{"id":4440,"date":"2011-07-18T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2011-07-18T07:51:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:51:50","slug":"drills-are-where-real-improvement-happens-for-college-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/drills-are-where-real-improvement-happens-for-college-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Drills Are Where Real Improvement Happens for College Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Self-evaluation Essential to Steadily Getting Better<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NSR volleyball prospect, Alisha Searinggen, knows that every drill can make her better if she works hard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suiting up and preparing for practice is\u00a0not the\u00a0most appealing thing to do for most high school athletes.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0work and there are no accolades to be had\u00a0at the end of the sweating and toiling part of sports.\u00a0 But,\u00a0a coach putting you through a series of repetitive drills is where an your skills are honed, day after day after day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When you go into practice with a nonchalant attitude, improving is unlikely.\u00a0\u00a0But, with a good frame of mind,\u00a0dramatic advancements can occur, even\u00a0in one session of no more than three reps.\u00a0\u00a0It’s\u00a0what’s between your ears that counts and the athletes which realize\u00a0this gain confidence and a competitive advantage not only in games, matches or meets, but\u00a0when compared to other athletes when college coaches are conducting their evaluations of potential recruits.<\/p>\n

You hear it every day, don’t you?\u00a0 “Let’s get better today!” shouts your coach.\u00a0\u00a0You’ve heard it so much that it has about as much punch as\u00a0your Mom saying, “Clean your room.”\u00a0 But, there’s plenty of merit to your coach’s call for\u00a0hunkering down and giving it\u00a0100 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forget about practice as a whole.\u00a0 Instead, try to\u00a0wrap your head around each\u00a0drill.\u00a0 What is your weakest, specific skill\u00a0relating to that drill?\u00a0\u00a0Poor footwork\u00a0or hand position,\u00a0lazy technique, inadequate speed, quickness or strength?\u00a0\u00a0Knowing yourself, admitting shortcomings and having a determination to shed the bad habits for better ones, these are the crucial aspects and challenges of your position.\u00a0 Each tiny skill must be perfected to play at the college level.\u00a0 And, it’s on\u00a0you to get there.\u00a0\u00a0So, get\u00a0there\u00a0one day at a time.<\/p>\n

Working hard\u00a0is\u00a0part and parcel to the successful athlete.\u00a0\u00a0Digging deep to discover new places\u00a0within yourself to find another ounce of effort, overcoming mental fatigue, pushing through the\u00a0muscle aches, tapping\u00a0into something inside yourself which\u00a0even you may\u00a0not have known\u00a0was there, and setting out each drill to vault yourself up another rung.\u00a0 It’s all your responsibility to yourself and your potential.\u00a0 Get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self-evaluation Essential to Steadily Getting Better Suiting up and preparing for practice is\u00a0not the\u00a0most appealing thing to do for most high school athletes.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0work and there are no accolades to be had\u00a0at the end of the sweating and toiling part of sports.\u00a0 But,\u00a0a coach putting you through a series of repetitive drills is where an … 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\/4440"}],"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=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}