College athletic scholarships even today remain a mysterious process for many high school student-athletes. Why? The primary reason is due to all the many myths and half-truths that surround athletic scholarships and how they are awarded by college coaches. In fact, about 75% of what you have probably heard about scholarships at the collegiate level are myths...yes I said 75%!
There are probably a hundred or more myths that surround the scholarship process. Obviously,
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The Top Five Myths:
1) If you are good enough to play in college,
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This is probably the biggest myth all of us have heard concerning college athletic scholarships. This myth is easy to believe because it sounds like is should be true, and in a perfect world it should be true.
If an athlete is good enough to play at some level of college competition, they should be rewarded with an athletic scholarship...right? Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. There are many athletes each and every year who are good enough to play at the next level, yet no scholarship offers ever come their way.
Don't get me wrong, those athletes who are blue-chip or elite level athletes will automatically get recruited. In fact,
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2) Your high school coach will help you get a scholarship
It's a shame to think about how many young athletes believe this myth. These athletes are convinced that since they are a cut above most of their competition,
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Unfortunately, most high school coaches don't get involved in the recruiting and scholarship process. IN fact, some athletes get to the end of their high school playing days only to discover their coach has done nothing to help them get recruited for a scholarship. At that point, it's simply too late.
3) If a coach makes contact with me, he or she will probably offer me a scholarship
Many high school athletes make the mistake of believing that once they begin receiving letters, emails, or even phone calls from college coaches, a scholarship offer is sure to follow. The truth is coaches recruit multiple athletes for every scholarship they have. They may recruit up to ten athletes for every scholarship. They recruit t
hat many because they want to evaluate as many athletes as possible before they decide who they will offer the scholarship to.
4) My performance on the field or court will determine whether or not I get a scholarship
This myth has a large element of truth to it. Your performance on the field or court will go a long way toward determining whether or not you get a scholarship offer. You need to be getting results that place you near the top of your competition if you want to get noticed.
However, there are other factors which will determine whether or not you get an offer. Another critical determining factor will be your grades. Coaches want athletes who can stay eligible to play. After all, it doesn't matter how much talent you have if you can't stay qualified.
Another important factor is your character. If you get in to some type of trouble while colleges are looking at you and considering whether or not to offer you a spot on the roster, you can most likely kiss your scholarship offer goodbye.
5) Coaches don't want to hear from athletes who want to play for them
Many high school athletes don't want to make contact with college coaches because they are afraid the coach doesn't want to hear from them. For smaller schools, even some minor Division I schools, they need and want to hear from potential players.
These schools don't have the budgets to fly around the country looking for qualified players. These schools rely on word of mouth recruiting and they also rely on some potential athletes making contact with them.
Summary
Don't let these myths keep you from getting a college athletic scholarship. As I have explained in this article, these myths are simply just not true. If you apply this information, and most importantly, if you market and promote yourself to college coaches, you can get on the path to playing in college. Don't waste any more time, get started today by making contact with the schools you believe you have the talent and skills to play for.
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