About Alan Parham 
Coaches are like piñatas being wildly swung at by blindfolded parents. “My son isn’t getting enough playing time.” “Her practices are terrible.” “He treats my kid like [bleep].” It goes on and on. But hindsight tells us that what happens to athletes — bad or good — is more telling in the future than in … Read more
College prospects should know that when they are practicing, they are honing their craft. We rarely think of sports in that vein, but it is time we do. The days have passed when athletics were played on sandlots, empty streets or vacant fields by unsupervised youngsters simply because they loved the game. Now kids are taking grounders, … Read more
Tabby Tindell is absolutely killing it in college. The former National Scouting Report soccer prospect was one of the nation’s top high school players out of Trinity Catholic in Ocala, Florida. A four-year varsity starter, Tindell tallied an incredible 160 goals and 80 assists during her high school career. As a sophomore, she led the nation with 44 … Read more
High school athletes who want to be recruited go through three distinct phases. Orientation: Grades 9-10 High school student-athletes intent on advancing to the college level must initially cope with the jump in competition from youth to high school and more competitive club or travel sports. It’s no easy jump for a majority of athletes. Most … Read more
Every athlete has seen the corrective stare at some point. Coaches across the spectrum of athletics will level one at an athlete when their hot buttons are pushed. It could be due to lack of effort, forgetting a simple instruction, missing or ignoring a signal, or just doing something inane. Whatever the reason, the universally feared … Read more
National Scouting Report always has been America’s No. 1 college recruiting organization. And for prospects, parents and high school, club or travel coaches looking for proof of that bold statement, there is plenty of evidence to back up NSR’s motto as “The World’s Recruiting Authority.” Some experts have called NSR a boutique scouting service because … Read more
No family is perfect. No team is perfect, either. It is how teams work through and around their dysfunction that matters. Like families with divergent interests, values and beliefs, teams can be hard work if they truly want to stay intact. At National Scouting Report, our scouts watch prospects every day at games, matches, meets, … Read more
Team captains can be great or they can be off-the-charts bad. As a new school year approaches, high school seniors, and some juniors, will be elected or selected to captain their teams. Some take it seriously. Others take it too seriously. That’s not good. A few years back, I was working with a National Scouting … Read more
Parents of college prospects fall into three distinct groups. As a National Scouting Report scout, I’ve gone into many homes to interview prospects. I can confidently say that their parents fall into one of three categories regarding recruiting and recruiting rules: Those who know nothing. Those who think they know something. Those who think they … Read more
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