{"id":3947,"date":"2011-05-05T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T21:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2011-05-05T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T21:07:23","slug":"sophomore-jimmy-kodet-getting-attention-with-nsrs-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/sophomore-jimmy-kodet-getting-attention-with-nsrs-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomore Jimmy Kodet Getting Attention with NSR’s Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

2013 Grad from Michigan Playing at a High Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jimmy Kodet is now getting on college recruiting boards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coach Rodney Palmer knew he had a special kid when he first saw\u00a0the 6’6″ \u00a0Jimmy Kodet enter the gym.\u00a0 The lanky forward tried out for the Williamston High (Mich) varsity squad, but because Coach Palmer had a senior-laden squad, he was unsure if Jimmy would see sufficient playing time to help him improve significantly.\u00a0 Jimmy showed brief signs of being a contributor, but his play was inconsistent.\u00a0 Still, the coach determined that playing against seniors each day in practice and having the chance to coach Jimmy up might pay off in the end for both the team and the inexperienced sophomore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By the end of the 2010-2011 season, one which saw the team advance deep into the state playoffs, Jimmy had become the first reserve off the bench and had even earned a starting role in several key contests.\u00a0 Although the stat sheet failed to adequately reflect Jimmy’s contributions, Coach Palmer was convinced then, as he is now, that the young Mr. Kodet had a very bright future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hearing that Coach Palmer was also an NSR Area Director, Jimmy’s parents, Jeff and Robin, approached the coach about the possibility of enrolling their son with National Scouting Report.\u00a0\u00a0 A brief, but casual conversation after the season ended led to an in-home appointment where\u00a0 Coach\u00a0Palmer\u00a0put on his NSR hat and\u00a0interviewed Jimmy in depth about his athletic and academic accomplishments as well as his dreams for the future.\u00a0 An accomplished high jumper on the Williamston track team, Coach Palmer wanted to determine where Jimmy’s true love rested.\u00a0 It was basketball, so the Kodets made the commitment to put Jimmy in NSR’s Elite Program.<\/p>\n

When we interviewed the Kodet’s for this story,\u00a0Jeff Kodet said that as busy parents with no experience in college recruiting, they knew that they needed professional help in getting their son’s profile and tape into the hands given the tremendous scholarship competition Jimmy was already facing as a sophomore.\u00a0 Describing\u00a0their son\u00a0as a outgoing, friendly, kindhearted kid, Jeff said all that changes when Jimmy hits the basketball floor when he turns into a beast of a basketball player.\u00a0 Seeing his potential but unsure of where to turn,\u00a0Jeff said, “My wife and I are avid believers in hiring the right people to do the right job.\u00a0 After talking to Coach Palmer, it was clear to us that NSR was the right company to promote Jimmy to college coaches.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

After only a few weeks\u00a0of Jimmy being on the NSR Program,\u00a0Jeff\u00a0and\u00a0Robin knew they had made the correct decision for their son.\u00a0 So much so, in fact, that Jeff went to the coaches of\u00a0Jimmy’s travel team, the Michigan Mustangs, an Adidas-sponsored,\u00a0premier\u00a0AAU team, and suggested that they invite\u00a0Coach Palmer\u00a0to conduct a recruiting seminar for the club’s parents and players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We liken NSR’s involvement\u00a0as Jimmy having an agent in high school,”\u00a0explained Jeff.\u00a0 Although technically the NCAA\u00a0differentiates scouting services like NSR from professional\u00a0sports agents,\u00a0Jeff’s\u00a0made\u00a0his point.\u00a0\u00a0By continuously promoting Jimmy through\u00a0his 10-page Web site available to college coaches 24\/7,\u00a0monthly emails to\u00a0basketball coaches nationwide,\u00a0matching him\u00a0academically with regional colleges, and annually distributing four-color\u00a0brochures to targeted colleges and universities, Jimmy\u00a0and his parents are secure in the thought\u00a0that he\u00a0is being promoted aggressively to coaches from\u00a0the time of\u00a0enrollment until he makes a college commitment.\u00a0 And, he will have his personal, on-the-ground NSR scout, Rodney Palmer as a close advisor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2013 Grad from Michigan Playing at a High Level Coach Rodney Palmer knew he had a special kid when he first saw\u00a0the 6’6″ \u00a0Jimmy Kodet enter the gym.\u00a0 The lanky forward tried out for the Williamston High (Mich) varsity squad, but because Coach Palmer had a senior-laden squad, he was unsure if Jimmy would see … 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\/3947"}],"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=3947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}