On The Right Track Academy

etic scholarship. The fact is there are thousands of athletes all across the country, and even the world, that share the dream of sports at the college level. Some will make it to the college level, while others will not reach their goal. Why do some athletes make it to the college level, while others can't seem to get recruited no matter what they do? The very first thing you need to know about sports recruiting is this: You must have the talent to play sports at the college level. The competition level is very high at any division level in the college game. If you are struggling for playing time at the high school level, or just seeing average results, you may not have the talent to play at the next level. Even at the junior college and Division III levels, the college game is faster and more athletic than high school. Another problem may be that you play at a very small high school or a school that just isn't known for producing your sports talent. If you find yourself in that situation, you will have to take some steps to get your name and talents known by college coaches. Only thing I can promise you is this: If college coaches don't know you exist, you will never be recruited. Some but certainly not all high school coaches do not take an active interest in promoting their players to colleges for whatever reason, knowing is half the battle. Do your homework on what type of system you want to play for. Some coaches & parents of athletes also believe the myth that if a player is good enough to play at some level of college sports, the colleges will find them. The same hold true for winning which some people will take care of being recruited, that's is also inaccurate, some high school programs have winning records year end but never send one single player to college, it's all about how your talents are being marketed. The biggest problem is that most high school athletes do not market and promote themselves to college coaches. If you have the talent to play at the college level, you must take the initiative to market and promote yourself to college coaches. At some point in time that product was new and nobody knew about it. It had to be marketed and promoted before you or anyone else could buy it. In other words, you can't buy a product if you don't even know about it. You must go through the same process for yourself if you want to play sports in college. You must send letters and emails to college coaches and let them know about you and how you can help their program be successful or continue to be successful.