Year-Round Dedication Yields Recruiting Results

Q: Want to get on a college coach’s radar?
A: Play Year-Round!!!

It’s simple and most of all … it works! It takes a certain level of dedication and sacrifice to play the sport you love year-round; but in the long run, you’ll find this is the best way you can get your name out there to college coaches in need of talent. Filling your summer, spring, and/or fall-time (respective to your sport) with weights and conditioning is a must, but there’s something to be said about playing the sport you love year-round.

Getting involved with off-season league play provides you with three key developmental tools. 1) More reps during an organized game/tournament gives you more confidence when your school-season begins, 2) college coaches look for athletes dedicated to playing year-round (because you’ll be doing so in college), and 3) traveling elsewhere to play against other athletes yields more exposure to you.

Playing in organized off-season games and tournaments gives you situational experience, which you can’t get just by hitting the weight room everyday. In college, you’ll be dedicated to one sport year-round (with a small percentage playing two in college), so getting use to it now will make your college transition a smoother one.

Additionally, playing against top-league performers allows you to grow, but traveling to play top-regional performers will only make you a stronger competitor when your school season begins. Dismissing the fact that you’ll be playing the best will only harm your long-term potential! You hear it all the time, “I was playing in front of scouts who were there to see a blue-chip recruit and had the BEST game of my life. The next day, I’m the one answering the scout’s call!”

Dedicate yourself to your sport and take every opportunity that’s presented. You never know when your ‘BEST Game Ever’ will present itself!