Doing the extra work to be a Division I athletic recruit
This entry was posted on 8/22/2008 11:24 AM and is filed under Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball.
Offseason is when players are made. Players should be spending time working on their skills and athletic development. Many of our players from last year are arriving at their various colleges. Ahead of them are intense workouts and conditioning prior to the start of actual basketball practice. Games and playing in front of the fans is a long way off.
To be successful you need to have a good work ethic. College coaches want players that love the game and want to improve. They are investing their careers into players development and competitiveness. They want players that are competitive in games, practices and in the off season with their development.
The following is an excerpt from an article regarding work ethic from the website Recruiting-101.com.
"The first thing that you must do as a hopeful Division I athlete is to in the work the right way. If you are lifting two times a day and not pushing yourself, then those workouts will not be as productive as a rival opponent pushing himself as hard as he can for an hour in the weight room. That rival could be your competition for the conference title and a Division I scholarship.
Once you are doing things properly during the mandatory workouts, now is the time to take your game to another level. This could include a number of things and it really depends on your sport. If you are a football quarterback, it may be talking some wide receivers into running routes after weight lifting. On the basketball court, it may be getting your coach to put you through another workout so you can improve your ball handling skills.
My feelings are that if you are reading this site, you are not a freak athlete who can show up at camp and end up with a scholarship offer. No offense to you as a reader but I think the majority of those that visit the site are athletes (Or parents of the athlete) that have a chance to earn a scholarship at the college level. But they must prove they can play at that level. In my opinion, the key is putting in that extra work as early as possible.
As I mentioned in the Olympic article yesterday, I talked about how you need to attend every workout unless you are on your death bed or possibly vacation. If you are skipping on a Friday to hang out with friends or even your girlfriend, then that could end up costing you your dream to play at the Division I level. That extra work shows that the journey to getting a scholarship is all about the little things.
It may be watching extra tape, being a leadership on the team, lifting longer than teammates, and running on your own. But if you have spent your life wanting to play at State University and they are recruiting you, putting that extra work in may be worth it.
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Doing the extra work to be a Division I athletic recruit
"You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise."
Michael Jordan
