“We are very excited,” NSR president Rusty Rigney said. “The kids love it. The families love it. The coaches love it. We have received lots of positive feedback about the look and ease.”<\/p>\n NSR wasted no time marketing “Evolution” to college coaches. Several national directors, area directors and scouts manned an NSR booth last week at the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) convention<\/a> in Atlanta. More than 100 college coaches stopped by the booth for demonstrations.<\/p>\n “The coaches loved it,” Rigney said. “We pulled them into the booth and demonstrated all the new features. Then we put them to work [on the computer], so they could try everything out.”<\/p>\n Perhaps the biggest change is a new dashboard from which college coaches can save and track prospects they are interested in recruiting. Coaches can log in to the NSR web site to access prospect contact information immediately. In the past, contact information was only available to coaches through the prospects\u2019 regional searches and personal brochures. If coaches weren\u2019t on a prospect\u2019s list, they had to request contact information through NSR\u2019s corporate office in Alabaster, Ala.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve always wanted to protect the prospects\u2019 information, so we forced college coaches to contact us first,\u201d Rigney said. \u201cNow, we can protect the prospects\u2019 information without forcing the coaches to take that extra step.”<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still going to be very protective of the prospects\u2019 information. We will verify that the coaches work at a particular university before giving them access to our system.\u201d<\/p>\n Because college coaches are required to log in, NSR is able to track their activity on the web site. Through their recruiting organizers, prospects are able to track which coaches searched for them, who requested contact information, and who viewed their profiles and videos.<\/p>\n NSR also made radical changes to the prospects\u2019 personal brochures, replacing the old four-page version with a modern two-page version. Each brochure contains a Quick Response (QR) Code. Coaches are able to scan the QR code to watch a prospect\u2019s video. If a coach is logged in, he or she can print out the prospect\u2019s brochure, complete with contact information. Prospects are able to log in to their portals and print out unlimited brochures to take to tournaments, showcases and camps.<\/p>\n Prospects should have an easier time uploading photos to their NSR web pages and updating their online profiles. The new system includes auto-resizing — the same feature used by such popular sites as Facebook — that automatically adjusts photo sizes and retains quality. In addition, when prospects update their profiles, the new system allows NSR to move through the verification and security process more quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery day matters in recruiting,\u201d Rigney said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to delay the recruiting process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Scouting Report has evolved. After one year of planning, months of testing and a one-week trial period, NSR officially unveiled “Evolution” — an enhanced, user-friendly, interactive portal system \u2013 Monday afternoon. NSR\u2019s new state-of-the-art system includes: Tracking system for college coaches and NSR prospects. Redesigned, printer-friendly personal brochures. 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