Friday 22 June 2012

Great Tips On High School Football Recruiting

By Thelma Kent


If you are reading this then you will be interested in raising your profile for high school football recruiting and getting noticed by collegiate coaches. One of the most important things to be aware of is not to let your grades slip at High School. Quite often a collegiate coach will take things like your grades into account.

When playing, get a friend or a relative to video every game, and from these create a stock list of your plays and skills. Then get your coach to assist you with mailing these self promotional videos out to college coaches. This is particularly important if you are at a lesser known School, as this is one way that a College coach is going to be made aware of you.

Don't ignore attending any football camps in your area. You will be able to find out where they are being held through your local newspapers, failing that your coach will know where they are happening. It has not been unheard of for collegiate scouts, or even coaches, to be at these camps.

Whenever you play, always give it your all and never half measures. This is something that you can really help your prospects by doing, so is advisable to put yourself in the best possible light. Consistently good players who are most often noticed.

It could also be worthwhile speaking to sports writers, particularly those from the recruiting companies. It is ideal for both you and them, they get an interview and your name is getting mentioned. College coaches and scouts do take notice of what these recruitment companies manage to unearth.

So if you are trying to gain a scholarship, getting noticed by the high school football recruiting college coaches is a big task. However it is one that you can help yourself enormously with, just by following the above steps. You will not gain a college scholarship without getting noticed, so put yourself in the best possible light and make it hard for them to ignore you.




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