The way you win the college recruiting game is with a specific advantage. Most parents don’t think of this. Those who do, know what’s needed to secure it. Successful college coaches have a game plan going into a contest. In their minds, the plan is their competitive advantage. Recruiting works the same way. Parents who want … Read more
Want to play college sports? Good luck! Your chances are better of earning straight A’s. College recruiting is a numbers game. There are far more qualified high school student-athletes than there are college roster spots, let alone athletic scholarships. The odds are stacked against you. As a high school student-athlete hoping to play at the … Read more
National Scouting Report scout Ian Rankin was a football (soccer) prodigy as a lad in Motherwell, the capital of North Lanarkshire in Scotland. And in a nation that really loves its football, being a young phenom is saying something. North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, somewhat akin to our counties here in the … Read more
National Scouting Report is an American success story. Founded in 1980 by Bob Rigney in Birmingham, Ala., NSR was America’s first college recruiting organization. During the past three decades, NSR has enjoyed continuous growth domestically and abroad. Current expansion, however, has the company moving forward at an unparalleled pace. Today, the company is firmly in the capable hands of … Read more
Plenty of sports hounds dream of being a big-time sportscaster. There’s certainly a truckload full of incentives — travel, lights, cameras, hobnobbing with athletes, dining in first-class restaurants with A-list celebrities and all that. But nobody sees all the hard work it takes to arrive in that rare spotlight. Paying dues does not adequately cover it. … Read more
Bluntly, you are either up here or down there. In college sports recruiting, there is no in-between. In short, high school athletic prospects and their parents can’t survive down there. The only place to be and win an athletic scholarship offer is up here. Enough gobligook. What I am referring to is realizing where you … Read more
The bullying started badly and got progressively worse. First came the verbal abuse: teasing and derogatory comments by elementary school classmates. Then came the physical abuse: stuffing into lockers and pushing down flights of stairs in middle school. Classmates even stole her clothes. She reported the bullying to administrators at her Pennsylvania middle school. But, … Read more
First, we watched John and Patrick McEnroe. Now, we enjoy Venus and Serena Williams. In the future, we could see Payton and Jordan Bradley. The Bradley sisters, who recently enrolled with National Scouting Report, are ranked among the Top 10 high school tennis players in Pennsylvania. Payton, a junior, plays No. 1 singles for Downingtown … Read more
David Payne was a logger by trade and he had carved out a nice livelihood for himself, wife Juanita and two daughters in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The first time I saw David was in 2004 and it wasn’t in the woods or at a sawmill. We met one another at a high … Read more
Lost in the din of packed stadiums and arenas coast to coast is the simple yet irrefutable fact that student-athletes must remain academically eligible to participate in college athletics. And as time goes on and NCAA rules stiffen regarding initial eligibility for incoming freshmen as well as for athletes already enrolled, everyone finally may be … Read more
