Both Sides of the Plate: Insider Secrets for Nagivating the College Baseball Recruiting Process

UPDATED FEBRUARY 2015 with Current NCAA & NAIA Rules. Written by Rick Allen, an NCAA Rules Expert with 25+ years experience working directly with the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA rules and Founder of Informed Athlete™ - www.informedathlete.com, this book could save you time and THOUSANDS of dollars.

Each year, parents spend thousands of dollars on lessons, equipment, competitive sports teams, and travel in the hopes that their son or daughter will be noticed by college athletic recruiters and offered an athletic scholarship. Their journey is often complicated by making costly mistakes due, in many cases, to not knowing or understanding the NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA rules.

Decisions made during the recruiting process can have HUGE and lasting impact both emotionally and financially later on.

This book provides real-life advice and experiences that are typical of the many situations you will encounter if you are actively pursuing an athletic scholarship.

In this book, you will learn how soon you should get started in the recruiting process, what you should do if you're not getting recruiting interest, what to look for and questions to ask on your campus visits, what academic requirements are needed to be eligible for an athletic scholarship, what to do if things don't work out and you need to transfer to another school, and what you should know BEFORE you go through the recruiting process.

Some of the stories shared are based on situations I've encountered throughout my years on campus. Some of these stories include mistakes that were made in our own son's recruitment process despite my years of NCAA experience and expertise.