NSR is unique in that we have on-the-ground scouts whose first priority is to scout high school, travel and club events in a variety of sports. Scouting in person (on-the-ground) separates us from other so-called scouting organizations whose primary method of signing prospects is to purchase tournament books and then divy the rosters to what we call “cubicle … Read more

Zero In on the Schools Showing You Genuine Interest NSR prospects across the globe are attending summer college sports camps.  It’s an annual ritual which is both misunderstood and essential for high school prospects.  Of course, big college camps will be filled with aspiring prospects hoping to grab the attention of their favorite coaches and players.  These camps … Read more

Enforcement Organization Often Unfairly the Target of Derision It’s hard to understand why people rail on the NCAA as if it makes all the rules.  Member schools make the rules.  The NCAA’s job is to monitor and enforce those rules.  Yet, when a school is hammered for wrongdoing, it’s usually the NCAA that gets much of … Read more

Coaches Sometimes Forget Where They Came From Ego?  Eh, maybe.   Certainly, in some instances, we know of college coaches that would rather cut an ear off Van Gogh-style than admit that someone outside their office put them onto a legitimate prospect.  It doesn’t make much sense, but that’s the way it is.  An NSR scout recently … Read more

No One Wants to Own the Failure Literally thousands of deserving senior prep athletic prospects, freshly graduated from high school, will not realize their dreams of playing college sports this coming fall.  Sad, isn’t it?  All the work, time, effort and money invested in this crucially important dream and nothing to show for it in terms of a scholarship … Read more

NSR 2012 softball prospect, Emily Davis, from Newton County High School in Decatur, MS, has been named 2011 Miss Softball Mississippi by The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS).  She also was named to the MHSAA first team All-State.  Emily led her team to a state championship while hitting .504 with eight home runs and an 18-0 pitching record.  The … Read more

Water During the Game, Sport Drink Aferward Listening to JOX FM 94.5 in Birmingham today, they had a doctor as their afternoon guest.  He was talking about staying hydrated during all the heat we have now and can expect the next several months.   I thought about changing the channel, but instead decided to listen in for a … Read more

Your Mind Will Get Lazy If You Don’t Keep It In Shape First, let me admit out front that I have absolutely no scientific evidence to back up this claim, but from experience of watching thousands of high school athletes during the last 10  summers, it is my opinion that your mind can definitely get … Read more

Good Grades Lead to More Looks Think good grades aren’t a big deal?  Think again.  College coaches can admire your athletic abilities from afar, but if you don’t have the necessary grades to be admitted to their schools, far away is as close as you will come to getting a scholarship offer.  Coaches are tuned into good grades for other reasons, … Read more

And they said it couldn’t get worse.  Two months ago we predicted darker days were ahead when Jim Tressel’s unfortunate version of the truth was being challenged by the media and the NCAA.  Exposed emails communicating Tressel’s apparent knowledge of the scenarios in question and the subsequent, alleged cover-up have taken the once proud program deeper into no-man’s land.  … Read more