The NCAA approved a study in 2014 to explore the effects of concussions on athletes. Here are their findings, so far: Student-athletes removed from play immediately after suffering a concussion return to play roughly two days faster than those who continue to play after the injury. Student-athletes hesitant to report concussions are not only doing more … Read more
Last weekend National Scouting Report sponsored the championship court at the Junior Volleyball Association’s Rock n’ Rumble tournament in Cleveland. The event featured over 300, 12u-18u volleyball teams from some of the top clubs in the Midwest, Mideast, and Midsouth. The tournament took place at the Cleveland Convention Center in downtown Cleveland. Sponsoring one of the … 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
It was a really hot, August day in Birmingham, Ala. During a mid-afternoon break of the National Scouting Report national meeting, I was chatting with a fellow high school scout when the phone rang. “Alan?” a woman’s voice asked. “Yes, how can I help you?” “This is Sonja Thomas,” she said. Her voice was emotional … Read more
Families of high school athletes wanting to take their game to the college level are in a quandary. How do they make a dream materialize? It’s an unenviable position. Once they make their problem public, however, all sorts of help pops up, mostly from sources which have no clue how recruiting works. That, of course, adds … Read more
Your child tells you he/she wants to play college athletics. Your eyes light up and a huge smile crosses your face. You are so proud of him/her. You desperately want to help your child get recruited and perhaps receive a scholarship. You tell him/her you will do everything possible to help. In fact, you offer … Read more
Twelve years of being a student, four of those years navigating through high school and one as a high school senior. Ten thousand hours of classes, thousands of hours of homework, hundreds of hours of exams. Last, but certainly not least, countless hours of workouts, practices, and games. For some high school athletes, senior year … Read more
February 5th, Wednesday, will be a wild one in college recruiting. That’s the day most high profile football seniors will be inking their letters of intent with big time programs. But remember, please, that the actual signing period goes all the way to April 1, so there will still be a lot of pens touching paper after … Read more
Look around closely enough and you will notice that loads of high school senior athletes and their parents are beginning to panic, the worry visible on their expressions, because their recruiting Plan A isn’t working. It’s a natural, if not altogether pitiful, sight that we see every year at this time. Six months to go and not just … Read more
Some things never change With all the online options available to high school athletes wanting to play at the college level, you’d think that all one would have to do is upload his or her profile on Rivals.com or Scout.com or post their video on YouTube and viola they would get recruited, right? Not so … Read more
