About Alan Parham

The Next Few Weeks Will Provide Answers to Shaky Questions Across the BCS Board All the hype surrounding the upcoming Alabama-LSU matchup is legitimate.  It will be the first ever 1 versus 2 head-to-head clash between SEC football programs in the regular season, at least at this late stage of the season.  So, that alone makes the game … Read more

DI Members Will Be Pinched to Make it Happen, Though  It’s coming, finally. News has hit the street that NCAA embattled president Mark Emmert is making preparations to deliver a proposal to NCAA DI institutions that they increase the amount of athletic grants by two thousand dollars to “to more closely approach the full cost of … Read more

Researchers Are Grasping for Answers as Law Enforcement Jumps in to Help We don’t really know enough, yet, about synthetic marijuana, otherwise known as K2 or Spice, but the early indicators are that the substance contains ingredients which are having a devastating effect on consumers that ingest it. Law enforcement around the United States are … Read more

College Coaches Want Mature Recruits   There is no way around it, as an athlete and college prospect you will make mistakes. Sometimes they will be innocuous and have little or no impact on a contest. Other times, your miscues will hold more significance. One might even result in you or your team losing. Regardless, they will … Read more

The “D” Word Is a Mess On the Hands of Parents That Let It Happen Every week we are hearing it happening in high school across the land.  It’s a shameless action taken by an immature prep athlete.  In life it would be called going back on one’s word.  In recruiting it’s called decommitting.  Heck, look … Read more

NSR Is On the Ground with Our Clients Each day we get stories in about current and former NSR prospects who are doing the right things in their sport and in the classroom.  And nothing could make us more proud. At NSR we take the time to actually scout high school talent.  We get to know them … Read more

Game Performance Doesn’t Tell a Coach Everything Every college coach wants athleticism, right?  Naturally, but what else do they REALLY want to see from prospects they evaluate in person?  We have the answers: High energy, strong effort and focus during pre-game drills.   High school athletes are bent toward approaching pre-game drills nonchalantly.  College coaches notice … Read more

Staying In Shape Year Round Is a Must for the High School Prospect Panting like you’re on Biggest Loser.  Hands on knees and hips.  Glazed-over eyes.  Depleted strength.  Low energy. These are all signs of poor conditioning. And, college coaches notice. Prospects that want to make a lasting impression on college coaches have to take year … Read more

But First, Know Where You Stand and How to Reverse Course Oops!  What they said would happen just hasn’t come true, right?  “Wait, the coaches will find you.”  “Don’t worry, I know somebody in the athletic department.”  “As part of our club team, we’ll get your name out to colleges.”  Sound familiar?  Well, old habits die hard, but these are … Read more

Your Will to Succeed Faces a Daily Battle with the Gravitational Pull of Being Average The prep prospects that excel in college are those who create an uncompromising environment of success while still in high school.  They establish a pattern which carries them through the dog days of being a college freshman and into a solid college … Read more