{"id":3877,"date":"2011-04-25T06:57:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T12:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2011-04-25T06:57:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T12:57:40","slug":"advancement-is-in-the-details-for-high-school-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/advancement-is-in-the-details-for-high-school-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancement is in the Details for High School Recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prospects Are Competing with Others with Solid Fundamentals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jocelyn-Barnmess.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jill-Duran.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3885\" title=\"Jill Duran\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jill-Duran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a>Watching videos of the recent NFL combines,\u00a0 it was very impressive to watch players at every position go through timed and fundamental drills for pro scouts.\u00a0 Seldom would a participant sacrifice form for speed.\u00a0 Their focus on the smallest details of their position should send a message to high school prospects wanting to take the step up into college athletics &#8212; advancement is in the details.<\/p>\n<p>Brute strength, foot speed and quickness are all essential in\u00a0college sports.\u00a0\u00a0Rarely do\u00a0athletes succeed without possessing\u00a0these\u00a0key characteristics.\u00a0\u00a0Yet, what tends to catch the attention of a college coach\u00a0during their evaluations is\u00a0a prospect&#8217;s ability to\u00a0consistently execute the\u00a0nuts and bolts of\u00a0their position &#8212; footwork, hand position, body control, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>College coaches know that\u00a0coaching is all about teaching and motivating\u00a0athletes to push the limits of their abilities.\u00a0\u00a0But,\u00a0coaches\u00a0prefer to\u00a0recruit prospects whose first days, if not years, of practice aren&#8217;t filled with the most basic instructions.\u00a0 Yes, the fundamentals are always stressed and practiced.\u00a0 Still, there is a difference between a\u00a0fundamentally sound freshman athlete and\u00a0one whose athleticism far exceeds his or her\u00a0comprehension of how to perform at\u00a0the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicate time each practice session to the most basic aspects of your position.\u00a0 Focus on fundamentals time after time after time.\u00a0 When they are second nature to you in game situations, push yourself to be the very best at what you do.<\/p>\n<p>At NSR, we look for high school athletes with sound fundamentals.\u00a0 We know that if we represent an athlete that coaches single them out as having the skills to advance.\u00a0 Our prospects get offers because we actually scout and enroll only the ones who can demonstrate next-stage abilities which less dedicated athletes take for granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prospects Are Competing with Others with Solid Fundamentals Watching videos of the recent NFL combines,\u00a0 it was very impressive to watch players at every position go through timed and fundamental drills for pro scouts.\u00a0 Seldom would a participant sacrifice form for speed.\u00a0 Their focus on the smallest details of their position should send a message &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/advancement-is-in-the-details-for-high-school-recruits\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877"}],"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=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}