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	<title>College Recruiting Blog - Athletic Scholarships Blog &#124; NCSA &#187; Parents</title>
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		<title>Ask Coach Taylor Video Edition: To Combine or Not to Combine</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2012/02/07/ask-coach-taylor-video-edition-to-combine-or-not-to-combine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2012/02/07/ask-coach-taylor-video-edition-to-combine-or-not-to-combine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kbrown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Coach, I have a question as to when my younger football players should attend a combine.  I currently have an 8th grade and a freshman player.  My thought was to have them enter a combine or two early so that when they are a older and it REALLY counts they will have the experience and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Number One Myth Families have about Recruiting</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/12/12/the-number-one-myth-families-have-about-recruiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My articles are built on countless interviews on recruiting with the purpose being to educate and motivate you to have success in connecting your young people with scholarships and opportunities to be athleaders in life. I just came from talking to many Athletic Directors at the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association annual conference in Indianapolis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Had the World in My Hands&#8230;&#8221; Former Star Recruit Matt Wills with a Powerful Message every Recruit should See!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/28/i-had-the-world-in-my-hands-the-powerful-story-of-former-star-recruit-matt-wills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/28/i-had-the-world-in-my-hands-the-powerful-story-of-former-star-recruit-matt-wills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;God blessed me with all the talent in the world. I knew I was going pro if I had just stayed in school. I had the world in my hands&#8230;&#8221; Those are the words of Matt Wills, one of the most remarkable High School athletes of the past quarter century. In a powerful, must-watch 2-part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Are Good Enough They Will Find You? Not Necessarily!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/14/if-you-are-good-enough-they-will-find-you-not-necessarily/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/14/if-you-are-good-enough-they-will-find-you-not-necessarily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you are good enough, they (college coaches) will find you.” Those that are saying this need to stop. I hear this statement quite a bit as I speak around the country. It often comes from school Administrators, Coaches, or ADs that are more ‘old school.’ These are well-meaning people, and there are many things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want your Kid to Find the Right Fit: Follow these Critical 3 Points</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/08/30/3-important-keys-to-finding-the-right-fit-for-your-athlete-in-recruiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/08/30/3-important-keys-to-finding-the-right-fit-for-your-athlete-in-recruiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=10193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For almost thirty years I have been interviewing athletes about their recruiting as they were going through the process and the major factors that went into their search for the right place to be a college athlete. The first interview was in 1983 when I had a lengthy interview with a big lineman named Todd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Growing Problem in Recruiting: Many Athletes feeling they are ENTITLED!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/06/08/college-coaches-on-2011-trends-in-recruiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/06/08/college-coaches-on-2011-trends-in-recruiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=9833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I listened as College Coaches from all levels shared their observations about Parents, Recruits and trends they are observing in recruiting. Dan Tudor, nationally known for working with College Coaches to help them with their recruiting strategies, held his annual National Collegiate Recruiting Conference in Nashville. Besides speaking, I had the opportunity to listen to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>It is Not &#8216;The Job&#8217; of the HS Coach to Get your Athlete a Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/02/16/it-is-not-the-job-of-the-hs-coach-to-get-your-kid-a-scholarship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/02/16/it-is-not-the-job-of-the-hs-coach-to-get-your-kid-a-scholarship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High School Coach]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=9029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s Note - There is a strong discussion at the bottom of this Charlie Adams article about what the role of the High School/Club coach should be in recruiting. Please feel free to contribute your thoughts and experiences there) Indianapolis Cathedral High School has won 7 State Football championships and 23 IHSAA State Championships in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>A beloved Mom, Breast Cancer, and Bremen&#8217;s Ellis Whitt&#8217;s Passion to be a College Soccer player</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/01/20/a-beloved-mom-breast-cancer-and-ellis-whitts-passion-to-be-a-college-soccer-player/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/01/20/a-beloved-mom-breast-cancer-and-ellis-whitts-passion-to-be-a-college-soccer-player/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic Scholarships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Division III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCSA Success Story]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=8779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While most 9th and 10th grade athletes in High School are facing the typical challenges of 14, 15 and 16 year olds, soccer standout Ellis Whitt was dealing with something much more serious. His mother, Angela, was in a battle with Breast Cancer that would take her life during his sophomore year. “Ellis went through [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>From Unrecruited to Multiple Scholarship Offers: The Inspiring Story of the Mouat Family</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/12/29/from-unrecruited-to-multiple-scholarship-offers-the-amazing-story-of-the-mouat-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/12/29/from-unrecruited-to-multiple-scholarship-offers-the-amazing-story-of-the-mouat-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=8652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bobby Mouat is playing football at LaGrange College. How he got there is quite the story&#8230;.. “All we care about is to get our son and daughter something we never had,” said Bruce Mouat, the father. “That is an education in College.” Flash back to Labor Day weekend of 1984. Bruce and Lisa were 18 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Importance Of A Great Recruiting Video, And Being Selective When Choosing A Head Coach</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/09/29/the-importance-of-a-great-recruiting-video-and-being-selective-when-choosing-a-head-coach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2010/09/29/the-importance-of-a-great-recruiting-video-and-being-selective-when-choosing-a-head-coach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Domek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Adams brings 23 years of experience covering the recruiting of high school athletes who reached their dream of playing college sports. Adams was an award winning sportscaster at television stations and is one of NCSA’s Recruiting Experts. I had a long conversation with a mother and father whose daughter, a soccer player, had just [...]]]></description>
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