About Alan Parham

In college athletic recruiting, everything depends on first being recognized and evaluated by college coaches.  Nothing else truly matters to an aspiring high school athlete if these first two critical steps have not happened. Signing periods are looming.  The NCAA early signing period is only two months away.  Not all seniors will sign, or can … Read more

Across America high school athletes have been sweating their hearts out.  For weeks now, they have been humping it in pre-season conditioning workouts, drills, practices and scrimmages in anticipation of what historically is the most exciting time for prep athletics – fall sports.  With last year’s seniors graduated, as fans our spirits are renewed by the upcoming group.  … Read more

If there is a common thread which runs through the minds and hearts of high school prospects that NSR represent, it has to be the athletes’ immeasurable optimism.  Their deep-seeded belief that they will succeed in their efforts to secure a college athletic scholarship offer is the engine which drives NSR scouts to help these … Read more

Ten years ago, college coaches were just getting computers installed in their offices.  Emails were a novelty.  Digitized videos were a faraway thought.  Personal Web sites were emerging technology.  Smart phones and tablets?  Non-existent.  But that was then, as they say. Today coaches can link to prospects and their information more readily than ever.  Athletes’ profiles … Read more

Two outside forces are major contributors to today’s high school athletes having to demonstrate a high level of maturity to college coaches.  The spate of troublesome behavior by college athletes having run afoul of the law and the proliferation of technology in recruiting are putting the pressure on young aspiring college athletes to be more … Read more

Flippin’ a bat.  Flippin’ a cap.  Flippin’ a towel.  You name it and flippin’ gets a high school athlete into hot water with college coaches. We scout alongside college coaches every day at tournaments, matches, meets, showcases, combines and camps.  And the conversation often abruptly turns to an athlete that does something inane like flippin’ a piece … Read more

We’re in the middle of summer now and our biggest concern for the athletes we work with and advise is dehydration.  Because the athletes we represent to college coaches have to be in peak condition at club and travel events as well as during workouts, combines, showcases and camps, we constantly harp on the need … Read more

Okay, here’s the scene.  Let’s say for a moment that I am a college coach.  Three packages, or emails, say, arrive on my desk.  I will open them in order, but which will be first, second and then last, and why in that order? Time?  It’s a precious commodity and I don’t have much of it.  So, identifying … Read more

Here’s a tip worth paying close attention to:  If you are a high school prospect, at any grade, get in the recruiting process now.  Waiting has no advantages.  None.  Nada.  Zilch.  Got it? Put it this way – what’s the harm in jumping in early? So, what is it we know that you don’t know?  … Read more

Following a stellar high school career at Oak Grove High School in Alabama, Kori Benson chose to attend Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, AL.  She declined several offers from NCAA and NAIA schools because Kori wanted to show high level DI programs that she had what it takes to play with the best in … Read more