Athletic Recruiting- Is a Summer Camp or Combine Best for Scholarships

The beginning of the summer season is upon us. Now is the time to decide, most importantly for those soon to be seniors, whether to attend a summer camp or combine. Every sport has combines now to help in the athletic recruiting process.

Most colleges subscribe to the results of these combines and it is an easy way for college coaches to get a quick snap-shot of potential recruits. Coaches like them because the results are far more accurate and verified opposed to an athlete, saying how fast or how big they are.

Summer camps hosted by colleges are another option for high school athletes and athletes over 14 years old can attend most camps for the week. Theses are an amazing recruiting tool and puts you right in front of the coaching staff and can lead to a scholarship offer on the spot if the recruiting calendar allows.

From the view point of the high school athletes, summer camps are far better at producing valuable recruiting juice, than combines. If you use summer camps to your advantage, by choosing a camp that you have a realistic chance of being recruited too or has already actively been recruiting you, this will increase your chances, provided you perform well.

Combines on the other hand can lead to disastrous results. If you show up and produce badly, hundreds of coaches will know about it. Combines are often not attended by college coaches and are run by for-profit recruiting services that promise scholarship leads. This is an option if you cannot afford camps, but you should consider better focusing your recruiting efforts away from combines.

Athletic recruiting is getting very competitive and we believe that it is better to attend summer camps at colleges that have potential to offer you a scholarship, rather than risk one bad day ruining your athletic recruiting potential.

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