Stop me if you’ve heard me say this before,\u00a0 the world of college football recruiting is very competitive.\u00a0 Being on point in all aspects of your recruiting profile is in your best interest.\u00a0 Unfortunately,\u00a0 one of the aspects of the profile that gets overlooked the most is intelligence.\u00a0 This article is here to tell you that this is a mistake.<\/p>\n
When it comes to the upper-echelon of college football recruiting meaning the Power 5\u00a0 and Top 25 teams,\u00a0 thoughts on the academics tends to stray towards get a “good enough” GPA and get the score you need to pass the test (SAT, ACT).\u00a0 On the face of it,\u00a0 sure,\u00a0 you need the proper GPA and score to even be offered a scholarship.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 if that is the extent or prevailing opinion that you have regarding your academics,\u00a0 you may be setting yourself up for failure.<\/p>\n
What many of us see on game day when we are watching games are amazing feats of athleticism.\u00a0 On display are guys running fast,\u00a0 looking strong and hitting hard.\u00a0 It is easy for us to come to the conclusion that the guys on the field are there solely because of their athletic prowess.\u00a0 What is not on display is the sidelines where there are quite a few tremendous athletes smelling of the cleanest soap because they can’t get on the field.\u00a0 I am here to tell you that a good portion of those talented athletes are there because learning is not “their thing”.<\/p>\n
When you are in high school,\u00a0 not everyone on the team is making football a career.\u00a0 There are far more that are new to the game of football. The coaches, in a lot of cases,\u00a0 are also not that advanced in their understanding of the schemes of football.\u00a0 With that being the case,\u00a0 high school football schemes are less complicated and intricate than what is available at the college level.\u00a0 A high school coach will run what he needs to run to be successful and many times that is a watered down version of what you will see at the college football level.\u00a0 So while the formations and plays may look the same on TV as what you ran the night before on your high school football team,\u00a0 I’m here to tell you that nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n
Many a high school football stud has had their college football dreams buried by a playbook.\u00a0 When the offensive plays are no longer one word concepts with simple routes and the defensive calls aren’t all man to man,\u00a0 some athletes’ brain circuitry short wires.\u00a0 That attitude of just pass the class or just get the score comes back to bite them.<\/p>\n
One of the major gripes students have about school is that they are learning about subjects they don’t care about or they think they’ll never need.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 the major purpose of your elementary – high school years of education is teaching you how to learn.\u00a0 Math, english, science, history all develop your brain’s ability to process information and recall it later.\u00a0 They develop your brain the same way squats develop your leg drive, power cleans develop your explosion and wind sprints develop your endurance.\u00a0 You develop those things so that when the time comes for you use them in a game,\u00a0 you have them available.\u00a0 The same is true for your brain and ability to learn.<\/p>\n
When the tight end goes in motion and the defenses checks the stunts and coverages,\u00a0 guess what part of your body is now needed to respond? Is your brain developed?\u00a0 If it’s not,\u00a0 you can’t help your football team and your coach doesn’t want you out there.\u00a0 Your speed, strength and endurance is worthless if your brain doesn’t know what to tell your body to do.<\/p>\n
Your early education teaches your brain how to process information like playbook terminology and apply it into action.\u00a0 It gives your brain the power to react quickly to what your opponent is doing and turn all your athletic training into a playmaking asset.\u00a0 Ignoring your education is similar to ignoring the weight room,\u00a0 doing drills and your conditioning.<\/p>\n
Some of you may know guys who were terrible students who ended up being world class football players.\u00a0 Let me clue you in on a couple of things.\u00a0 Terrible student does not always mean a poor learner.\u00a0 Sometimes a guy is not awesome at school but he’ll read when no one is looking. Reading is fundamental and it’s the single best thing you can do to develop your brain.\u00a0 By reading,\u00a0 I don’t mean the 240 characters on Twitter.\u00a0 I mean consuming an entire book or reading informative articles.\u00a0 You may have also known a player who was dumber than a box of rocks who ended up being a good college football player.\u00a0 Chances are great that he was a superior athletic freak that coaches dumbed down the system for to allow his athletic superiority to be realized.\u00a0 Those type of athletes are few and far in between.\u00a0 Truth be told,\u00a0 a coach with an equal or better option will take it before he dumbs down his scheme,\u00a0 trust me!<\/p>\n
Take your education seriously.\u00a0 Notice I did not say take your GPA and test score seriously.\u00a0 Exercise your brain by forcing yourself to acquire the information being given out in your classes.\u00a0 Practice recalling that information to answer questions correctly on tests.\u00a0 Strain to do this the way you strain to bench 315 lbs.\u00a0 The results of being successful in this could carry your football career to heights that may surprise you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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