Should you or should you not attend a Tennis Showcase? Why is it a good idea to do so and are there any reasons which speak against it? Today's Smarthlete Friday Scholarship Guide will give you our Top 3 Reasons.
Out of all collegiate athletes the share of people on a full-ride scholarship is very small. If you are in the position to be among these athletes consider yourself lucky or better put, you have done something the right way in the past. But praising those athletes, who are on a full-ride scholarship, is not what this edition of the Friday Scholarship Guide is about. Instead, we want you to understand that the recruiting process requires work and in order to do a good job, you need to know the dynamics of it a lot better.
No one said the recruiting process was going to be easy. For some recruits it's a walk in the park, but for the majority of people it simply is a massive amount of work. But listen up young athletes, here's the thing: you can make it even more difficult for yourself in case you don't pay attention to the 5 biggest mistakes athletes keep on making in their recruiting process. Learn from their mistakes in this edition of the Friday Scholarship Guide.
Very typically, the recruiting process starts later for international student athletes than is the case for their (North-)American peers. Understand the underlying reasons, identify how you can make sure you are on top of things at the right time and get in control of your future recruiting process!
There are hundreds of college coaches out there who are looking for future student-athletes. While the majority of them have probably filled their rosters for the upcoming 2017-18 college tennis season, they are always on the lookout for the next badge of players to join in 2018 or 2019.
In this edition of the Friday Scholarship Guide, we give you our '4 Key Tasks Before Contacting College Coaches'!
Today's Friday Scholarship Guide is about how to fulfil the ultimate dream of yours: Having a great overall experience at the college of your choice. For most students it's all about their undergraduate degree, student life, and other extracurricular activities. But for student-athletes, a major deciding factor is the athletic part of college life: college tennis. Read about the key questions to ask college coaches to find out whether you would make a good match.
If you're an American junior tennis player you are most of the times a student at high school and thus pretty well-informed about the way it works prior to enrolling at college. For Internationals this is a whole different story and very few if any are overly familiar with the academic test score requirements. Let's shed some light on SAT, ACT, TOEFL, and IELTS requirements and especially about when to take the tests in order to find an athletic scholarship on time in this edition of our Friday Scholarship Guide.
You clicked on the link to this article, which indicates that you are looking for a scholarship at college. Look no further, this is the right place for you to find all the information you are in need for! Maybe you're the mum or dad of a daughter or son who is looking to play college tennis on a scholarship. Also then, look no further; you'll find the answers to your questions related to athletic scholarship money in this edition of our Friday Scholarship Guide!
Over and over again, we are faced with the same questions and concerns of good players who are not sure whether college tennis really is the right decision for them. Today's Friday Scholarship Guide is a collection of these typical questions, based on a phone call with a potential future recruit.
No matter where and how coaches get in front of your video, it could be your entry ticket in a college team. On the contrary, a poorly done recruiting video can do a lot of harm to your plans and drive coaches away. Check out to see what makes coaches keep watching and NOT click the 'pause' button.
