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In any sport, the key to being recruited is being informed. By taking advantage articles provided by Tennis-Recruiting.com and beRecruited.com, you are already better prepared than your competitors – improving your chances of being recruited and earning a NCAA tennis scholarship. So read the below college recruiting articles (many of which have been internationally published both online and in print) and earn your scholarship today.

General Tennis Recruiting Advice:
Develop Your Goals Alongside Your (Marketing) Skills

Other College Recruiting & Athletic Scholarship Articles from the beRecruited.com Network:
Junior Year & Earlier in High School
Senior Year in High School
The Big Trip: College Recruiting Trips
What College Coaches Want
Narrowing the List of Colleges
Marketing Yourself to College Recruiters
Choosing the Right College and University
The Lowdown on College Loans
6 Steps of Financial Aid
With Honors: AP & Honors Courses
Back to School


General Tennis Recruiting Advice:
Develop Your Goals Alongside Your (Marketing) Skills

Tennis is a unique sport and college tennis recruiting can be challenging for athletes and coaches precisely because it is a sport void of data and measurements. Unlike track & field and swimming, there are no times in tennis; and as such, it can be more difficult for athletes to market themselves to coaches. Local and national rankings, personal and team records, versatility, strength, and speed all are key ingredients in a successful recruiting profile.

In marketing yourself to the hundreds of NCAA tennis coaches, it is important to stress these ingredients. Coaches want to see tennis players who have proven themselves as winners and as mature student-athletes both willing and able to improve athletically.

Whether you create a recruiting profile on beRecruited.com or speak to coaches on your own, remember that you are selling yourself. And as a college-bound tennis player, remember that you have the task of selling yourself as a tennis player and as a student.

Athletically, describe and promote your successes and rankings (high school, geographic, national, etc). What are your best tennis attributes? Shots? Be honest about what you need to improve and how you are working to do just that. And be sure to highlight personal and athletic maturation and growth.

Remember, college tennis recruiting is as competitive (and can often be more competitive) than football or basketball recruiting.

The key to improving your college recruiting and scholarship chances is being informed.  Understand the landscape of your sport on a high school and NCAA level and begin to understand where you fit within that landscape. Do you fit in best in Division I, II, or III tennis? And how do your athletic goals fit within that? Do you have strong geographic preferences and how will that impact your college choices?

As you begin to develop and mature academically and athletically, consider your current skill-sets and where you intend to be as a high-school graduate and as a college-graduate. Understanding your personal, athletic, and academic interests and skills is crucially important as you enter the college recruiting process.

Begin collecting information and data about universities, teams, and coaches as early as you can because this is an integral step in setting the academic, athletic and collegiate goals that will guide you through the college recruiting process.

Visit university websites and team sites and form a foundation of academic and athletic information. You can access 1,000s of sites instantly by registering with beRecruited.com or manually by visiting NCAA.org.

Most importantly, start considering your academic and athletic goals early in your high school career. Too many high school athletes start the college recruiting process late in their junior years or early in their senior years. This is simply too late. Take action early – you will be more informed, better prepared, and better organized when senior year begins. You train, practice and prepare for months and years before a major athletic competition; and you shouldn’t treat this any differently.

Read the series of articles published by the beRecruited.com Network as they provide a detailed guide for your high school career that will improve your chances of being recruited and earning a NCAA tennis scholarship:

Junior Year & Earlier in High School
Senior Year in High School
The Big Trip: College Recruiting Trips
What College Coaches Want
Narrowing the List of Colleges
Marketing Yourself to College Recruiters
Choosing the Right College and University
The Lowdown on College Loans
6 Steps of Financial Aid
With Honors: AP & Honors Courses
Back to School