School Athlete Can Afford To Make<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-3 col-xs-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/warning-parents-should-not-play-waiting-game\/\"><img src=\"\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/warning-feature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Warning: Parents Should Not Play Waiting Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-3 col-xs-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/d1-itis-the-dreaded-recruiting-disease\/\"><img src=\"\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/d1-feature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>D1-itis\u2026 The Dreaded Recruiting Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 and girl\u2019s tennis players from the 9 Southern States. 256 of &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/usta-and-nsr-first-partnership-of-2017\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":13566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,864,859],"tags":[10,11,29,31,877,56,57,599,222,79,94,118,988,230],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13555"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13567,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13555\/revisions\/13567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}