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There are thousands of high school student-athletes looking to make it to the college level. Some of them will turn to college sports recruiting services to help them reach their goal. The question is, is this a wise choice?

First of all, what exactly what are these recruiting services? These services promise to help young athletes make it to the college level. There are plenty of these services all across the country, and the Internet.

The average college sports recruiting service will charge you in the thousands of dollars to help you get your name out to college coaches. Their services are certainly not cheap.

In return for the thousands of dollars you pay them, they will do the following:

1- Help You To Develop An Athletic Resume
2- Help You Develop An Athletic Profile
3- Help You Determine What Level Of College Sports Is Right For You
4- Work With You To Develop A List Of Schools To Contact
5- Make Contact With College Coaches To Market And Promote You

As you look at this list, you can see that college sports recruiting services provide a valuable service. After all, receiving an athletic scholarship not only allow student-athletes to play their sport in college, it can save them thousands of dollars in tuition.

The key question is this: Should You Pay Thousands Of Dollars To These Services?

If you look at the list of five things I listed these services can do for you, you will notice this very important fact: You Can Do All Of This Yourself! Yes, it will take time, research, and effort by you and your family, but you can do all of this yourself. There is nothing magical about what these recruiting services do. It’s all about marketing and promoting.

I leave you with this important question:

Who cares more about your chance to play at the college level…you or college sports recruiting services that are dealing with hundreds or even thousands of other athletes. The answer is clearly you! Take control of your recruitment and market and promote yourself to college coaches!

You’ve got to follow general journalism techniques or trade secrets when writing your sports articles to make them compelling and exciting.

1. Use killer headlines. As this what will grab your readers, it’s a must that you make them sound very powerful. Although your titles must not contain more than 15 words, they must effectively summarize the gist of your content. If possible, you can also give your audience a reason why they should go ahead and read your articles.

2. Have a strong lead. Your first paragraph is as important as your titles. It must be strongly written and it must contain all the major information that are being looked for by your target market. Ensure that you’ll be able to answer all the possible questions of your readers at this point.

3. Write with clarity. Keep in mind that you’re not writing a novel and that you’re serving people who do not have the time nor the patience to read in between the lines. So, write your articles in a very easy to understand manner. Your audience must not need to read your articles over and over again just to understand the points that you’re trying to get across. Also, get straight to the point. Beating around the bush will surely annoy both your editor and your readers.

4. Understand the sports. Although you don’t really need to be an expert in the sport that you’re covering, you must have at least basic working knowledge. You must be familiar with terms and how the sport is being played.