Stakes are High for Those Parents Who Strive to Get Their Child a College Athletic Scholarship.
$10,000s to $100,000s of Dollars are on the Line.
If your child is fortunate enough to be actively recruited, congratulations! Many of the strategies we teach won’t really apply to you, although the sections on How to Choose the Right School – athletically, academically and socially will provide great value.
For everyone else, athletes who for whatever reason are not being recruited, the Get Athletic Scholarship Workbook is THE primer on how to navigate the collegiate athletic scholarship system to come out a winner with scholarship money in hand.
To be clear, our information is targeted towards those athletes who see their athletic abilities as a means to getting their college education partially or fully funded through an athletic scholarship, but don’t really foresee professional sports as being their future avocation. Your child will play the sport for four years and receive an education that will carry him/her for the rest of his/her life.
If this sounds like your situation, then read on.
We’ve interviewed hundreds of athletes and dozens of coaches and recruiters and the good news is that there’s not one singular correct path to obtaining an athletic scholarship. That being said, there are some very specific common actions that each scholarship-ed athlete took that enabled them to be successful at obtaining a scholarship.
Here are some of the key points to consider when undertaking the task:
- First, understand that this is the 4/40 plan: four years of playing college sports to prepare you for 40 years of a career.
- Learn about the Eligibility Centers and NCAA publications; READ the NCCA Guide for the College-Bound Student Athlete.
- Get a realistic assessment (not yours) of whether your student athlete has enough talent to go to the college level.
- Statistics tell your student athlete’s story – Track Stats!
- Build a portfolio that includes:
- A Student Athlete profile;
- Game “Tape” – highlights/competitions, and
- An effective email/letter that can be sent to coaches.
- Communicate with coaches; it’s your job to stay in touch, not theirs!
- Pick up the phone- call coaches, network – have any college contacts you may have make connections for you; coaches really will call or email you back.
- Learn about the good, the bad and the ugly in the college athletic world; help your student-athlete prepare for the realities of being a college athlete on scholarship.
- Have a Plan B and remain flexible. You never know what opportunities will open up and you need to be prepared to consider all options.
- Think Outside the Box – help your student athlete understand that he or she may take a different path; not everyone goes from high school directly to Division I (D-I) or Division II; some start as walk-ons, as our daughter did, and end up at a D-I school; some play for community college and transfer. There are multiple roads to getting that scholarship.
- Don’t stop looking just because one coach or one school says your student athlete can’t play there; ask the coach for referrals to other programs.
To get a peek at some of the issues you should be considering in order to choose the best program for you, both athletically and academically, Click on the Button below and get access the most cutting-edge information available about how to win the College Scholarship game…it’ll be well worth your time.
And if you do choose to move forward and purchase the entire workbook course, you’ll receive a detailed step-by-step plan outlining everything you need to do to give your student athlete the best chance of obtaining a college athletic scholarship so s/he can receive a college education; an education that will carry them forward in their life and open otherwise closed doors. The same process we employed to help our daughter receive a D-I full athletic scholarship when even her high school coach told her she wasn’t “scholarship material”.