Comments on: More on What College Coaches Are Looking For http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/ Read a college recruiting blog unlike any other, only at the National Collegiate Scouting Association. NCSA's blog is more than just college recruiting; it's also an athletic scholarships blog that's tailored to all high school athletes. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Davidson http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-6584 Brian Davidson Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:20:23 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/#comment-6584 There is no perfect right time to ask that question. However, its important to always be inching towards it. After sending film you should follow up and ask if you can be expecting to be recruited. Then you can ask if you will be receiving an official visit. After an official visit you should be able to ask a coach of where you stand on their recruiting board. However, things don't always move the same way. That is why its important to always follow up with questions and eventually having the guts to ask "the question." There is no perfect right time to ask that question. However, its important to always be inching towards it. After sending film you should follow up and ask if you can be expecting to be recruited. Then you can ask if you will be receiving an official visit. After an official visit you should be able to ask a coach of where you stand on their recruiting board.

However, things don’t always move the same way. That is why its important to always follow up with questions and eventually having the guts to ask “the question.”

]]> By: Mike http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-6574 Mike Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:15:25 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/#comment-6574 I've heard the comment Coach McGraw say several times: "Are you offering me a scholarship? It amazes me that they never ask that!" The question I have is just when is this the right time to ask "the question"? My assumption is that if it is an early-in-the-process unofficial visit, at a time when communication between student-athlete and coaches is just forming (lets say the early stages of courtship), and the student-athlete is not yet receiving personal correspondences with the head coach, then asking if they are being offered a scholarship is premature. I’ve heard the comment Coach McGraw say several times: “Are you offering me a scholarship? It amazes me that they never ask that!”

The question I have is just when is this the right time to ask “the question”? My assumption is that if it is an early-in-the-process unofficial visit, at a time when communication between student-athlete and coaches is just forming (lets say the early stages of courtship), and the student-athlete is not yet receiving personal correspondences with the head coach, then asking if they are being offered a scholarship is premature.

]]> By: Toya Schidly http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 Toya Schidly Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:49:51 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/2009/03/30/more-on-what-college-coaches-are-looking-for/#comment-6517 I strongly agree. I'm an athlete myself and i understand what a coach is looking for through out his/her players,being RESILIENT. I strongly agree. I’m an athlete myself and i understand what a coach is looking for through out his/her players,being RESILIENT.

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