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Get Scouted Scouting CareersIt’s All Really a Matter of Economics
College coaches are required to squeeze as much out of a dollar as possible. What does that have to do with them rarely going to high school games? Let me explain it this way: If I said that you would win a prize for bringing me the most rubber duckies, what approach would you take? Would you go to one bathtub after another hoping to find one rubber duckie at a time, or would you go with a net in hand to a pond where you knew there were hundreds of rubber duckies floating around? Well, that’s exactly what’s happening with recruiting.
High school games may have one, perhaps two prospects for a college coach to evaluate. But, that same coach can go to a travel ball tournament and see gobs of prospects to evaluate. Yet, a coach will spend the same amount of gas, meal money and time to get to, and staying at, one high school game as for a tournament. A coach would have to attend up to 20 or more high school games and spend a lot more money compared to attending one travel tournament. It’s economics at its most basic level — spend less to get more.
The second reason? Travel or club season is during coaches’ off seasons while high school seasons typically coincide with colleges’ regular season play. Coaches know that travel or club ball is where they most effectively identify and evaluate the most prospects, so that’s where they focus their attention and budget.
Third reason? College coaches are pinched for time throughout the year, but in the end, it is how a coach’s team performs that determines if a coach will retain his or her position at the school. So, put yourself in the coach’s shoes. Would you rather help your team improve and prepare for the next opponent, or skip practice to catch a high school game to see one or two prospects? That’s a no-brainer.
National Scouting Report is dedicated to finding scholarship opportunities for athletes who possess the talent, desire, and motivation to compete at the collegiate level. We’ve helped connect thousands of athletes with their perfect college.