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		<title>Get on Campus &#8211; Don&#8217;t Wait Until Senior Year to Take Visits!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/01/the-importance-of-getting-on-campus-and-not-waiting-until-12th-grade-to-take-visits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2011/11/01/the-importance-of-getting-on-campus-and-not-waiting-until-12th-grade-to-take-visits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During two recent engagements where I was speaking to audiences on the recruiting process, I asked who was taking Unofficial Visits, and who knew what they were. Only 5% of the audience was taking the visits and about 10% understood Unofficial Visits.  The majority of families out there mean well, but they have not been [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Domek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=8070</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Value of a Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/11/03/the-value-of-a-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest parts of the athletic recruiting process is visiting a college campus.  This can either happen officially during senior year, where the school pays, or unofficially at any time.  Recruits differ on which type of visit is more important, but it is clear that visiting campuses is a key to the decision [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Visit Season</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/visit-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/16/visit-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For fall sports, we are in the middle of visit season.  Recruits are visiting college campuses for both official and unofficial visits.  Most of the time these visits fall on game days.  Recruits get to see behind the curtains at what goes into the preparation for a real college contest.  These visits are a critical [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unofficial Visits and You: A Crash Course</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/14/unofficial-visits-and-you-a-crash-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/10/14/unofficial-visits-and-you-a-crash-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sabella</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=3490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The quest to find the right college for a student-athlete is a challenge that we here at the National Collegiate Scouting Association readily accept with open arms. We understand not only what it means to families to have their student-athlete comfortable and excited to be attending the university of their choice, but we also understand [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>It Pays to Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/17/it-pays-to-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/17/it-pays-to-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=2925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking Unofficial and Official Visits to college campuses in an essential ingredient in the college athletic recruiting game.  These visits allow for a student-athlete to get better feel for a program allow a coach to evaluate a player&#8217;s character first hand.  Usually recruits only take a handful of visits beofre settling on a school, however [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take Advantage of the Fall Season for Spring Sports</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/take-advantage-of-the-fall-season-for-spring-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/take-advantage-of-the-fall-season-for-spring-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=2658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recruiting is a 365 day process year in and year out. If you graduate in the spring of 2010 and think the process does not start until your senior, spring season you are already way behind (the recruiting process really begins as soon as high school classes begin, to learn more click here). Many college [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>To Visit or To Not Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/to-visit-or-to-not-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/08/05/to-visit-or-to-not-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/?p=2651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times you will hear us connect two words together – Recruiting + Process. Hardly ever does a coach see you play, call you the next day, set up a visit for the following week, and then offer you a scholarship on the visit in a matter of days. There are a lot of factors [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Summer Camps, Almost Here!</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/07/summer-camps-almost-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/05/07/summer-camps-almost-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NCSA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ncsasports.org/?p=1400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention all underclassmen: Summer camps are right around the corner! This is the best opportunity to perform in front of college coaches and generate interest at the next level. Due to several NCAA rules that prohibit college coaches from evaluating student-athletes, summer camps have been a hotbed for college recruiting nationwide. Did you know that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Determining Which Team to Play for over the Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/29/determining-which-team-to-play-for-over-the-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/29/determining-which-team-to-play-for-over-the-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Liles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are fortunate enough to have options to choose which travel baseball team you should play for over the summer here are a few questions to ask yourself: 1. Which team are you going to receive more playing time with? The only way to get better in baseball is by actually PLAYING the game. [...]]]></description>
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