You’re a Competitor, So COMPETE!
January 12th, 2010 - byLet’s look at the following facts:
1) The average cost of a college education is over $140,000
2) There are over 20,000 high schools with athletic programs
3) Only 5% or high school athletes will play in college
4) The internet has made it so college coaches can look at kids from all over the world
How competitive is it to secure a college roster spot with some funding attached to it? In the last 10 years, the competitiveness has increased exponentially because of the above 4 facts and these points. When you examine how competitive it is, when do you think you should be competing for a college roster spot? Senior year, junior year, sophomore year, freshman year, or younger? If you said younger, that’s the correct answer. If you’re a sophomore, junior or senior, it isn’t too late, but I bet you wished you had begun earlier, right?
If you understand what you need to do to compete, then you’ll understand why college recruiting begins as early as 7th and 8th grade. And if you don’t know anyone who are doing these things, that doesn’t mean there aren’t thousands of your peers around the country who are. They are ahead in the recruiting race right now. So here’s what you need to do to compete:
There are 3 legs that lead to a college scholarship, 1) academics, 2) athletics, and 3) college recruiting. You can work real hard on those first 2 legs and that means nothing if a college coach doesn’t know about you. When you delay working every day on college recruiting you are making a HUGE mistake that thousands of your peers are not. Every day you wait to do something about college recruiting you lose ground to the kids who are doing something.
College coaches tell us that if they’ve known a kid since 7th or 8th grade and they find out about a similar student-athlete when that one is a sophomore or junior, he’ll offer the scholarship to the kid he has known the longest.
Remember college recruiting is putting you in a position to earn a spot in a $140,000 job. If you’re not making the effort to be recruited, what you do academically and athletically doesn’t matter. You won’t get that job. And waiting only hurts your chances.
The beauty of NCSA is we’ll take care of all of the heavy lifting on your recruiting effort. That way you can focus on your work in the classroom and improving your athletic skills. You’ll also get on the radar of college coaches so your hard work on those first 2 legs are being followed by those coaches.
If you want to play college sports and you’ve already played a season in high school, you’re beginning the recruiting process late. If you need to catch up to your peers or don’t want to be left behind go here to be competitive.
