{"id":8076,"date":"2015-10-08T04:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2015-10-06T20:59:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T01:59:27","slug":"become-a-student-of-fundamentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/become-a-student-of-fundamentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental way to receive scholarship offers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brendan Kennedy is a college recruiter for National Scouting Report constantly looking for prospects with great fundamentals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What’s the first thing college coaches notice when scouting and evaluating a solid prospect?\u00a0 Athleticism.\u00a0 Second?\u00a0 Grasp of fundamentals.<\/p>\n

Coaches will tell you that athleticism is perhaps the highest,\u00a0desirable attribute.\u00a0 And when athleticism is coupled with a\u00a0great attitude, coaches swarm.\u00a0 But add sound fundamentals to that equation and what you have is the near-perfect prospect, and someone who gathers numerous scholarship offers.<\/p>\n

A prospect who can master the fundamentals reveals so much more about him or her.\u00a0 Dedication, hard work, personal pride\u00a0and\u00a0attention to detail come to mind.\u00a0\u00a0College coaches know this and search out those athletes who can\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0an uncommon desire to be excellent at what they do.<\/p>\n

All the hoopla we see in college and pro sports masks what goes into advancing to those levels of competition.\u00a0 Athletes in any sport do not arrive to those\u00a0heights without having diligently worked on fundamentals.\u00a0 Yes, athleticism, strength and speed can occasionally trump fundamentals, but that’s a rarity.\u00a0 Give a coach\u00a0someone who\u00a0time after time nails the minute fundamentals of his or her position and the coach will take that athlete anytime over the flashy\u00a0kid who\u00a0has trouble running a precise route or laying down the perfect bunt or dribbling through a double team or making a beautiful drop\u00a0shot.<\/p>\n

If you want to be\u00a0a college athlete, spend your time\u00a0perfecting the fundamentals of your position.\u00a0 Accept, too, that routine practice sessions aren’t enough.\u00a0 Film study of the best, extra drills outside of practice and focusing on the details are what it takes to be a legitimate contender for a college scholarship offer.<\/p>\n

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What’s the first thing college coaches notice when scouting and evaluating a solid prospect?\u00a0 Athleticism.\u00a0 Second?\u00a0 Grasp of fundamentals. Coaches will tell you that athleticism is perhaps the highest,\u00a0desirable attribute.\u00a0 And when athleticism is coupled with a\u00a0great attitude, coaches swarm.\u00a0 But add sound fundamentals to that equation and what you have is the near-perfect prospect, … 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":[255,29,225,256,56,222],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076"}],"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=8076"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8089,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8076\/revisions\/8089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}