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RECRUITING SIMPLIFIED

MYTH:RECRUITING BEGINS WHEN YOU ARE CONTACTED BY A COLLEGE COACH DURING JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR OFHIGH SCHOOL.

1. THE RECRUITING PROCESS STARTED YESTERDAY!

REALITY:DUE TO THE RISE IN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP NEED AND THE INCREASE OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION FOR COLLEGE COACHES, THE RECRUITING PROCESS IS STARTING EARLIER THAN EVER BEFORE. ACCORDINGTO THE NCAA, COLLEGECOACHES ARE STARTING TOIDENTIFY 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS AS RECRUITS ANDARE EVEN STARTING TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROSPECTS BEFORE THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.

ADVICE:GET STARTED NOW! NORECRUIT HAS EVER STARTEDTOO EARLY OR BEEN TOOPREPARED. AT THEBEGINNING OF FRESHMANYEAR, ATHLETES SHOULDHAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDINGOF THE NCAA RULES AND CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTSTO BEGIN DEVELOPING ARECRUITING GAME PLAN.TAKE ACTION AND APPROACHRECRUITING LIKE YOUR SPORTAND SCHOOL WORK - SPENDTIME WORKING ON IT EVERYDAY.

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STUDENT-ATHLETES

&PARENTS

HIGHSCHOOL

COACHESBUSINESS

COMMUNITY

COLLEGECOACHES

NCSA IS AN ATHLETIC RECRUITINGNETWORK THAT CONNECTS FOURCOMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE:

Why?To change lives by empoweringleaders through sports.

2. RECRUITING STARTS WITH VERIFIED. 3RD PARTY INFORMATION.

MYTH:COLLEGE COACHES DISCOVERTALENT, JUNIOR AND SENIORYEAR BY ATTENDING CAMPS,COMBINES, SHOWCASES,TOURNAMENTS AND HIGHSCHOOL GAMES.

REALITY:COLLEGE COACHES DEPENDON VERIFIED INFORMATIONFROM RELIABLE SOURCESABOUT PROSPECTS ASYOUNG AS 7TH GRADE.MOST COACHES ATTENDTOURNAMENTS, GAMES AND CAMPS WITH A LIST OFSTUDENT-ATHLETES THEYWILL EVALUATE, NOT WITHTHE HOPES OF DISCOVERINGNEW PROSPECTS AT THE EVENT.

ADVICE:MAKE SURE YOUR ATHLETICABILITY, RECRUITINGINFORMATION ANDACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSHAVE BEEN VERIFIED BYCREDIBLE SOURCES THATCOLLEGE COACHES TRUST.

MYTH:COLLEGE COACHES INITIALLY EVALUATE TALENT BY ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOLGAMES AND WATCHINGUNSOLICITED VIDEO SENTFROM STUDENTS ANDFAMILIES.

ADVICE:MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOUREDITED HIGHLIGHT VIDEOAND FULL GAME FOOTAGEONLINE OR IN A FORMATTHAT CAN BE EASILYDISTRIBUTED TO COLLEGECOACHES AS SOON AS IT ISREQUESTED.

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3. COLLEGE COACHES EVALUATE PROSPECTS ONLINE.

FORMER BIG 10 AND

PAC 10 RECRUITING

COORDINATORS BOB

CHMIEL & RANDY

TAYLOR

REALITY:COLLEGE COACHES DO AMAJORITY OF THEIR INITIALEVALUATION BY LOOKING ATVIDEO - REQUESTED OR RECEIVED FROM RELIABLESOURCES - OFTEN DELIVEREDONLINE OR DIGITALLY. AFTERWATCHING VIDEO, A COACHMAY DECIDE TO MAKE ANIN-PERSON EVALUATION.

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MYTH:NCAA DI IS THE ONLYOPTION FOR COLLEGIATESCHOLARSHIPS.

REALITY:THERE ARE OVER 1700 U.S.COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIESTHAT SPONSOR COLLEGIATEATHLETICS AND ARE ABLE TO OFFER FINANCIAL PACKAGES. 80% OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FALL OUTSIDE OF DI.

ADVICE:HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATIONSOF THE COLLEGE PROGRAMSYOU QUALIFY FOR BASEDON ATHLETIC ANDACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,WHETHER THAT’S DI, DII, DIII, NAIA & NJCAA.(AND YES, DIII SCHOOLS PROVIDE FINANCIAL PACKAGES TOO! )

4. BE REALISTIC: LESS THAN 1% GET A DI FULL RIDE

MYTH:YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACHOR CLUB COACH ISRESPONSIBLE FOR GETTINGYOU A SCHOLARSHIP.

REALITY:GETTING SUCCESSFULLYRECRUITED IS A FULL TIMEJOB. NO ONE WANTS YOU TOACHIEVE YOUR DREAM OFBECOMING A COLLEGIATEATHLETE MORE THAN YOURHIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB COACHES. UNFORTUNATELY, LACK OF TIME, RESOURCES AND COLLEGE COACHRELATIONSHIPS PREVENTMOST COACHES FROM EFFECTIVELY TAKING ON THIS CHALLENGE.

ADVICE:STUDENT-ATHLETES ANDTHEIR FAMILIES AREULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLEFOR THEIR ENTIRERECRUITING PROCESS.TAKE CONTROL AND UTILIZEEVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLETO MAXIMIZE YOURRECRUITING POTENTIAL.

5. DON’T BLAME YOUR COACH

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1748

DI

DII

DIII

NAIA

NJCAA

TOTAL

THE AVERAGE COACH HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH FEWER THAN FIVE COLLEGE COACHES AND MOST OF THEM ARE LOCAL.

DI346

DII289DIII

414

NAIA261

NJCAA438

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FACT:EVERY STUDENT-ATHLETE NEEDS AN OBJECTIVE, THIRD PARTY EVALUATION OF THEIR RECRUITINGEFFORTS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. A THIRD PARTY HELPS SET REALISTIC GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS, ALLOWING YOU TO FORMULATE AN EFFECTIVE RECRUITING GAME PLAN.

FACT:THE DAYS OF DELIVERING PAPER RESUMÈS THROUGH THE MAIL ARE OVER. COACHES NOWVIEW WEBSITES THAT CONTAIN ALL ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION NEEDED TO RECRUITA PROSPECT. COACHES ARE ABLE TO SEE MORE ATHLETES, MORE EFFICIENTLY.

FACT:EVERY STUDENT-ATHLETE NEEDS A HIGHLIGHT VIDEO THAT BEST CONVEYS THEIR ATHLETIC ABILITIES. VIDEOS ARE NOW TYPICALLY STREAMED ONLINE AND SENT THROUGH EMAIL. DO NOT SEND DOZENS OF UNSOLICITED DVDS TO COLLEGE COACHES. UNLESS THE VIDEO HAS BEEN REQUESTED OR IS SENT FROM A CREDIBLE THIRD PARTY, COACHES WILLLIKELY NEVER RECEIVE IT, LET ALONE WATCH IT!

1. DEVELOP YOUR GAME PLAN AND GET EVALUATED

2. POST YOUR ACADEMIC-ATHLETIC RESUMÈ ONLINE

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3. CREATE A WINNING HIGHLIGHT/SKILLS VIDEO

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4. YOU NEED TO CONTACT 50-100 (OR MORE) REALISTIC PROGRAMS!

5. IT’S NOT A 4 YEAR DECISION, IT’S A 40 YEAR DECISION.

RECRUITING FAST FACTS!

FACT:RECEIVING A FEW EMAILS OR LETTERS FROM COLLEGE COACHES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE SERIOUS RECRUITMENT. COLLEGE COACHES CONTACT THOUSANDS OF STUDENT-ATHLETES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEY HAVE ATHLETES TO FILL THEIR NEEDS. YOU SHOULD PLAY THE SAME GAME BY CONTACTING AT LEAST 10-20% OF THE PROGRAMS THAT OFFER YOUR SPORTIN ORDER TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. THIS COULD MEAN CONTACTING MORE THAN 340 COLLEGE COACHES!

FACT:RECRUITS NEED A STEP BY STEP PLAN IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THROUGHTHE RECRUITING PROCESS. TO DO IT RIGHT, IT TAKES HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE ANDA CONSOLIDATED TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN THE STUDENT-ATHLETE, PARENTS, COACHES,GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND CREDIBLE INSIDE RECRUITING EXPERTS.

THE TOP PROSPECTS CAN RECEIVE MORE THAN FIFTY OFFERS BY JANUARY 1ST OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR. MOST MAJOR DIVISION I PROSPECTS WILL RECEIVE OFFERS BY THE END OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

AN INVITATION TO AN OFFICIAL VISIT IS A STRONG PRECURSOR TO A SCHOLARSHIPOFFER. ONE RULE OF THUMB IN RECRUITING IS THAT IF AN ATHLETE IS NOTOFFERED AN OFFICIAL VISIT, THAT ATHLETE LIKELY WILL NOT BE OFFERED ASCHOLARSHIP.

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1. FILL OUT THE RECRUITING QUESTIONNAIRE AND RETURN TO NCSA RECRUITING EXPERT

2. NCSA WILL EMAIL YOU WITH YOUR PERSONAL LOGIN INFORMATION

3. LOGIN AND START BUILDING YOUR FREE RECRUITING PROFILE

4. NCSA WILL CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR PRIORITY EVALUATION

5. REVIEW QUESTIONS BELOW TO EVALUATE YOUR RECRUITING STATUS

1. WHAT LEVEL OF PLAY DO YOU REALISTICALLY FEEL YOU CAN COMPETE?2. WHAT IS YOUR CORE GPA AND NCAA ELIGIBILITY STATUS?3. HOW MANY LETTERS / EMAILS HAVE YOU RECEIVED FROM COLLEGE COACHES?4. HOW MANY COLLEGE COACHES HAVE SEEN YOU PLAY IN PERSON / ON VIDEO?5. HOW MANY COLLEGE COACHES HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH ON THE PHONE?6. HOW MANY UNOFFICIAL VISITS HAVE YOU TAKEN?

RECRUITING QUESTIONS FOR SCOUTING EVALUATION

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THANKS TO PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AND IMG ACADEMIES, NCSA IS ABLE TO OFFER FREE ACCESS TO THE RECRUITING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ALL ATHLETES.

THE NEXT STEP? CALL 866-579-6272 AND SCHEDULE YOUR PERSONAL RECRUITING EVALUATION AND FIND OUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES YOU QUALIFY FOR.

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RECRUITING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMTHE RECRUITING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RMS) IS LIKE A “FACEBOOK” PAGE FOR ATHLETES THAT WANT TO PLAY IN COLLEGE. THIS ONLINE PLATFORM MAKES CONNECTING WITH COLLEGE COACHES EASY!

UNLOCK YOUR FREE RECRUITING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

THE RMS ALSO PROVIDES COUNTLESS FREE RESOURCES TO ALL STUDENT-ATHLETES.

RECRUITING PROFILEUPDATE YOUR PERSONAL RECRUITING WEBSITE SO COLLEGE COACHES CAN DISCOVER YOU IN THE NETWORK

RECRUITING BOARDRANK YOUR TOP SCHOOLS AND MANAGE ALL YOUR RECRUITING COMMUNICATIONS

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