{"id":7237,"date":"2013-03-11T18:25:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/?p=7237"},"modified":"2013-03-11T18:25:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T18:25:58","slug":"high-school-prospects-the-five-things-college-coaches-never-want-to-see-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/high-school-prospects-the-five-things-college-coaches-never-want-to-see-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"High school prospects: the five things college coaches never want to see happen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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High school athletes have a lot to prove to college coaches and not all of it happens during competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College coaches are forever whittling down their recruiting lists to zero in on the prospects that are good fits for their programs.\u00a0 We know that athleticism is paramount – you have to be athletically capable.\u00a0 We know that good grades are essential – you must qualify to be admitted to the coach’s college.\u00a0 And, we know that a prospect’s character carries more weight than ever – with jobs on the line risky recruits are undesirable.\u00a0 But what are the things that coaches absolutely not want to see when evaluating a prospect.\u00a0 Here are the top five:<\/p>\n

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  1. Poor work habits:<\/strong>\u00a0 Subpar work ethic in high school signals even bigger problems for a prospect once they enter\u00a0college.\u00a0 Without the ready influence of parents and the high school support system which prep athletes often enjoy, college freshmen are left to their own devices to consistently perform up to a coaching staff’s expectations and demands.\u00a0 When coaches learn that a high prospect has a habit of being late to practices, doesn’ t pay attention in film sessions, takes a play off\u00a0during a game and doesn’t\u00a0listen well or give 100% at practice, a red flag goes up that can end a promising college career before it ever starts.<\/li>\n
  2. Poor grades:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Lackluster\u00a0classroom performance\u00a0in high school\u00a0is often more telling and destructive in the college setting.\u00a0\u00a0It is a trend which college coaches have found very difficult to reverse, so why try?\u00a0 They would prefer to work with prospects that respect academics and can be depended upon to attend class and strive to excel academically.<\/li>\n
  3. Discipline problems:<\/strong>\u00a0 Most discipline problems\u00a0can be summed up as bad decision making.\u00a0 In college, with fewer personal restrictions on their time, there is ample opportunities to make bad choices.\u00a0 If prospects have not made good decisions in high school, there is little reason to\u00a0think that they make better ones in college.<\/li>\n
  4. Disrespect for others:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0From the way an athlete communicates with officials,\u00a0their coaches and teammates to how they interact with their\u00a0families, college coaches\u00a0want to recruit and offer scholarships to those prospects that have a healthy, mature and positive\u00a0view and relationship with\u00a0those around them.\u00a0 Fights, on and off the court, profane language and ignoring others are all signs of disrespect and coaches notice.\u00a0 The\u00a0freedom that\u00a0comes along with college\u00a0life\u00a0puts athletes in the spotlight.\u00a0 Those prospects that have shown the abilility to properly respect the people they come into contact with and avoid controversy are the ones coaches can trust to repeat\u00a0that\u00a0behavior\u00a0on and around a college campus.<\/li>\n
  5. Me-first Attitude:\u00a0<\/strong> College coaches understand that top high school athletes are given a lot of attention and that in contests are expected to be the center of attention.\u00a0 But when high school athletes fail to appreciate his or her teammates’ contributions and are primarily focused on their own stats and promotion, college coaches are less likely to want them as part of their program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    College coaches are forever whittling down their recruiting lists to zero in on the prospects that are good fits for their programs.\u00a0 We know that athleticism is paramount – you have to be athletically capable.\u00a0 We know that good grades are essential – you must qualify to be admitted to the coach’s college.\u00a0 And, we … 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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237"}],"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=7237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7240,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237\/revisions\/7240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}