College prospects love nothing better than wearing sharp, comfortable gear. Same goes for college scouts. At the recent NSR Video Combine Series held at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, NSR scouts were proudly decked out in their new 3N2 sports gear. From caps to shoes, 3N2 coaching togs made NSR scouts stand out. And … Read more
NSR scouts see it in the eyes of nearly every prospect’s parents. We call it Sudden Panic Syndrome, or SPS, and it’s not pretty. And when it slams into parents like a 40-mile-an-hour head-on collision, everything in their world comes to an abrupt halt. Sudden Panic Syndrome is that moment when parents are suddenly, without … Read more
Everyone should be so lucky as to sit in a room full of new NSR scouts in training. With our home office team pouring over 1,000-plus candidates monthly, a daunting task to be sure, just being chosen makes them singularly qualified. Like with our prospects, NSR is not an open enrollment company for aspiring scouts. … Read more
Hanna Laube has climbed to the top in Canadian youth volleyball. Recently named as a setter on the nation’s developmental program, Hanna is also making her mark in tournaments across the United States. Gold medals, top team finishes and championships are nothing strange to this 5-foot-10 junior standout from Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School … Read more
There is no denying it. Every prospect’s top nemesis? The clock. With a short four years to be recognized, evaluated, compared to other like athletes, and finally recruited, make campus visits, and perhaps offered, every tic-toc of the clock counts. Those are a lot of things which need to happen. The less time a family has … Read more
Prospects have 10 seconds to grab a college coach’s attention. That’s all. Whether on paper, online or in person, athletes either reel them in or lose them, that’s right, in 10 short seconds. How’s that supposed to happen, you ask? I deserve more consideration than that, you say. Both are good points. Reality is reality … Read more
“Select company” carries special meaning for National Scouting Report senior baseball prospect Nathan James. The 6-foot-five-inch, 215-pound corner and pitcher from Newsome High School in Lithia, Florida, was one of only 50 high school students across the globe chosen to attend the Four Star Leadership Program this past summer. That selection truly put James in select company. Besides … Read more
There may be a handful of 6-foot-two freshman softball pitchers in America. Jaycie Cline is an NSR prospect, she is one of them and she is very good. Her height definitely gives her an advantage in the circle, but what may be her biggest plus side is that she is a relentless competitor. NSR’s national … Read more
“The box”. Every sport has a recruiting box. Volleyball is no exception. Not all athletes are a Division I fit. But no matter the level you want to play, college coaches check “the box” first to see if an athlete looks like a fit on paper. What box do you fit in? In Division I, … Read more
Recruiting. One of the scariest words I ever heard as a softball player wanting to play at the next level. I had no idea where or even how to start and neither did my parents or my coaches. High school coaches always said, “If they are good enough, people will come.” As a high school … Read more
