Choice of college.Football-related factors outweigh out·weigh tr.v. out·weighed, out·weigh·ing, out·weighs 1. To weigh more than. 2. To be more significant than; exceed in value or importance: The benefits outweigh the risks. academic and facility considerations In an effort to determine the factors that influence football prospects in their choice of college, the authors zeroed in on 74 athletes who had made official recruiting visits to a Division I university (and been offered scholarships) from 1992 to 1994. The survey used both a Likert scale Likert scale A subjective scoring system that allows a person being surveyed to quantify likes and preferences on a 5-point scale, with 1 being the least important, relevant, interesting, most ho-hum, or other, and 5 being most excellent, yeehah important, etc and open-ended questions A closed-ended question is a form of question, which normally can be answered with a simple "yes/no" dichotomous question, a specific simple piece of information, or a selection from multiple choices (multiple-choice question), if one excludes such non-answer responses as dodging a on football, academic, and campus influences. Though many factors entered into the ultimate choice, the factors pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to football were clearly more influential than those involving the academic and campus scenes. The interest and apparent honesty Honesty See also Righteousness, Virtuousness. Alethia ancient Greek personification of truth. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 18] Better Business Bureau nationwide system of organizations investigating dishonest business practices. [Am. of the coaching staff ranked at the top of the chart, each with a response score of 1.11 (Scale: 1, very important; 2, somewhat important; 3, not important.) Academic influences were deemed of some importance, but not unduly so - ranking in the middle of the list. Campus-related factors were not nearly as important as football or academic reasons. In specifying the most important events in the official recruiting visit, the prospects again ranked football at the top of the list. The four most important events were: (1) tour of the football facilities, (2) interaction with team members, (3) interaction with the coaching staff, and (4) one-on-one meeting with the head coach. The college's social life was deemed more important than the tours of the academic and campus facilities. Academic-related events such as meeting with the team's academic advisor, meeting with faculty in the student-athlete's major area, and attending a class held little interest for most of the prospects. NOTE: * Parents greatly influence the choice of college. Most of the prospects asserted that their parents influenced them most. * Academic-related factors are somewhat important but not nearly as much as football considerations. FACTORS IN SELECTION: 1. Winning tradition of team 2. Interest shown by staff 3. Graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. rate of players 4. Availability of desired major 5. Academic support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services 6. A chance to play early 7. Honesty of coaching staff 8. Relationship with recruiting coach 9. Location of school 10. School's academic reputation 11. Social life of college 12. Personality of team members 13. Size of school 14. Appearance of campus 15. Football fatalities 16. Credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. of head coach 17. Attendance at games 18. Media exposure of team 19. Conference affiliation 20. Home visit by head coach Events of Official Visits 1. Meeting with faculty in your major course of study 2. Meeting with team's academic advisor 3. Tour of campus 4. Tour of football facilities 5. Interaction with coaching staff 6. Experiencing the social life of the college 7. One-on-one meeting with head coach 8. Interaction with current members of team 9. Tour of academic facilities 10. Meeting with strength coach 11. Attending a class 12. Interaction with non-football playing students CONCLUSIONS: Following are the most important considerations in the athlete's selection of a college: 1. A college that strongly emphasizes football, particularly with regard to a winning tradition and facilities. 2. A college whose coaching staff exhibits a strong interest in them and is honest with them. 3. A chance to play and contribute early in his career. 4. A college in which he can fit in socially with the members of the team. Based on our findings, we believe that coaching staffs would do well to observe the following considerations in the recruitment of the prospects: 1. Develop an honest relationship with the athletes from the very first contact. 2. Demonstrate a sincere interest in them; make every contact as positive as possible. 3. Stress the importance of both football and academics. Caution: Never slight the academic reputation of the college. 4. Attempt to match each prospect with a team member (host) having similar personality traits and interests. 5. Develop a solid relationship with the prospects' parents and high school coaches. 6. Ensure an in-depth tour of the football facility during the recruiting visit; and give the recruits every opportunity to interact with as many football program related people as possible. Dr. Robert Kraft Robert K. Kraft, (born June 5, 1941 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper & packaging, sports & entertainment, real estate development and a private equity portfolio. , Dept. of Phys. Ed phys. abbr. 1. physical 2. physician 3. physiological 4. physiology ., University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. and Kevin Dickerson, Asst. Football Coach, Sussex Sussex, county, SE England, since 1888 divided for administrative purposes into East Sussex (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), and West Sussex (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km). Central Sr. High School, Georgetown, DE |
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