These parents have spent a decade driving across the country for games and practices, and they haven’t heard from any college coaches. These parents go to high school sporting events looking around for scouts or go to college showcases expecting to be approached. They don’t understand. But the reality is that it’s very much a two-way street. It’s an active process with an organized strategic plan. The reality is that there are very few athletes that are so superb—we call them ‘Blue Chip Athletes’—that they are being scouted or approached. The vast majority are not in that category. For most it’s a process. They have to highlight their own achievements.”
reinforcement in a challenging setting to motivate athletes to leave more confident in their abilities and in themselves,” Barger said. “Our college athlete mentors know how to keep the fun in a challenging environment that produces positive results on the fields and courts.”
Barger offers that very service. The first step is finding out where the young athlete wants to go to school and assessing his or her skill level. His company uses current and former college coaches to determine if the young person is likely to be an athletic fit for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1, 2 or 3, if they are a better fit for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or junior college. That determination is then matched with their own criteria about where they would like to go. Then schools are targeted that they are interested in and that are interested in them. “We put together a professional profile for them to submit to college coaches,” Barger said. “The profile highlights who they are academically and athletically with video highlights and statistics.”
• Phase I Initial Consultation $350
Barger also provides private training for young athletes, including individual and group sessions with current college athletes who know what they need to do to play for colleges.
Barger offers soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, track and field/cross country, lacrosse, football and fitness camps. Training rates begin at $80 per 90-minute session. Discounts are offered when two or more kids are signed up together. Group rates are also available. Recruitment consultant pricing includes the following: • Phase II Evaluation/Strategy Formulation $500 • Phase III Final Consultation $350 (all pricing includes ongoing telephone consultation)
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Camp pricing includes: • Half-day camp $125/week • Full day camp $200/week My College Sports Mentor also pairs with athletes and organizations in the United States and abroad with its Shared Blessings Program which encourages athletes and their parents to pass along some of the blessings they’ve enjoyed to fellow athletes in need. These “blessings” may include any used sports equipment that still has some life left in it. ¤
Finally, Barger offers camps designed to maximize fun to enable improvement in individual sports. “We provide positive
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