{"id":1624,"date":"2010-10-14T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2010-10-14T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:25:18","slug":"its-the-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-of-cts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/its-the-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-of-cts\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s CTS More Beneficial for Coaches Than Legit Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You May Be Out There, but So is Everybody Else<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1641\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jordansnook11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1641\" title=\"jordansnook1\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jordansnook11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Added practices and games have more impact on improvement than better competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anybody will tell you that club and travel sports are where recruiting happens these days.\u00a0 But, that&#8217;s only a small part\u00a0of the story because it&#8217;s only partly true.\u00a0 There are truths about club\/travel sports (CTS) that you should know but probably don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Check out the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CTS are where most college coaches evaluate live talent<\/strong>, but surprisingly they (CTS) have not increased the\u00a0percentage of\u00a0prospects recruited\u00a0to play college sports.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 There are more college teams to fill roster spots and more kids are in the right place to be seen, but all in all only about 1 in 15 high school seniors, on average, go on to play college sports today.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the same percentage as in pre-CTS days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>College coaches only attend about 10% of all CTS events.<\/strong>\u00a0 Many coaches are faced with substantial budget cuts in the present economic downturn, so they are very picky about which tournaments they attend.\u00a0 They usually select the events which have a history of attracting high-level talent.\u00a0 If you or your team is signed up for what could be called second-tier tournaments, there is little likelihood that any college coaches will be there to evaluate talent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coaches do not\u00a0primarily attend CTS events to discover talent.<\/strong>\u00a0 While they may find a kid or two that catches their interest, college coaches walk through the gates of every tournament with a list of prospects they already know about and have conducted initial evaluations on.\u00a0 So, a coach&#8217;s primary goals at tournaments are to (A) verify in person what they have seen on video from a potential recruit, (B) evaluate a prospect who they have heard about from other college coaches, (C) let kids they are actively recruiting see them at their games to further enhance their relationship.\u00a0 For coaches, discovering talent for the first time is a bonus, but they do not count on that happening.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CTS do improve players&#8217; abilities,<\/strong> but not specifically because of\u00a0the competition they face.\u00a0 Instead,\u00a0improvement happens because of the additional\u00a0coaching, repetitions and experience\u00a0gained from\u00a0more practice and games played.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Being a part of CTS\u00a0gives you\u00a0only a\u00a0slightly better opportunity to be recruited<\/strong> to play college sports than if you only played\u00a0high school ball, that is unless college coaches know ahead of time that you will be playing in an event and attend especially to evaluate your performance in person.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>CTS are only beneficial to\u00a0athletes in terms of recruiting if<\/strong>, and only if, college coaches have learned about\u00a0you beforehand and have had the opportunity to evaluate you by analyzing your profile and video.\u00a0 Otherwise, you are only serving to provide a\u00a0competitive\u00a0environment for the prospects coaches are there to really see.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1655\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-evaluating-talent3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1655\" title=\"coach evaluating talent\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coach-evaluating-talent3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coaches can now do most initial evals from their office computers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are so many recruiting options for college coaches these days.\u00a0 The enormous number of CTS tournaments has created excellent opportunities to evaluate more high school talent than ever before.\u00a0 That&#8217;s all fine and good for the coaches, but where does it leave you, the kid who really has the desire to play collegiate sports.\u00a0 You&#8217;d think the increase in tournaments has helped, but for the athletes\u00a0wanting to attract\u00a0attention, it is now actually more difficult.\u00a0\u00a0How&#8217;s that, you ask?\u00a0 Whereas\u00a0a few years back nearly\u00a0all the players in club or travel\u00a0events\u00a0had rosters full of legit\u00a0prospects, the overflow of\u00a0teams and players has added trees to the forest.\u00a0 With the exception of the traditionally elite level tournaments, most CTS events are little more than traveling youth leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, that puts considerable pressure on serious prep athletes.\u00a0 Since college coaches rarely, if ever, scout high school games,\u00a0the better athletes are no longer\u00a0able to stand out as prominently.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not because of a lack of talent mind you, but because of the numbers involved which adds a new dimension, and problem, to the kids&#8217; objective of\u00a0being\u00a0noticed, evaluated and recruited.\u00a0\u00a0At most\u00a0CTS events, there are hundreds of athletes playing, most of whom\u00a0either do not want to play college sports or will\u00a0never be evaluated by a college coach.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Coaches\u00a0don&#8217;t attend the minor CTS events they are signed up\u00a0for whether called a showcase or not.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1656\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/female-coach-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1656\" title=\"female coach 3\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/female-coach-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coaches go to CTS events to see a prospect they know about, not to discover talent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here, then, is the bottom line:\u00a0 you can no longer logically count on the CTS vehicle as an open pathway to a scholarship.\u00a0\u00a0You\u00a0have\u00a0to\u00a0take additional, assertive steps to get in the recruiting mix.\u00a0 Otherwise, it is nearly impossible to be recruited.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, how do you get on the map?\u00a0 How do you convince a college coach that you&#8217;re worthy of their time and attention?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are options, proven ones, but some have a higher degree of success than others.\u00a0 The problem is which to choose?\u00a0 Which effective opton\u00a0do you commit to?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option 1:\u00a0 Do it yourself.\u00a0\u00a0Your success rate will be 10%.<\/li>\n<li>Option 2:\u00a0 Ask a coach to promote you.\u00a0 Your success rate will go up to 20%.<\/li>\n<li>Option 3:\u00a0 Call <strong>NSR <\/strong>today.\u00a0\u00a0 You will have a 90% chance of receiving an offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What makes sense to you?\u00a0 It&#8217;s your call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You May Be Out There, but So is Everybody Else Anybody will tell you that club and travel sports are where recruiting happens these days.\u00a0 But, that&#8217;s only a small part\u00a0of the story because it&#8217;s only partly true.\u00a0 There are truths about club\/travel sports (CTS) that you should know but probably don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Check out the &#8230; 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