How to Supercharge Your Athletic Scholarship Search
January 26, 2012 | 
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If you’re planning on getting an athletic scholarship anytime in the near future you need to pay attention to this blog post because what I’m about to show you will help you achieve your goals much quicker and allow you to have a plan of action that will be conducive to your search. If you have been following this blog for any particular amount of time you will notice that there is a link on the right-hand side of the blog page that shows you how to get to articles concerning the sports scholarship process. But to even make it more easy, I have written a book that you can easily download for free, which will show you how to get a sports scholarship and the process that is involved in obtaining one.
Get Motivated and Take Action
Much of this blog post is more about getting the lead out than it is about what forms to fill out. If you want to know what forms to fill out and how to contact coaches, read my free sports scholarship guide. However, you will need motivation and determination to get to the whole entire plan in motion so that you can obtain the athletic scholarship that you need. The main thing you need to remember is that without taking any action, you will get nowhere. It’s the same thing with anything else you do in life if you want to be successful.
There is a basic formula that you can think about which will summarize this whole entire process and allow you to understand what you need to do in order to succeed at this game.
Here is the formula: Less responsibility equals less success and more responsibility equals more success.
It really isn’t a very difficult concept to understand, but if you want to be successful in life you have to take more action and take more responsibility, that’s all there is to it. So, the more action that you take on a diligent basis and do it consistently, the more success you will have in your process of obtaining an athletic scholarship. I’m often reminded about a scene in the movie Wall Street where the Donald Trump-esque Gordon Geckko is talking to his young apprentice Budd Fox. They’re both driving down the street in the car talking about success and they pass two men standing on the street; one man is a bum wearing filthy clothes the other an obviously successful businessman. Gordon Geckko looks at the two men and says to his young apprentice, “you mean to tell me the only difference between those two men on that street is luck?” Now, even though the Gordon Geckko character was a devious and unscrupulous man, the point was pretty important; between success and failure there really is no luck.
You Need to Learn in Order to Earn
To achieve anything in life, you really need to spend some time learning about what you are getting into. This seems to be a major mistake with most people because they fail to spend the necessary time learning about the field that they are going into, and how to obtain their goals. For example, if you are going to be a professional fisherman, you should be reading all of the books that you can on how to fish. You can easily go to any bookstore and pick up books by expert fisherman and learn about the different techniques and tools that successful fishermen use. You can also subscribe to many of their magazines and trade journals to find out about as much as you can about the sport as well. Not only should you be consulting magazines and books, but you should be looking for people that are successful at what you want to learn as well.
One of the most successful salesman in the pharmaceutical industries went out and met every professional pharmaceutical salesman that was successful that he could find. He took notes and asked to see if he could follow them around for a few days. Out of 49 of these salesmen that he contacted, only one turned him down. The result was he knew exactly what he had to do to start a successful career in pharmaceutical sales. So, if you are going to be successful at anything you need to try to find as many people in the profession that you want to go into and pick their brains.
If I were to ask you how many books you have read on how to obtain a sports scholarship, how many can you actually say that you have read? If you’ve not read very many, or consulted people that are in the profession of helping others get athletic scholarships, then you might want to consider reading and finding people that can help you. I can’t believe how many people claim they want to get somewhere in life and never take the first step in that direction. In the first step should be gathering information that you will need to succeed in your goals.
Take the First Step and Get My Sports Scholarship Guide
As I mentioned before, I have written an extensive athletic scholarship guide that will help you to pursue your dream of obtaining a sports scholarship. This book is absolutely free and all you have to do is click here to get it: Sports Scholarship Planning Guide What you need to do is download it, read it, and use it. Let’s face it, if you are not willing to take a small step like this, how can you possibly think that you will ever get through four years of college while playing a highly intensive athletic sport and possibly working in a part-time job at the same time? If you think that a four year degree with the scholarship attached to it will be a four-year party, do I have news for you! College is like a four-year mental marathon and you will need to set your mind on your goals daily and follow through. So, do yourself a favor and download the free book, at least it will help you get started.
Mark “Elmo” Ellis is the CEO of Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography. Our company makes high-quality videos for people that are trying to obtain ports scholarships. We offer an entire video package that will help you obtain your athletic scholarship and prepare you for your daunting task of getting an athletic scholarship.
Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography’s List of Three Top Success Books
If you find yourself scratching your head as you wonder if you are going to be able to actually get an athletic scholarship, then you may want to pay attention to this post. The problem with many of you is that you haven’t been listening or reading. Sure, you have been listening and reading in your personal lives, but is it stuff that will make your life any better?
If you are listening to music with depressing lyrics or rap that has a very destructive message chances are your life will be impacted by those messages. The same could be said about what you are watching and engaging your mind with on television as well as the Internet. Not only can you infect your mind with addictions and negative thoughts, but you may be wasting an incredible amount of time with worthless communications and games on the Internet.
Did you know that on average, a millionaire reads between 1 and 2 books a month? No, they are not reading romance novels or sci-fi, they are reading books that will positively impact their lives. If you really want to have success in your life, you need to start learning and gaining knowledge in areas that will positively influence you. Another little known fact about people that are affluent is the fact that their library of books on self improvement is usually larger than their televisions. As a matter of fact, one millionaire that has helped more people become successful and affluent states that he can easily tell how well a person is doing financially by looking at the size of his library and T.V.
So, success is rarely pure luck, it is more often attributed to hard work, diligence and a good knowledge base. Listening to destructive music, or even news reports constantly can do nothing more than get you depressed and impact your attitude as you try to get your ducks lined up for college.
Here is a list of a few of the books I have personally read in the last few years that have really impacted my life.
- #1 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This is the ultimate success book that was written over 75 years ago has impacted the lives of millions and helped to launch more success stories than any one single book on the planet. It would be hard to imagine anyone that was an avid reader of success stories or books that has not read this or at least has several in their library. An absolute must read.
- #2 The Ultimate Success Secret by Dan Kennedy. I got a hard copy of this small manual several years ago and I read it over again at least twice a year. Written by Dan “The Millionaire Maker” Kennedy it is one of the most powerful messages I have ever read. It focuses on the magic of taking massive amounts of action in order to change your financial life and business! This read is a must for anyone that wants to better their situation in life.
- #3 Psycho- Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Have you ever watched the Winter Olympics and noticed downhill skiers standing on the platform right before their run? They usually have their eyes closed and their heads move slightly as they visualize their run down the slopes. This is the power of visualizing before you do a particular thing and it is the basis of Psycho-Cybernetics. I read this book years ago and it helped me while I was attending school. It is a definitive guide to setting, visualizing and attaining goals and bringing you to the level of a high performer. I can’t imagine any athlete who is pursuing a sports scholarship not being able to use this book.
For those of you interested, I have a free copy of Dan Kennedy’s Ultimate Success Secret for you, and you can get it by clicking here: Success Principles
How to Select a Good Sports Scholarship Videographer
Finding a good videographer, whether it is for a wedding or a sports event, is a difficult process for many people because it is not a service that you will probably not be familiar with. Unless you are in an industry that requires video on a consistent basis, you won’t be familiar with what a good sports videographer can do for you. In this article, I will attempt to point out a few things that you should look for when you are looking for one to contract.
Customer Service
One of the things that we try to do at Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography is to provide our clients with top notch, customer service and that personal touch that will make your experience with us a very comfortable one. We don’t just let our clients drop off the face of the earth once we provide our services to them. So, one of the facets of a videographer that you should be looking at is how well they will work with you during your project or filming and how they follow up with e-mail or phone calls as you are trying to set up a project with them.
Pricing
One of the biggest mistakes I think people make when buying anything from products to services is to look for the cheapest thing or service that you can get your hands on. Personally, I won’t even buy cheap garbage bags much less pay for an important service at a very cheap price. F0r one thing, you will wind up getting what you pay for, and the other thing is that you really can’t lay high expectations on people that you have barely paid.
if you ask your Uncle Albert to take your videos for free, expect to get the quality of work that you paid for
I had an employee buy garbage bags for me once, and he bought the cheapest ones he could find. Well, the garbage ripped out as soon as we put any type of garbage in them and as a result, we had to not only clean up a big mess, but we also had to take the time to go back to the store and buy more expensive ones. So, if you ask your Uncle Albert to take your videos for free, expect to get the quality of work that you paid for.
Recommendations
Usually, a reputable company will have a website that you go to and look at their services. If a videography business is really smart, they will have comments by customers on their site with written testimonials. This is a real easy way to see how the company functions and whether or not they have people that are happy with their services. However, I have seen some very good videographers that have over looked this step of putting accolades on their site, so, it is not always an indicator of a great business, but it is certainly one that is worth the consideration.
Services
Not everyone needs the same services or requirements for an athletic scholarship video. In some cases, students and their parents would only like a keepsake or highlights video of their athletic year or events. A good videographer will have different packages to offer you depending on what you will need. Here is a list of some of the services Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography has:
- An entire sports scholarship action package
- Highlight videos with players stats
- Highlight videos for teams to use at banquets
- Keepsake videos for friends and relatives ( We have the ability to make these on demand with professionally packaged cases)
- Different levels of sports scholarship videos
The main thing to remember with any videographer is that if you need to hire the services of a good one that you will need to start searching for the services of one well in advance. Videographers are just like any service related business, in that they can only be in one place at a time.
The Weird World of Sports! By Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography
Sometimes I think I have fallen asleep and awoken in a world that is so weird, it would make the virtual world in the Matrix look like Sunday school. Today, I have decided to depart from my usual serious blog posting about how to get a scholarship, and show you a couple of really strange sports that actually exist. Now, some of these events that I am about to show you are marginal sports and many of you no doubt will probably write me, call me or yell at me from across the mall telling me that some of these events are not sports. But what defines a sport anyway?
Webster’s Dictionary describes a sport as such: physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2): a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in.
So, a particular activity is what usually defines a sport. It should come as no surprise then, that some of these activities are now considered as sports and usually get treated as such which brings me to my first weird sports event.
Starcraft: Brood War Professional Competition
In case you don’t know, Starcraft created by Blizzard Entertainment is a very popular computer game fashioned after Blizzard’s other very popular computer game, Warcraft. Both of these games are very similar except Warcraft resembles Lord of the Rings, whereas Starcraft resembles Lord of the Rings in Space.
Anyway, the game has been made into a sport in South Korea, featuring views of the players, the computer screen the players are going mano a mano in an all out battle, while sports announcers enthusiastically comment on the action as if it were happening at the Summer Olympics.
The tournament says “Professional” on it, which leads us to believe it is being played for money.
Although I couldn’t find out how much money the competitors made from their winnings, I did see that there were world rankings in this most unusual sport and that these people were pretty popular among their fans.
Professional Kite Flying in Thailand
If you ever go to Thailand in the months of February through March you’ll see a lot of people flying kites of every size and shape. Kite sales during these months are huge and Bangkok’s skies just about explode with all sorts of colorful kites, of every size, shape and design.
So, it should come as no surprise that there are contests and competitions built around these soaring pieces of art all across the country. As a matter of fact, there are team sports built around kites as well. On really gusty days, (don’t ask me how they know what days to schedule these events) these teams work together to fly kites against each other to see which kite team can snare the other teams kite and then drag the other team’s kite into their territory.
Apparently, these events are sponsored by people and businesses with big money, and they have turned these past times into sporting events.
Live Olympic Pigeon Shooting
Yes, they used to kill animals at the Olympics. In this case, the event was only held one time back in 1900. The object of this sports contest was basically shoot to see how many birds that you can kill as you can. They released a batch of birds at once, and the shooter that could shoot down the most pigeons at once, was the winner. (Good thing Dick Cheney wasn’t there…)
If you missed two birds, you were eliminated from the contest. During the event, 300 pigeons were shot and the clean up was pretty bad because pigeon bodies littered the Olympic grounds considerably. In the end, no feathers were really ruffled because the winners split $20,000 between 4 people.
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Free Athletic Scholarships for College Planning Guide by Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography of Lexington, KY
At Ellistrations sports scholarship videography we have written a rather extensive report on how to obtain an athletic scholarship and many of the steps that you will need to take in order to get one. This sports scholarship e-book has step-by-step plans in it so that you will know exactly what you need to do in order to approach a college or university for and athletic scholarship. Not only is this absolutely free e-book a great resource to have, but it will also be updated on a regular basis as newer chapters are added. All you need do is click on this link: Absolutely Free Athletic Scholarship Guide and you will be taken to a file sharing site.
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How to Organize Your Athletic Scholarship Contact Documents
One thing that most people do not think about when they are pursuing a sports scholarship, is that they will have to stay organized throughout the process. You should be keeping records of who you are contacting, when you contacted them, and then if you get any information back from college or school that’s interested in you, you should also organize that into files or folders. Also, you should be organizing and keeping records of all of the coaches that you talk to, on what day you talked to them, and a little bit of information about what you said to each other. The reason that this is important is if you ever talk to a coach more than once you will need to differentiate in your mind which couch you talked to and what you talked about. It will make the process of contacting and following up with these athletic directors and coaches much easier.
A Breakdown of Contact Information
So, here’s a breakdown of what you should write down after every conversation that you have with a coach or a recruiter:
- Date
- Time
- Method of Contact (was at a letter, note, or a phone call?)
- Was it an actual face to face interview?
- Name of coach or recruiter
- Name of College or University
- Date of Follow-Up
- Date of Thank You Note (more about this in the)
- Section of Notes of What Was Said at the Interview
Send “Thank You” Notes
As I said in the bullet statements above, you will need to be sending thank you notes to every single person you talk to. You will have to look at this process much like a person looking for a high level, high-paying job or an executive position. If you were out looking for a job, you would make sure that every single person that you talk to received a thank you note. So, in this process you must do the same thing. You want to make sure that the coach or recruiter that you are communicating with understands that you are very serious about this position. Also, this communicates that you are considerate, have integrity, and are motivated enough to remind them that you spoke to them. This will definitely set you apart from most of the athletic scholarship applicants and keep your name in the mind of the coach. Even if you aren’t talented enough for the level of team that you are trying to approach, if you stand out from the crowd people will help you. You don’t necessarily have to just get an athletic scholarship because they may be able to direct you to a different scholarship that would be better for your career. Usually, people enjoy helping other people and the coaches and recruiters that you may contact may know of some information that will help you in the pursuit of your career education and goals. So, even if you don’t get the athletic scholarship that you want, you may have opened the door to other opportunities that may actually be better for you.
…if you do not receive an offer for a sports scholarship from a particular school, don’t make the mistake of getting a bad attitude and complaining about the school…
One other thing about this, if you do not receive an offer for a sports scholarship from a particular school, don’t make the mistake of getting a bad attitude and complaining about the school to everybody, especially on Facebook or the Internet. If you don’t believe me, take a look at this article: Employers Look at Personal Online Activity For one thing, people can see all sorts of records about you and now employers and recruiters are looking at Facebook and MySpace for all sorts of records of what you are really like. The downside of that is, it may not be true or representative of anything that you have done. For example, recently on a news report a woman was not considered for a job simply because on her Facebook page she was holding a drink. (Actually, I believe the drink was actually apple juice but the employers thought it was wine and she was eliminated from the selection
process.)
Complaining is a Sign of Immaturity
Also, when you start complaining about a school or university that did not consider you, there may have been a very good reason for it outside of the fact that you are not what they were looking for. They may have run out of money, you may have been looking in the wrong category for the type of athletic scholarship you were looking for, or a host of other reasons that a university or college may not be able to talk about. The other end of this is, if you get online or on a cell phone even for that matter, and start talking openly about how you think a particular college or university sucks because they did not accept you, then you may be burning bridges. Sometimes, people that you don’t think can help you out come to your rescue at the oddest moments, Beside all of this, your complaining will wreak of immaturity and shallowness, which is what you do not want to communicate to anybody while you are looking for an athletic scholarship.
To sum it all up, you will need to keep good, accurate records of everyone you talk to, and you will need to keep files of them in a small file cabinet or box that you can easily find. Taking this step seriously is an important one in the scheme of trying to get a sports scholarship.
At Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Video we have written an extensive report that shows you all of the steps that you need to know about in order to get an athletic scholarship. You can get all of this information and more in our free athletic scholarship planning guide and all you have to do to get this guide is to click on this link: Athletic Scholarship Planning Guide Absolutely Free!
The Reality of Sports and Athletic Scholarships
One of the things that I try to emphasize in this blog is the reality of getting and maintaining a sports scholarship for college. I do not ever want to paint a rosy, Hollywood style image of getting and retaining an athletic scholarship, because it would only hurt you. It is far better that you know the realities of this business (believe me, it is a business) and know what you will have to go through to achieve your goals for college.
You see, when a parent or a student hears the term “scholarship” immediately, the thoughts of going to a college or university for next to nothing and playing in a sport on ESPN start dancing through their heads. However, the big time coaches are few by comparison and lead far from typical organizations. The celebrity university coaches that you read about and see on TV are the few elite and for most potential scholarship students, these are unrealistic scholarships to get your hands on.
Expensive House Analogy
Not only are do you have to consider the facts that getting a scholarship is a very competitive situation, but what are you actually getting for the university that you plan on attending. Let me give you a scenario that will put this idea into terms that will be easier for you to understand. Not too far from where I live, there is a housing area that I can only term as “elite”. These are $500,000 to $ 1,500,000 houses that are now up for sale because of the economic collapse in the real estate market. Well, one of the houses has a sign up in front that says, “I will trade you this house for your house!” Now, this house is about a 6,000 square foot home with a pool, big fountains and a veranda. It is just stunning. So, on the surface, it looks like a real good deal. You trade your home that is valued at $130,000 for a home that is worth over a million dollars. Such a deal!! Or is it really? What are the taxes on a home of that value? That would probably be rather significant as well as the cost of upkeep, heating and cooling and let us not forget any outstanding mortgage payments on that beautiful house.
As you can easily see, all that glitters is not gold.
The same thing could be said about a scholarship of just about any kind. You have to consider if the college or university has the degree program that you need, how much each semester will run you and so forth. You need to check out all aspects of your finances, whether or not the scholarship will benefit you financially as well. If you get a $12,000 scholarship, and the degree is going to run you $50,000, you will have to consider if the school is really worth it, and you will also have to figure out whether or not you are going to be able to finance it or afford it.
The Reality of it All
Not only that, don’t be deceived by the idea that all coaches sit in a big office and have all sorts of secretaries at their disposal. In reality, most coaches that are in universities and colleges sit in very small offices with a load of responsibilities that would stagger the imagination. So, you need to understand that your perception of an athletic scholarship needs to be realistic.
Knowing exactly what you are up against is the first step in successfully achieving your goals and gaining the sports scholarship that you are trying to get.
How to Deal with Phony Sports Scholarship Coaches and Recruiters
As I may have mentioned in the previous posts, you always want to be forthright and honest in everything you do and represent yourself in a noble manner. This will let others know that
you are a serious candidate and an honest one that can be trusted. However, there are some coaches and recruiters that you have to watch out for because not all of them are honest or diligent in the way they pursue students. You have to keep in your mind at all times that colleges and universities are moneymaking institutions that are trying to earn your dollars. That is the plain and simple fact of life and you have to always keep that in your mind as you deal with these people. This is one of those situations that if you are not careful, you could get hurt and your family could begin to wonder whether or not you should pursue a scholarship at all. However, if you are prepared for this eventuality you can just skip over it is easy as water rolling off a duck’s back. This is just another one of those setbacks that you are going to have to learn to overcome.
Make Sure it is in Writing
You have to remember that until you are actually offered a position where a scholarship in a school,in writing, and you actually sign the papers committing yourself to that school, you really don’t have any kind of a binding relationship or contract. On one hand, you have to assume that if you have not been offered anything, the coaches really are not interested in you no matter how many letters or e-mails he may have sent you initially. On the other hand, you shouldn’t expect a coach to treat you seriously if you have been made an offer and you do not respond to it. I know that sounds crazy, but many people do that and it is a big mistake. So, until something is in writing you really don’t have much to go on.
One of the ways you can be prepared for this ahead of time is to ask the coach if he is considering any other athletes for the position or scholarship that you are trying to get. If he has 20 or so prospects, don’t be surprised if you don’t wind up at the bottom of the trash bin. However, if the coach is really considering you, then you should make every effort you can to stay in contact with the coach and make him somebody that you know.
One of the ways you can be prepared for this ahead of time is to ask the coach if he is considering any other athletes for the position or scholarship that you are trying to get.
Another way that you can make sure that you are going to get your scholarship, is to have other options open at other colleges. If you have three or four colleges that you have a pretty good chance of getting a scholarship from, then you will not be under as much pressure when one of them does not work out. This way, if one of the schools does not recruit you, then you can easily move on to the other schools that you have been working on. It is not uncommon for some students to have multiple offers with scholarships if they know how to do it right. Also, you can tell prospective coaches that you have been accepted at other colleges and universities, and this might make you a more desirable prospect of them. In other words, they might come up with a better offer than they had the last time.
Things to Watch out for
On the whole, I would say that most university and college coaches are very fine professionals and take their business very seriously. However, as I have stated earlier in this dissertation, you may encounter some coaches that are rather dishonest in their dealings with you. This is why you should watch out for a couple telltale signs that will alert you to the fact that they are not really serious about you as a prospect.
If the coach has other people contact you that are not on staff at the university or college, then you could probably expect that these are either headhunters or parents of students at this college or university that have volunteered to do some work. This actually means that they are not interested in you at all, otherwise, you would’ve had the coach or a recruiter that works with the school contact you directly. Another warning sign should be the fact that the coaches will be promising you a position on the team that is much higher than you should be getting in your first year of college. In your freshman year, if you are being offered a position as first string quarterback, then he is probably not telling you the truth. Watch out for University student guides that will take you to private parties where there is all sorts of drinking and sexual activity occurring too. If you should encounter a situation like this, you should probably head out the door because this is not the type of university or college a person who was really serious about their career would get involved in.
The bottom line with dealing with these different types of situations is, if it is too good to be true it, probably is. Ask yourself the question, does this sound too good to be true for somebody who’s just a young freshman going into college? Answering that question will probably keep you out of trouble and help you keep yourself on track for getting the scholarship that you want.
How to Follow up with a Coach or a Recruiter and Answer Questions for an Athletic Scholarship
As you go through the process of contacting recruiters and coaches in your quest to get a sports or athletic scholarship, there are a few things that you need to know about how to handle these correspondences. If you get an e-mail, letter or phone call from a college coach or a recruiter you should immediately send them a response thanking them for their interest in you. You need to enthusiastically express your interest in attending their school and being a part of their athletic program while sending them information about yourself. For a scholarship seeker, this is the best time to really teach your own horn and let them know what you can do. Remember, exaggerating or telling lies is never a good policy, eventually one way or the other you will be found out, and it will ruin your chances of getting an athletic scholarship. So, always be forthright and honest in everything that you do, especially your correspondences because they are written records of what you say.
If you get an e-mail, letter or phone call from a college coach or a recruiter you should immediately send them a response thanking them for their interest in you.
Questions, Questions, Questions!
You will need to send them as much information as you can about yourself to include any competition schedules that you have. You may also want to ask some questions at this time if you can:
- When does your season usually begin and/or end?
- How much time you spend in practice?
- Can you compete in other sports?
- How often does the team travel?
- How many games and meets are there per season?
- Have you had an opportunity to see me play or compete?
- What are the usual practice hours?
Be Prepared
There are literally tons of questions that you could ask a prospective coach or recruiter, so do some research. Also, you should be able to answer any questions they have of you about your practice times, record and stats, as well as whether or not you have attended any extra sports events on your own. Just be prepared to answer any questions about yourself that you feel are pertinent to your obtaining an athletic scholarship. Actually, you should rehearse some of the answers that you think a coach might ask you in an interview. This process is very similar to a job interview so you might want to think about practicing answering some questions a prospective coach might ask you. Also, if you do get an interview, (either on the phone or in any correspondence to include in person) try to remember to write down the questions that the coach asked you so that you can practice for the next interview that you get.
Some of the questions that you might get are:
- What are your staff?
- What position or role did you play?
- What are your thoughts on leadership?
- What you know about our school?
- How long have you been playing your particular sport?
As you can see, you can come up with a whole list of questions a coach might ask you.
Ask People that have Already Been There
It would also be a good idea if you could contact a student for several students that have been through this process and ask them what the interviews were like. They may be able to give you some insight on how to respond to these questions and if they felt that there interview went well and what they should look out for. Just like getting a job interview for a big corporation, you want to prepare for this event. Make sure that if you do a personal interview that you look sharp, that you have a clean appearance and that you know how to respond to questions in an intelligent manner using good grammar. If you follow some of these guidelines you will have a smooth and well tailored interview and you will know how to respond to questions and how to ask them.
Mark Elmo Ellis is co-owner and CEO of the business Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Videography, which is located in Lexington Kentucky. He offers a free e-book that outlines all of the things that you need to do in order to obtain a sports scholarship. To get the free e-book, all you have to do is sign up for it on the left-hand side of this page where it says “sign up”. All we need to deliver the e-book to you is your e-mail address and we will never share that information with anyone under any circumstances.
Ellistrations Sports Scholarship Video Picks the Craziest Sports Commercials of All Time!
If you looked at our one of our more recent posts on the 3 strangest sports ever, You saw some pretty strange stuff. However, we decided to look around and find the five strangest sports commercials that we could find. It took our esteemed and estranged panel of judges hours and hours to compile this batch of craziness,so that you can stay well informed of what is really important in your life.
Hai Karate Aftershave – I personally love this blast from the past. It is obviously from the late 1960′s early 1970′s era and show cases what will happen to any man that puts on this aftershave. For some reason, this aftershave has gone by the way of the dodo and became extinct.
NBC Sports Commercial - I like this one because it gets straight to the point. Actually, you wonder what type of a strange commercial this one is until you get to the end of the video.
NBA on TNT- This is a cute commercial made for basketball by the NBA for TNT Sports. As crazy as these commercials are, the production values on them are extremely high. As a matter of fact, many of the commercials that are made have larger budgets than a full-blown motion picture. Think about that, you have a commercial that only runs for 30 seconds which costs more than a major motion picture! The reason for this is, the marketing of any product by a major corporation relys heavily on being able to generate business from such a small amount of time. So, nothing is left to chance when they make an advertisement like this.
Sega Baseball Game 1994 – boy, when you look at these older video graphics, you can really see how far video games have come. anyway, this is a funny commercial for the old Sega video game system of its day. Wow, has time flown!!!