Basketball Scholarships - Are You Doing Everything You Can To Get One?
Being recruited for basketball scholarships is the primary goal of many high school basketball players
. These athletes love the game of basketball and they want to continue playing at the next level.
Unfortunately, these scholarship opportunities are few and far between. In fact, only about 3% of high school basketball players end up playing in college.
The competition for these scholarship opportunities is pretty fierce. Just getting noticed by a college coach can be very difficult. For each scholarship opportunity, coaches usually recruit five or more athletes for each spot on the roster. That means even if you do get noticed by a coach, you still have a long road ahead of you to get the scholarship offer.
To give yourself the best chance of getting a basketball scholarship, there are five steps you should be taking as soon as possible:
1) Know Your Stats
You need to start tracking your stats early in your high school career. If you do this, you'll be prepared when a college coach asks you about your high school playing career and what kind of stats you had. Being able to tell a coach not only did you make the varsity team as a sophomore, you also averaged 12 points and six rebounds per game will go a long way toward getting their attention. This is extremely powerful information to have when the actual recruitment process begins.
Don't wait until a coach asks you for this information before you have it ready. Trying to go back a couple of years to find your stats is nearly impossible at the high school level unless your school just happens to do a very good job of tracking stats for all players. Needless to say, most high schools don't keep very good records and you should track these numbers yourself.
2) Document Your Biggest Achievements On The Court
If you have some big achievements on the court, make sure you document them. If you have a double double (points and rebounds or assists and rebounds), document your efforts for later. Did you hit the game winning shot or get named MVP of a tournament? If so, take time to document it. These documents will come in very handy when/if a coach starts recruiting you some time down the road.
3) Start Collecting Some Video
Before a coach asks for it, you will want to have some video available. When a coach asks you for video, you want to be able to get it to him or her immediately while their interest in you is very high. If you take 2-3 weeks to get some video to the coach, their interest may have moved on to someone else.
Most high school basketball players don't bother getting any video ready until a coach actually asks for it, which is a big mistake.
4) Develop Your Basketball Resume
Another thing you want to have ready for coaches is your basketball resume. Once again, you want to be able to give the coach a resume when the coach first shows some interest in you. Once again, if it takes you a couple of weeks to get a resume to the coach, their interest may have already moved on to another player.
5) Always Give Your Best Effort
You just never know when a coach (or someone who knows a coach) may be watching you play at the high school level. If a college coach is watching you play they will be looking not only at your talent and skills, they will also be looking at your body language, how well you listen to your coach, and if you do the little things that helps a team win games. A coach will be looking to see if you do these things no matter if you are ahead by 30 points or behind by 30 points.
Summary
Basketball scholarships are not easy to attain. You need to be doing all the right things to put yourself in a position to get a scholarship. The most important thing you can do is market and promote yourself to college coaches. You can do this by knowing what schools you want to play for and then sending those coaches your basketball resume and a personal letter. By taking control of your own recruitment and marketing and promoting yourself, you give yourself a much higher chance of getting the scholarship.
by: Gary Hawkins
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