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Student Athletes
Free Online Assistance and Advice
Recommended assistance for high school athletes is provided through
the links and shown below. Don’t forget to ask for advice
from your high school coach and high school counselor.
A convenient and effective way for student athletes to market themselves
to college coaches is to:
Research colleges that have your sport of interest. Find colleges
and universities with specific NCAA sports teams by using the NCAA
sports team search engine; select your sport and division and click
on “Run Report.”
Write a student
résumé and letter of introduction and mail these
documents to each college coach whose team you are interested in playing
for.
Excellent free information for student athletes is provided by the online NCAA
Eligibility Center and by the NAIA
athlete eligibility and guidelines
- Suggested questions to ask college coaches include:
- What are the graduation rates of players on your team?
- What happens to athletic scholarships if you’re injured or cut
from the team?
- How do coaches manage player injuries? What is the athletic department’s
philosophy on player injuries?
- How well do athletes manage missing classes when the team travels?
- Are professors supportive?
- Is tutoring available?
- How would you describe your coaching style?
- Describe the invited and uninvited walk-on situation. How many
athletes make it, compete and earn scholarships
- What are the physical requirements each year? Are there strength
and conditioning requirements?
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