ALL PREP ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS BASED ON EXPERIENCE ALONE
High School/Prep School: Rise Academy provides an advanced alternative to high school basketball. Long gone are the days of being able to suit up for the local high school and play only during the season. In order to be an impact player, or have the opportunity to have one’s education paid for, players must prepare and play year round. Prep basketball has become the leader of winter time exposure for good high school basketball players. There are no cupcakes in terms of the competition when playing at a prep school. In fact, practices are typically harder then most games, which is why so many coaches attend prep practices. Last season, Rise played in front of 300 college coaches with three out of four seniors receiving division one offers. The difference is Rise seeks better competition and travels throughout twelve different states to find it. Also, Rise, unlike some others, recruits for quality not quantity. Everyone is a capable player at Rise. There are two teams that are equally split. Our main goal is to develop the individual first, and then allow him to make his teammates better, which typically then results in winning. Exposure programs help players improve and increase their recruitment through the following: phone calls, emails, taping their performances and workouts, exposing their profiles, and contacting college coaches. Rise/Sam Rines prides itself on developing 20 year relationships with hundred’s of coaches. The college you attend might only be a phone call away. Grassroots basketball is still a word of mouth industry. Budgets are not endless, and people rely on others to evaluate talent for them. With the relationships we have built over the years, our credibility allows us to bring coaches in that may not spend their time coming to a regular practice or a coach they don’t knows practice. This program also is designed to put quality high school basketball players in a position to showcase their abilities as well as succeed while doing so. The formula is simple, yet so many people try and do it a different way. We are not reinventing the wheel here at Rise, our reputation speaks for itself, and we are doing it with hard work and dedication. The objective and goal at Rise Academy is to get our players recruited to all levels of the NCAA on either a full or partial athletic scholarship, or a well put together financial aid package that will in turn save parents, as well as kids, thousands of dollars. Rise cares about winning, but the prize is the scholarship at the end of the day. ***Camps, AAU, and other exposure events are also included in this program.*** Education Options: Rise provides athletes with the option to attend different schools based on their educational needs. Rise educates players on present and future NCAA standards prior to attending the academy. Players are offered educational opportunities that will help them be able to move on to higher education. Rise specializes in helping athletes meet NCAA clearinghouse requirements. SAT (Standard Aptitude Test) preparatory work and ACT tutoring is available to those that need to raise their test scores. Area approved high schools are used if players are in need of any core course(s). Exposure: Rise offers exposure opportunities to those looking to play college basketball. Rise competes against the best prep schools, some junior colleges, and good high schools from coast to coast. Player profiles and updates are sent to different colleges across the country to help players attending the academy gain exposure and recognition among the college community. College coaches attend both games and practices looking for possible student-athletes to attend their universities. Rise provides opportunities to all their athletes attending the academy. Exposure comes in many forms and different programs such as elite camps, AAU tournaments, Top 100 shootouts, All-Star Games, Prep Schools, Scouting Service assessments, coach’s invitations, and simple phone calls. Compare: "NOT ALL PROGRAMS ARE NOT CREATED EQUALED" * Sam Rines put more players in division 1 colleges than 99% of all high school and AAU coaches over the last 10 years. * Rise offers more games, and gym time than all prep schools, and most basketball academies. * Most prep teams play to win games; Rise play to get scholarships for individual players. * Rise plays the most complete schedule in the country so players can be exposed to different colleges across the country. Rise played in all the Northeastern States, along with Texas, Mississippi, California, Nevada, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, and Georgia. * Rise has two teams equally divided, not an A team and a B team. Do you really think the B team players get scholarships when they play fewer games, and lesser competition? Coach’s want stars, not role players, or B players. * Rise players are taught by some of the top basketball instructors in the country. Rise makes average players good and good players great. * Sam Rines is known for producing unknown players that produce at the next level. Rise has its own scouting service promoting good products. * Sam Rines befriended hundred of coaches over the years. I will never give my friends a bad product because one bad produce can get a coach fired. * Some prep schools, high school, and AAU programs are ranked every year, and usually these are some of the players that flop in college because good players try to hide among other good players. These are the players normally over rated, and famous for getting coaches fired. *The NY Times and several other media outlets reported that I said "you can get up to 8 cores in 1 schools year". It's true. if you attend a school with block scheduling or you attend night and/or summer school, you can probably get 9 or 10. it depends on how bad you really want it. Every year my teams have strong academic players as well as players that need academic help. I try to consult with the NCAA, different compliance officers, and other school administrators to help student -athletes qualify for college. * Why go to a prep school in the middle of nowhere? Rise offers the comfort of everyday life. * Rise treats student- athletes live like college students. Therefore, the adjustment period is not hard when they get to their school. * The schools we use have been around for 35 or more years unlike some of these other schools and programs
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