While the goal
is to get an athletic scholarship, if you are reading
this I would assume that you do not have an offer at
this point of the recruiting process. The good news is
that you are taking the right steps forward by reading
this site and educating yourself about the process and
what is needed to attain a scholarship.
For those that
do not currently have a scholarship offer,
StudentBlitz has put together
five different things that you should be doing in order to separate
yourself from the competition.
1.) Re-evaluate your athletic
recruiting options
2.) Broaden your horizon and
market yourself to new schools
3.) Get prepared for the
coming athletic season and the recruiting pieces
that come with it
4.) Put in the extra time
5.) Lower your expectations
Re-evaluate your athletic
recruiting options
It is
nearly the end of July and if you do not have a
scholarship offer by now, something is not going
to plan. Look back at your recruiting
information that you have kept about the schools
which have shown interest. If you are a Division
I-A (BCS) recruit, it may be worth looking on
Scout and
Rivals and assessing where the
recruiting stands with the programs that are
after you. You need to research the
commitments and if there are any athletes in
your position going to one of the schools
recruiting you. If they are, study the
depth chart and talk to the coaches about where
you stand.
If it is
this late in the process, your best chance of
getting a scholarship is if another prospective
recruit of theirs, decides to attend another
school. While the quarterback dominoes are
always played up, the recruiting dominoes are
felt everywhere.
Broaden your horizon and
market yourself to new schools
With no
scholarship offered yet, you need to get your
information and videos out to new coaches to
look at. This may mean broadening your search
from your surrounding states to within a ten
hour driving distance. Taking
the time to do this is very worthwhile, simply
because there may have been great schools
athletically and academically in a state which
you have never looked into.
Get prepared for the
coming athletic season and the recruiting pieces
that come with it
Whether it
is football
or
basketball, the upcoming season is approaching
faster than you think. Therefore now is a
great time to get your ducks in a row regarding
the season. Have a
recruiting profile
ready to be updated once the season begins and
the stats start to come in. How about a
website? Do you have a highlight video
company lined up? Think about these things
before you are forced to scramble with it being
so late.
Put in the extra time
Whatever you
may like to do in your spare time, whether it is
X-Box 360 or Playstation 3, if you are serious
about earning an athlete scholarship, you should
put the games away and put more time into your
chosen sport. It could be shooting 500
more jump shots in the evening for basketball,
increasing your weights for an extra 30 minutes,
or trying to run a mile each
day to
get in shape, whatever it may be it could make
the difference in being recruited and offered a
scholarship. Bump up the workouts and prove that
you have what it takes to make the strides
needed in that sport.
Lower your expectations
Your
mind may tell you that you are a Division I
athlete but your slow feet may tell coaches
that you will be lucky to play Division II.
Coaches know what they are talking about, so
there is a reason why there are no offers on the
table. So you may want to think about going at
least a Division lower than the schools you have
been looking at. If you have been looking at
Division I-A (BCS) schools start contacting
Division I-AA programs. If you have been
assessing Division I-AA schools then look into
Division II
colleges.
StudentBlitz can help you with
emailing college
coaches and finding the appropriate level with
which you should be aiming at.
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