| The recruiting process is a complicated thing. Why do so many great players get overlooked? Why do some players who are not on a high level get recruited anyway? The answer itself is pretty simple, it comes down to EXPOSURE. Unless you are blessed enough to be a 6'10" male or a 6'4" female, do not think it will always just happen and even then it might not happen at a place you want it to. The old saying "If you are good enough, they will find you" is just not true. Athletic departments only have so many resources, and they are seeing those become less available everyday. This economic climate has had a major impact on college sports Without a doubt ,virtually every school in the nation has seen there recruiting budgets dwindle. So how do they go about identifying their prospects? More and more are relying on recruiting services, word of mouth from their network of coaches and scouts, and being smart with their money when they do travel out. What Does This Mean for Me? To insure you get recruited you have got to be PROACTIVE. This means you cannot afford to sit back on your hands and wait for the offers to come. You got to get yourself in front of college coaches. How Do I Do That? You may play AAU in the summer and there certainly are many scouts at those events..But there are also hundreds, sometimes thousands of athletes at those events as well. You really got to stick out heads and shoulders in a very big crowd to be noticed. You also got to be on the right team to insure the scouts even see you play. Many times they are there with a list of kids they need to see play , if you are not on their list, you probably will not get seen or looked at very closely. If you are fortunate enough to attend a large school where you have some teammates being recruited you may get looked at that way, But..What level are those teammates being recruited at? if they are a Division I recruit and you are a Division II level player, then that is not going to help you much because the wrong level is in your gym. Maybe your Coach is good friends with a few college coaches and he is going to try to help you, But....Your high school coach is limited to just the guys he knows, unless he is an ex college coach himself, it is unlikely he will know more than a few coaches that could help you. You can attend some of the Recruiting Combines around the country like Prep All Stars or Blue Star. Yes but you are going to be limited by the type of team you are placed on and what colleges or scouting services actually come to the camp. You or your Mom and Dad can certainly contact some college coaches on your own. Yes you can but college coaches get inundated with phone calls and DVD's from Mom's and Dad's and kids. Many times the calls go unreturned and the DVD is never opened. In some instances the rules prohibit them from even calling you back. Mom and Dad are not usually going to have the credibility that a college coach is going to be willing to use some of his limited amount of recruiting time and money on. Why won't a College Coach just Come See Me Play? I Might be Good Enough. It's economics and time. College coaches have a limited number of recruiting trips they can take and a limited time frame to work within. Even if you are local, they have to report that they have seen you play and they were in the gym. If you are the only potential college prospect at that practice or game, then they have spent one of their contacts just to see one player play. That is not a smart use of their time or money in the identification stage of recruiting. Normally, college coaches like to go somewhere that has lots of players they can see at once. This is why the AAU and Recruiting Camp circuit is so big. There they can identify someone they feel they might very well want to recruit and then make a decision about going out to their individual school. So What Can I do to get Myself Recruited? First of all, I did not mean to discourage you, all of the above methods have and do work on occasion. Like anything else in life, it takes a plan to get where you are going. It is fine to incorporate some of those above methods into your plan. We feel we have developed a method at Hoop Scout that is effective and gets results. |
| A few of the College programs that have signed our Total Exposure Players. Hofstra Memphis Clemson James Madison Anderson New Jersey Inst of Technology Taylor University (IN) Nebraska Western Anderson (SC) William and Mary Iowa Central USC/Upstate Florida Belmont Abbey Warren Wilson Wagner Mary Washington Millersville VA Wesleyan Armstrong Atlantic Central Fla Comm Coll Chowan Faulkner Shorter Penn State Citadel Radford Wagner Armstrong Atlantic Dickinson St UT/San Antonio Weber State Quinnipiac |
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| The Boys Hoop Scout Total Exposure Package is designed to not just help the student-athlete get their name and stats in front of the college coaches but keep it there. Our innovative system provides personalized updates to the colleges on the progress of the student athlete during both the high school and summer season. It is this type of proactive approach that leads to our players having the opportunity to play college basketball. Our system is based on what we do for our high school players on our team. This system has resulted in 28 college scholarship offers in the last six years for our players. 16 of them to NCAA Division I schools. All of this for less than the cost of a camp. |
| Paul Skema signing his letter of intent with NCAA Div I , New Jersey Tech. Estimated value of scholarship - $130,000 over 4 years. |
| Matt Parker and Mom, signing his scholarship papers with James Madison |
| Official profile sent to any 10 colleges of your choice with monthly updates sent to all 10. Official profile sent to 10 other college programs boyshoopscout feels would have interest with monthly updates sent to all 10 Video (you provide) posted on world wide web giving college coaches instant access to see you in action. Profile posted on Boyshoopscout.com with updated information. Hotline access to personally answer questions on any aspect of recruiting, workouts, camps, NCAA Clearinghouse info, financial aid or anything basketball related. Red Alert Service - A special process we use that utilizes our network of college coaches in the event one of our players does not have a college basketball offer by the second semester of their senior year. |
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