1) English Proposal
2) DNY Irish Paper
3) DNY Ellis Island Trip
4) DNY Brazil Presentation
5) Persuasive Speech
6) Handbook Project
7) Theo Test
8) Bio Test
Well this is my list of school work due before the Easter Recess. I am taking time out of doing this work right now in order to blog. This is relieving stress for me. Though I must stop procrastinating, and finish this work so I can relax. Well, I hope after this break I will be able to breathe again. Welll that is it for this entry.
By the way its really nice out and I want to be outside.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Hallacious Night
This friday night started out as any other friday night, for a college student. People gathered in a dorm room discussing what they are going to do for that night. Well on this particular friday the debate was between going to see the Ninja Turtles Movie or to go Cosmic Bowling. In the end, everyone decided on cosmic bowling. The next step was to find a bowling ally. So the first place mark calls up they are like yeah we have cosmic bowling and its only $2.00 a game. He hangs up and I was like good mark way to find out where it is and are you sure its only $2 a game. Well is wound up being a bowling ally in Missouri. Finally, he called a bowling ally in NEw York. He figured out that we had to take the Q30 to Jamiaca then get onto the Q5 and take that to the bowling ally. Well, Mark told us to get off the bus at the wrong stop. We wound up south of Hillside in one of the worst neighborhoods. As, we were roaming around as the outcasts there, 3 cops aproached us and said, "You are either lost kids from Long Island or buying drugs." They go you kids dont belong here and they led us to the Q5. We get on the Q5 and ask the bus driver where we have to get off. He goes oo you kids have a long time about 30-40 min. We were like no way its way to late at this point. We got off at the next stop in another bad neighborhood. We went into a NYC Crown Chicken. There was bullet proof glass between us and the cashiers. We were like o great another bad area. Two cops then walk buy and see us and ask us if we are okay because we did not fit the description of the typical person in this neighborhood. They then helped us get a number for a cab company and waiting with us until the cab got there. In the end we wound up in the worst neighborhoods in Queens, did not go bowling and wasted 3 hours of our night. It made us very uncomfortable when the cop said we don't belong there. That is when you know it is bad.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Where are these sneakers?
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NEW YORK — Hoping the new Adidas 1 will be to the sneaker industry what Apple's iPod has been to digital music, Adidas will put on sale March 18 what it bills as the world's first computerized "smart shoe."
The 'Adidas 1' uses a sensor,a microprocessor and amotorized cable system.
But consumers will decide whether the bionic running shoe's $250 price tag — four times the average shoe purchase at stores such as Foot Locker — is a smart idea.
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Batteries are included: replaceable lithium batteries estimated to be good for 100 hours of running. Users can turn the shoe's brain off — when it's off, they're regular sneakers — to save battery life. The chip also shuts itself off, keeping the same cushioning, if a runner walks more than 10 minutes.
Adidas' computer-driven shoe — three years in the making — is the latest innovation in the $16.4 billion U.S. sneaker industry, following other technology-driven shoes such as the Nike Shox and Reebok Pump.
Predicting Adidas 1 will turn the industry "upside down," communications chief Uli Becker says it rolls out worldwide by April 1. The primary sales targets: hard-core runners — and 17-year-old boys looking for the newest, coolest shoes. "This is new territory ... that we want to define," says Becker.
But will consumers shell out $250 for a pair of sneakers? Maybe.
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The top-end running shoe from New Balance lists for $199.99. With runners typically replacing shoes by 500 miles, the $250 Adidas could push costs to 50 cents per mile, though the company says Adidas 1 cushioning will outlast traditional shoes.
A retail expert says that's beside the point. "Yes, there will be price resistance. But there will be plenty of people who have to be the first on the block to have them," predicts Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for NPD Group.
Bob McGee, editor of Sporting Goods Intelligence, says the "retro" shoe trend is waning and performance sales are heating up, allowing higher prices: "People are going back to running shoes and basketball shoes."
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But consumers will decide whether the bionic running shoe's $250 price tag — four times the average shoe purchase at stores such as Foot Locker — is a smart idea.
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Batteries are included: replaceable lithium batteries estimated to be good for 100 hours of running. Users can turn the shoe's brain off — when it's off, they're regular sneakers — to save battery life. The chip also shuts itself off, keeping the same cushioning, if a runner walks more than 10 minutes.
Adidas' computer-driven shoe — three years in the making — is the latest innovation in the $16.4 billion U.S. sneaker industry, following other technology-driven shoes such as the Nike Shox and Reebok Pump.
Predicting Adidas 1 will turn the industry "upside down," communications chief Uli Becker says it rolls out worldwide by April 1. The primary sales targets: hard-core runners — and 17-year-old boys looking for the newest, coolest shoes. "This is new territory ... that we want to define," says Becker.
But will consumers shell out $250 for a pair of sneakers? Maybe.
Shoe fanatics have been known to drop $300 to several thousand for genuine 1980s-vintage Nike Air Jordans.
The top-end running shoe from New Balance lists for $199.99. With runners typically replacing shoes by 500 miles, the $250 Adidas could push costs to 50 cents per mile, though the company says Adidas 1 cushioning will outlast traditional shoes.
A retail expert says that's beside the point. "Yes, there will be price resistance. But there will be plenty of people who have to be the first on the block to have them," predicts Marshal Cohen, chief analyst for NPD Group.
Bob McGee, editor of Sporting Goods Intelligence, says the "retro" shoe trend is waning and performance sales are heating up, allowing higher prices: "People are going back to running shoes and basketball shoes."
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
kerotakis images
I was scanning through some people's blogs today and I came across something that intrested me on Professor Marsh's blog. I saw an image in one of his cbook entries. The title to the image was kerotakis images. I had absolutly no idea what this mean or was. I could not really make out the picture either. I decided to investigate these kerotakis images.
I went to google and searched kerotakis and it came up with a bunch of websites with information. The first website actually had the same picture that was on Professor Marh's blog.
Underneath the image though it expanded on what the images were of. These were all images of furnaces and apparatuses. I had also found that it had to do with alchemists and the setup of their labratories. It is sort of a map of how things are layed out in the labratory.
All in all that was the gist of the information I could find. It could be something intresting to further investigate, though I do not know if there is much more to know about that individual picture, one would be able to investigate an alchemist and his/hers techniques and setups.
I went to google and searched kerotakis and it came up with a bunch of websites with information. The first website actually had the same picture that was on Professor Marh's blog.
Underneath the image though it expanded on what the images were of. These were all images of furnaces and apparatuses. I had also found that it had to do with alchemists and the setup of their labratories. It is sort of a map of how things are layed out in the labratory.
All in all that was the gist of the information I could find. It could be something intresting to further investigate, though I do not know if there is much more to know about that individual picture, one would be able to investigate an alchemist and his/hers techniques and setups.
Reflection
I went back and read over the paper I wrote and after reading your comments, I have realized that my writing has a long way to go. These comments were defiantly a help to me and my writing ability and they made me go back and think about what I could have done differently to improve this paper. The paper definitely could have flowed a lot smoother and been more focused in. I do feel a little discouraged from writing since this paper though because it did not turn out the way I wanted it to turn out.
Due to these comments and my self-reflection on the paper, I feel as if I was lied to throughout high school or was I? This paper to me was one of the most difficult papers I had ever written, due to the broadness. Though it was not a bad thing, it was just a new thing that I did not know how to do. It has brought about a different style of writing to me. I have never conducted a research paper in this conduct. A typical research paper consisted of me going to the library and scanning through books and magazines for information. In this paper I incorporated interviews into my research process and I have never written a paper using interview information. I was not comfortable incorporating that kind of research material into my paper.
I do agree with Dr. Marsh’s comments on my paper. I definitely did have trouble sorting the information. I could have narrowed it down to a specific section in the NCAA handbook and my paper would have not been all over the place. In addition, this would lead to more of a flow in the paper and I would have had more of a progression. Also, the use of transition words would have benefited my paper greatly and it would have helped the flow and could have decreased the amount of “baby” sentences. The sentences could have become more sophisticated. In turn this would prove my writing and flow greatly because it would be less choppy sentences.
All in this paper has taught me a lot about myself as writer. I can use this experience to grow as a better writer when it involves research that is not just in a book. It has taught me to narrow things down and to better focus a paper.
Due to these comments and my self-reflection on the paper, I feel as if I was lied to throughout high school or was I? This paper to me was one of the most difficult papers I had ever written, due to the broadness. Though it was not a bad thing, it was just a new thing that I did not know how to do. It has brought about a different style of writing to me. I have never conducted a research paper in this conduct. A typical research paper consisted of me going to the library and scanning through books and magazines for information. In this paper I incorporated interviews into my research process and I have never written a paper using interview information. I was not comfortable incorporating that kind of research material into my paper.
I do agree with Dr. Marsh’s comments on my paper. I definitely did have trouble sorting the information. I could have narrowed it down to a specific section in the NCAA handbook and my paper would have not been all over the place. In addition, this would lead to more of a flow in the paper and I would have had more of a progression. Also, the use of transition words would have benefited my paper greatly and it would have helped the flow and could have decreased the amount of “baby” sentences. The sentences could have become more sophisticated. In turn this would prove my writing and flow greatly because it would be less choppy sentences.
All in this paper has taught me a lot about myself as writer. I can use this experience to grow as a better writer when it involves research that is not just in a book. It has taught me to narrow things down and to better focus a paper.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Italian Sunday
Today I left my house at 8 AM in order to get back to St. John's to get to the Italy soccer practice at 11. I got in unpacked my stuff and got dressed for soccer. At soccer we scrimmaged inside Carnessecca Arena for about 3 hours. It was a ton of fun. After soccer I went to my friend Giusseppe's nonna's house. There she made us dinner at about 5 PM. There were five us us there from the soccer team. It was me Ando, Vito, Sal, and Giusseppe. We sat around for about 4 hours eating with his nonni. It was very good food. We had pasta, meatballs, and zucchini for dinner. The for dessert we picked up assorted cookies and st josephs pastrie, because tomorow is St Joseph's Day. We then got back to the dorms at about 10PM. I am going to sleep soon because I have to be in Manhattan by 8:45 tomorow morning.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Intelligent Self-direction
This is a very intresting question that the Vision Quest guidebook poses to us as students. What does intelligent self-direction mean to you? To be completly honest I am not one hundred percent sure what intelligent self0direction means to me so, I went and did some research. I went onto dictionary.com and looked up the definition of "intelligent." I came up with having a good understand or a higher mental capacity. That I guess takes care of intelligent. Now it is time to do some research on self-direction. Self-direction means to be guided by oneself.
After doing this research I compiled it together and came up with my own theory on intelligent self-direction. To me intelligent self-direction is using your higher knowledge to make wise decsions. The basis of these decisions should be based upon your life lessons and should lead you toward one of your life goals. It will allow you to take a path to your goal, that way you are able to accomplish what you want. It can said, that intelligent self-direction is the wisest way to your life goal.
After doing this research I compiled it together and came up with my own theory on intelligent self-direction. To me intelligent self-direction is using your higher knowledge to make wise decsions. The basis of these decisions should be based upon your life lessons and should lead you toward one of your life goals. It will allow you to take a path to your goal, that way you are able to accomplish what you want. It can said, that intelligent self-direction is the wisest way to your life goal.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Rangers
Tonight I went to a New York Ranger hockey game with my roommate. We watched them play the Ottawa Senators. The Ranger blew a 2-0 lead, but we still had a lot of fun. We had crappy tickets because we got them from a friend last minute, but sitting in the 400 section at a Ranger game wound up being pretty intresting.
There was this drunk "white trash" woman next to us screaming and cursing. It was very entertaining. There was also an old man, that looked innocent, but he was screaming his head off cursing at the players and other people. I guess you should never judge a book by its cover.
Anyway I have been watching the Rangers play hockey since before I can remember, but I do remember the 1993-1994 season when they won the Stanley Cup. I would watch every game. I would actually keep a score sheet and my mom would fill it out for me at the end because I would always have to go to bed before the end of the game. The only time I was allowed to stay up to watch the games was when it was the Stanley Cup finals. That Stanley Cup finals was awesome to me. I'll always remember Brian Leetch tripping Pavel Bure and the Canucks' got a penalty shot. It was Bure vs. Mike Richter. Bure faked, but Richter made a split save on the him and it changed the hole momentum of the game. The entire series was back and forth. The Rangers were finally able to edge the Canucks in game 7 at Madison Square Gardem. It was awesome to watch it.
I hope the Rangers make the playoffs this year and that they can win another Stanley Cup, but if they are to do that they must not give up 2 goal leads anymore.
There was this drunk "white trash" woman next to us screaming and cursing. It was very entertaining. There was also an old man, that looked innocent, but he was screaming his head off cursing at the players and other people. I guess you should never judge a book by its cover.
Anyway I have been watching the Rangers play hockey since before I can remember, but I do remember the 1993-1994 season when they won the Stanley Cup. I would watch every game. I would actually keep a score sheet and my mom would fill it out for me at the end because I would always have to go to bed before the end of the game. The only time I was allowed to stay up to watch the games was when it was the Stanley Cup finals. That Stanley Cup finals was awesome to me. I'll always remember Brian Leetch tripping Pavel Bure and the Canucks' got a penalty shot. It was Bure vs. Mike Richter. Bure faked, but Richter made a split save on the him and it changed the hole momentum of the game. The entire series was back and forth. The Rangers were finally able to edge the Canucks in game 7 at Madison Square Gardem. It was awesome to watch it.
I hope the Rangers make the playoffs this year and that they can win another Stanley Cup, but if they are to do that they must not give up 2 goal leads anymore.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Getting Ready...
I am sitting here at Stony Brook Univeristy, waiting for my friends to get ready. They are taking forever and I am really bored. I decided to blog while they sit here and dry their hair. Why so much hair I ask? Well thats all I have to say. I'm just getting my frustration out because I am tired and cranky and hungry.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
WORK
I have had the same job for almost three years. I work at CVS/Pharmacy in Holbrook. It is a pretty good job for now. The boss there treats me very well and gives me almost all the hours that I want. I started at this CVS when I was sixteen years old. Throughout the years I have received various prmotions, but college has prohibited me from getting the two promotions that I really wanted. They are "head cashier" and "shift supervisor." The raises that I have receives are the photo raise and the phototechnician raise. I also get my yearly raises.
Since I went to college though it was pointless for them to give me those other two raises because I would not be there enough to be useful to them. As a head cashier you get change and give cashiers authorization to do refunds and things like that. As a shift supervisor you have those responsibilities as well as managing your crew. You direct them and tell them what must be done for that shift.
Anyways CVS has given me stock options so that is a pretty nice feature. I get 15% of my paycheck taken out every time I get a check. I recieve the stock at a 20% discount. I just hope my stock does well and I will be able to make some pretty good money from it.
All in all as you probably can tell I have been working this entire semester, but I am hoping to get a real job soon.
Since I went to college though it was pointless for them to give me those other two raises because I would not be there enough to be useful to them. As a head cashier you get change and give cashiers authorization to do refunds and things like that. As a shift supervisor you have those responsibilities as well as managing your crew. You direct them and tell them what must be done for that shift.
Anyways CVS has given me stock options so that is a pretty nice feature. I get 15% of my paycheck taken out every time I get a check. I recieve the stock at a 20% discount. I just hope my stock does well and I will be able to make some pretty good money from it.
All in all as you probably can tell I have been working this entire semester, but I am hoping to get a real job soon.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Future Jobs
I'm sitting in my den tonight, just pondering about my future again. I just signed up to take the suffolk county police department test. If I get on, do I take the job. I am actually not 100% sure what I would do. I think I would take the job. It would be following in the footsteps of my father. He is a respectable man and I hope I can be half as succesful as him.
If I was to get on, I would definately finish up getting a college degree and maybe even persue my CPA. If I were to do this I would be able to work out of my house as an accountant to make some extra money. The benefits of being on the police force would be great as well. I would be able to make a decent living with full benefits. In addition, I would be able to get a pention and I would have job security.
As a police officer I would not want to just be a regular police officer I would like to go for promotions. These promotions could be things such as sergeant, liutenant, and captain. These would be job of authority, and would allow me to be more of a so called "police manager." I think this would be a great job for me.
If this does not work out though I really would love to obtain a job at Ernst and Young. This may be one of the most amazing office buildings in the world. I would love to obtain a job there. In addition, it was rated in Forbe's Magazine as one of the top 25 firms in the United States to work for. Though these two jobs are so different, they both fit different aspects of my personality well. In the end though I just hope it all works out for the best.
If I was to get on, I would definately finish up getting a college degree and maybe even persue my CPA. If I were to do this I would be able to work out of my house as an accountant to make some extra money. The benefits of being on the police force would be great as well. I would be able to make a decent living with full benefits. In addition, I would be able to get a pention and I would have job security.
As a police officer I would not want to just be a regular police officer I would like to go for promotions. These promotions could be things such as sergeant, liutenant, and captain. These would be job of authority, and would allow me to be more of a so called "police manager." I think this would be a great job for me.
If this does not work out though I really would love to obtain a job at Ernst and Young. This may be one of the most amazing office buildings in the world. I would love to obtain a job there. In addition, it was rated in Forbe's Magazine as one of the top 25 firms in the United States to work for. Though these two jobs are so different, they both fit different aspects of my personality well. In the end though I just hope it all works out for the best.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
College Athlete Final Paper
As a student in high school, I participated in various athletics. I was what people called a “student athlete.” When you are a student athlete in high school, there are many things that you must do in order to play a sport in college. This part of the high school-to- college transition is very fuzzy. The NCAA has many rules and regulations on becoming a college athlete that sometimes cause the application process to become a little more difficult. I decided to breakdown the NCAA guideline and also interview three different college level athletes in order to obtain this information.
In today’s society high school student athletes have a very difficult and long journey from being a high school athlete to becoming a college athlete. The questions to an athlete’s future are not always easy to find. They ask; “How do I get recruited?” and “How do I contact coaches and when am I allowed to?” The college application process is long before these athletes begin their junior year in high school. They must abide by all of the NCAA rule and regulations; otherwise they will be unable to participate at the college level. The first thing a student athlete should do is sign the NCAA Clearinghouse form in their junior year of high school.
The NCAA Clearinghouse form is signed to make sure that all student athletes follow the NCAA recruiting regulations. It ensures that all of these prospective students know the rules; therefore, they cannot say they did not know about a particular rule.
Firstly, an athlete usually is recruited. How is an athlete to do this? There are various ways in which people do this. They will travel all over the country in order to get recognized at something called “College Showcase Tournaments.” At these tournaments colleges from all over the nation send their scouts to watch some games Depending on your age and year in school depends on whether or not the scout can contact you person to person. If the scout sees that you are doing well, they will probably follow up on more of your games.
Another way in which students have been getting recruited is by contacting the college coaches themselves. This can only be done at certain points in time, and there are regulations on how often a prospective athlete can contact theses coaches. They may send a résumé to the coaches, but a coach cannot really get a sense of how good a player is from a résumé. The player in turn may hire a photographer to videotape their games. . Tiffany Yovino, of the Hofstra Women’s Soccer Team, said, “I sent out a highlight tape.” This highlight tape may be sent to the coach, and they can look at it. If they like what they see, it could lead to future contact with the coach.
When being recruited by coaches, there are some certain aspects that can be very confusing. Michael Sopko, of the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team said, “The hardest part about recruitment is knowing when and when not to speak with the coaches.” The NCAA guidelines provide the information for when you can be in contact with a coach. Through research I found that each sport’s recruitment period is different for when you can be in contact with the coach. Listed below is a general outline for the college recruiting contact process.
· “During a contact period, recruiters may make in-person, on- or off-campus contacts and evaluations. Coaches can also write and/or phone you during this period.
· During an evaluation period, they can only assess academic qualifications and playing abilities; no in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts are permitted. Although letters and phone calls are permitted.
· During a quiet period, they may make in-person recruiting contacts only on the college campus. Off-campus, recruiters are limited to phone calls and letter-writing.
· During a dead period, they cannot make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. However, phone calls and letters are permitted.” (fastweb)
If an athlete is being recruited, there are various ways in which coaches, try to lure you to their school. One thing coaches will do is take them on a tour of the school with the athlete and their families. If the athlete and coach are both happy after their first encounter, the coach may invite the athlete back for an official visit. An athlete can only have three official visits. On the official visit the athlete is taken around the school by a host athlete that is currently playing at that university. The coach may get the prospective athlete tickets to a sporting event that may be going on at that particular date in time. The prospective student is able to get a feel of what it is going to be like to be a college athlete at that university.
When I spoke with these three athletes, I asked each of them about their own recruitment process and how they felt about it. Each of these three individuals was excited during the entire recruitment period. They would go home every day to check their mail/e-mail. Tiffany Yovino said, “I would have two or three pieces of mail every day from various colleges that wanted me to play there.” These athletes were excited to get the opportunity to play at the next level. In addition, when being recruited the coaches would treat them like gold and really make their time on those college visits enjoyable. For instances, Michael Sopko said, “They took me to an Army versus Navy football game. I could not ask for more when I went there.” The college recruiting process is a time consuming, but an exciting experience for each of these athletes.
If a player intends to play college sports he/she must not be a professional athlete. The NCAA defines a professional athlete as the athlete must not ever have been paid and cannot receive gifts of any sort from outside family members.
The next step for a coach who wants to get a player to come to their school would be to offer the individual a scholarship. The coach would have the player sign his/her national letter of intent. According to the NCAA guide the national letter of intent is,
“The National Letter of Intent (NLI) is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student-athlete who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospect's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year.” (NCAA.org)
If a player signs this letter, they are committing to the college that they sign with. Although it is said that if a player signs this letter, the player must play for the college. However there are ways out of this contractual letter.
If the coach that you sign with leaves, you are able to opt out of your contract.
It is a verbal commitment and nothing more until national signing day. After signing day it becomes legally binding to the university.
At this point the player finally gets through the recruiting process and commits to the university. Depending on the season in which you sport is played; depends when you will show up for the fall semester. The athlete then begins to practice as soon as they arrive at the university. A typical college athlete has a workout routine on top of his/her regular team workout. They will usually have a certain time to be in the gym with the trainer. The trainer will guide them in what kind of workout they should have for their sport. The trainer will also assist with spotting and stretching.
If an athlete is not recruited by the coach to play on the team, there is still hope for that athlete. A roommate and friend of mine came to St. John’s University to play baseball, but he was not recruited. His name is Michael Diaz. Michael actually made the team for one semester. When I asked Mike about how he went about getting on the team, Mike said, “As a walk-on you get a three-hour major league style tryout. If they like you, they then keep you on the team until at least the end of the fall.” I then asked if he felt accepted by the team and his response was, “Originally you have to work a lot harder to be accepted as part of the team, but after a while the players start to accept you. It is much more difficult to be accepted by the coaches.”
When an athlete is not in season, they typically workout for about four to five hours depending on the particular day with usually only one day in the week off. Each freshmen athlete is required to participate in study hall. This assures that all of them are not just concentrating on their particular sport, but on their studies as well. It allows them quality study time.
The next step after pre-season for these athletes would be season. Finally, after all of this work the athletes get to play in some games, if they are good enough. When talking to these athletes, I tried to get a sense of what it was like to be in season. The biggest difference between college and high school sports would be the speed and size. Sopko said, “In high school everyone is the same size as you, but in college they jump up to about six feet five inches tall.” Everything moves quicker and every move you make has to better and quicker than the last move. These other athletes are out there to win and will not let anything get in their way. The only way to compete at this level is to have the same mentality as the players on the other team; if not you must want it more than them or you will not stay on the field very long.
All in all there is a great step that high school student athletes must take from to become a collegiate athlete. They must go through the recruiting process while trying not to break an array of rules. When these students do get to college, they have a very difficult schedule with very little time to themselves. They must make the next adjustment to the new game speed and style and must find the correct balance between work, sports, and fun.
SOURCES
1) NCAA.org
2) Michael Sopko- Stony Brook Lacrosse
3) Michael Diaz- St. John's Baseball
4) Tiffany Yovino- Hofstra Women's Soccer
5)http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/101262
In today’s society high school student athletes have a very difficult and long journey from being a high school athlete to becoming a college athlete. The questions to an athlete’s future are not always easy to find. They ask; “How do I get recruited?” and “How do I contact coaches and when am I allowed to?” The college application process is long before these athletes begin their junior year in high school. They must abide by all of the NCAA rule and regulations; otherwise they will be unable to participate at the college level. The first thing a student athlete should do is sign the NCAA Clearinghouse form in their junior year of high school.
The NCAA Clearinghouse form is signed to make sure that all student athletes follow the NCAA recruiting regulations. It ensures that all of these prospective students know the rules; therefore, they cannot say they did not know about a particular rule.
Firstly, an athlete usually is recruited. How is an athlete to do this? There are various ways in which people do this. They will travel all over the country in order to get recognized at something called “College Showcase Tournaments.” At these tournaments colleges from all over the nation send their scouts to watch some games Depending on your age and year in school depends on whether or not the scout can contact you person to person. If the scout sees that you are doing well, they will probably follow up on more of your games.
Another way in which students have been getting recruited is by contacting the college coaches themselves. This can only be done at certain points in time, and there are regulations on how often a prospective athlete can contact theses coaches. They may send a résumé to the coaches, but a coach cannot really get a sense of how good a player is from a résumé. The player in turn may hire a photographer to videotape their games. . Tiffany Yovino, of the Hofstra Women’s Soccer Team, said, “I sent out a highlight tape.” This highlight tape may be sent to the coach, and they can look at it. If they like what they see, it could lead to future contact with the coach.
When being recruited by coaches, there are some certain aspects that can be very confusing. Michael Sopko, of the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team said, “The hardest part about recruitment is knowing when and when not to speak with the coaches.” The NCAA guidelines provide the information for when you can be in contact with a coach. Through research I found that each sport’s recruitment period is different for when you can be in contact with the coach. Listed below is a general outline for the college recruiting contact process.
· “During a contact period, recruiters may make in-person, on- or off-campus contacts and evaluations. Coaches can also write and/or phone you during this period.
· During an evaluation period, they can only assess academic qualifications and playing abilities; no in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts are permitted. Although letters and phone calls are permitted.
· During a quiet period, they may make in-person recruiting contacts only on the college campus. Off-campus, recruiters are limited to phone calls and letter-writing.
· During a dead period, they cannot make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. However, phone calls and letters are permitted.” (fastweb)
If an athlete is being recruited, there are various ways in which coaches, try to lure you to their school. One thing coaches will do is take them on a tour of the school with the athlete and their families. If the athlete and coach are both happy after their first encounter, the coach may invite the athlete back for an official visit. An athlete can only have three official visits. On the official visit the athlete is taken around the school by a host athlete that is currently playing at that university. The coach may get the prospective athlete tickets to a sporting event that may be going on at that particular date in time. The prospective student is able to get a feel of what it is going to be like to be a college athlete at that university.
When I spoke with these three athletes, I asked each of them about their own recruitment process and how they felt about it. Each of these three individuals was excited during the entire recruitment period. They would go home every day to check their mail/e-mail. Tiffany Yovino said, “I would have two or three pieces of mail every day from various colleges that wanted me to play there.” These athletes were excited to get the opportunity to play at the next level. In addition, when being recruited the coaches would treat them like gold and really make their time on those college visits enjoyable. For instances, Michael Sopko said, “They took me to an Army versus Navy football game. I could not ask for more when I went there.” The college recruiting process is a time consuming, but an exciting experience for each of these athletes.
If a player intends to play college sports he/she must not be a professional athlete. The NCAA defines a professional athlete as the athlete must not ever have been paid and cannot receive gifts of any sort from outside family members.
The next step for a coach who wants to get a player to come to their school would be to offer the individual a scholarship. The coach would have the player sign his/her national letter of intent. According to the NCAA guide the national letter of intent is,
“The National Letter of Intent (NLI) is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student-athlete who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospect's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year.” (NCAA.org)
If a player signs this letter, they are committing to the college that they sign with. Although it is said that if a player signs this letter, the player must play for the college. However there are ways out of this contractual letter.
If the coach that you sign with leaves, you are able to opt out of your contract.
It is a verbal commitment and nothing more until national signing day. After signing day it becomes legally binding to the university.
At this point the player finally gets through the recruiting process and commits to the university. Depending on the season in which you sport is played; depends when you will show up for the fall semester. The athlete then begins to practice as soon as they arrive at the university. A typical college athlete has a workout routine on top of his/her regular team workout. They will usually have a certain time to be in the gym with the trainer. The trainer will guide them in what kind of workout they should have for their sport. The trainer will also assist with spotting and stretching.
If an athlete is not recruited by the coach to play on the team, there is still hope for that athlete. A roommate and friend of mine came to St. John’s University to play baseball, but he was not recruited. His name is Michael Diaz. Michael actually made the team for one semester. When I asked Mike about how he went about getting on the team, Mike said, “As a walk-on you get a three-hour major league style tryout. If they like you, they then keep you on the team until at least the end of the fall.” I then asked if he felt accepted by the team and his response was, “Originally you have to work a lot harder to be accepted as part of the team, but after a while the players start to accept you. It is much more difficult to be accepted by the coaches.”
When an athlete is not in season, they typically workout for about four to five hours depending on the particular day with usually only one day in the week off. Each freshmen athlete is required to participate in study hall. This assures that all of them are not just concentrating on their particular sport, but on their studies as well. It allows them quality study time.
The next step after pre-season for these athletes would be season. Finally, after all of this work the athletes get to play in some games, if they are good enough. When talking to these athletes, I tried to get a sense of what it was like to be in season. The biggest difference between college and high school sports would be the speed and size. Sopko said, “In high school everyone is the same size as you, but in college they jump up to about six feet five inches tall.” Everything moves quicker and every move you make has to better and quicker than the last move. These other athletes are out there to win and will not let anything get in their way. The only way to compete at this level is to have the same mentality as the players on the other team; if not you must want it more than them or you will not stay on the field very long.
All in all there is a great step that high school student athletes must take from to become a collegiate athlete. They must go through the recruiting process while trying not to break an array of rules. When these students do get to college, they have a very difficult schedule with very little time to themselves. They must make the next adjustment to the new game speed and style and must find the correct balance between work, sports, and fun.
SOURCES
1) NCAA.org
2) Michael Sopko- Stony Brook Lacrosse
3) Michael Diaz- St. John's Baseball
4) Tiffany Yovino- Hofstra Women's Soccer
5)http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/101262
Draft 3
As a student in high school I participated in various athletics. I was what people called a “student athlete.” When you are a student athlete in high school, there are many things that you must do in order to play sport in college. This part of the high school to college transition is very fuzzy. The NCAA has many rules and regulations on becoming a college athlete that sometimes cause the application process to become a little more difficult.
In today’s society student athletes in high school have a have very difficult and long journey to make their next step from a high school athlete to a college athlete. The questions to theses athletes’ future are not always easy to find. They ask; How do I get recruited, How do I contact coaches and when am I allowed to? The college application process is long for these athletes they begin their junior year in high school. They must abide by all of the NCAA rule and regulations otherwise they will be unable to participate at the college level. The first thing a student athlete should do is sign the NCAA Clearinghouse form in their junior year of high school.
The NCAA Clearinghouse form is signed to make sure that all student athletes follow the NCAA recruiting regulations. It ensures that all of these prospective students know the rules; therefore they can not say they did not know about a particular rule.
Firstly, an athlete usually must be recruited, but how is an athlete to do this? There are various ways in which people do this. They will travel all over the country in order to get recognized at something called “College Showcase Tournaments.” At these tournaments colleges from all over the nation send their scouts there to watch some games, now depending on your age and year in school depends on weather or not the scout can contact you person to person. If the scout sees that you are doing well they will probably follow up on some more of your games.
Another way in which, students have been getting recruited is by contacting the college coaches themselves This can only be done at certain points in time and there are regulations on how often a prospective athlete can contact theses coaches. They may send a resume to the coaches, but a coach cannot really get a sense of how good a player is from a resume. The played in turn may higher a photographer to video tape their games. . Tiffany Yovino of the Hofstra Women’s Soccer Team said, “I sent out a highlight tape.” This highlight tape may be sent to the coach and they can look at it and if they like what they see, it could lead to future contact with the coach.
When being recruited though by coaches there are some certain aspects that can very confusing. Michael Sopko, of the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team said, “The hardest part about recruitment is knowing when and when you cannot speak with the coaches.” The NCAA guidelines provide the information for when you can be in contact with a coach. Through research I found that, each sports recruitment period is different for when you can be in contact with the coach. Listed below is a general outline for the college recruiting contact…
· During a contact period, recruiters may make in-person, on- or off-campus contacts and evaluations. Coaches can also write and/or phone you during this period.
· During an evaluation period, they can only assess academic qualifications and playing abilities; no in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts are permitted. Although letters and phone calls are permitted.
· During a quiet period, they may make in-person recruiting contacts only on the college campus. Off-campus, recruiters are limited to phone calls and letter-writing.
· During a dead period, they cannot make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. However, phone calls and letters are permitted.
-(http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/101262)
If an athlete is being recruited there are various ways in which coaches, try to lure you to their school. One thing coaches will do is take them on a tour of the school with the athlete and their families. If the athlete and coach are both happy after their first encounter the coach may invite the athlete back for an official visit. An athlete can only have three official visits. On the official visit the athlete is taken around the school by a host athlete that is currently playing at that university. The coach may get the prospective athlete tickets to a sporting event that may be going on at that particular date in time. The prospective student is able to get a feel of what it is going to be like to be a college athlete at that university.
When I spoke with these the three athletes, I asked each of them about their own recruitment process and how they felt about it. Each of these three individuals was excited during the whole recruitment period. They would go home everyday to check their mail/e-mail. Tiffany Yovino said, “I would have two or three pieces of mail everyday from various colleges that wanted me to play there.” These athletes were excited to get the opportunity to play at the next level. In addition, when being recruited the coaches would treat them like gold and really make their time on those college visits enjoyable. For instances, Mike Sopko said, “They took me to an Army versus Navy football game. I could not ask for more when I went there.” The college recruiting process is a time consuming, but exciting time for each of these athletes.
If a player intends to play college sports he/she must not be a professional athlete. The NCAA defines a professional athlete as this athlete must not ever have been paid and cannot receive gifts of any sort from outside family members.
The next step after a coach wants to get a player to come to their school by offering them a scholarship would be a player sign his/her national letter of intent. The national letter of intent is,
“The National Letter of Intent (NLI) is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student-athlete who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospect's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year.” (NCAA.org)
If a player signs this letter they are committing to the college that they sign with. Although it said that if a player signs this letter they must college there are ways out of it.
If the coach that you sign with leaves you are able to opt out of your contract.
If your not legally binded up until national signing day, because up until that point it is a verbal commitment and nothing more.
After the player finally gets thought the recruiting process and commits to the University depending on the season; depends when you will show up for the fall semester. The athlete then begins to practice. A typical college athlete has a workout routine on top of his/her regular team workout. They will usually have a certain time to be in the gym with the trainer. The trainer will guide them in what kind of workout they should have for their sport. The trainer will also assist with spotting and stretching.
If an athlete is not recruited by the coach to play on the team there is still hope for that athlete. A roommate and friend of mine came to St. John’s University to play baseball, but he was not recruited. He actually made the team for one semester. When I asked Mike about how he went about getting on the team, Mike said, “As a walk-on you get a three hour major league style tryout. If they like you they then keep you on the team until at least the end of the fall.” I then asked if he felt accepted by the team and his response was, “Originally you have to work a lot harder to be accepted as part of the team, but after a while the players start to accept you. It is much more difficult to be accepted by the coaches.”
When an athlete is not in season they typically workout for about four to five hours depending on the particular day with usually only one day in the week off. Each freshmen athlete is required to participate in study hall. This makes sure that all of them are not just concentrating on their particular sport, but on their studies as well. It allows them quality study time.
The next step after preseason for these athletes would be season. Finally, after all of this work the athlete gets to play in some games, if they are good enough. When talking to these athletes I tried to get a sense of what it was like to be in season from them. The biggest difference between college and high school sports would be the speed and size. Sopko said, “In high school everyone is the same size as you, but in college they jump up to about six feet five inches tall.” Everything moves quicker and every move you make has to better and quicker than the next. These other athletes are out there to win and will not let anything get in their way. The only way to compete at this level is to have the same mentality as the players on the other team; if not you must want it more than them or you will not stay on the field very long.
All in all there is a great step that student athletes must take from becoming a high school student athlete to becoming a collegiate athlete. They must go through the recruiting process while trying not to break an array of rules. Then way these students do get to college, they have a very difficult schedule with very little time to themselves. They must make the next adjustment to the new game speed and style and must find the correct balance between work, sports, and fun.
In today’s society student athletes in high school have a have very difficult and long journey to make their next step from a high school athlete to a college athlete. The questions to theses athletes’ future are not always easy to find. They ask; How do I get recruited, How do I contact coaches and when am I allowed to? The college application process is long for these athletes they begin their junior year in high school. They must abide by all of the NCAA rule and regulations otherwise they will be unable to participate at the college level. The first thing a student athlete should do is sign the NCAA Clearinghouse form in their junior year of high school.
The NCAA Clearinghouse form is signed to make sure that all student athletes follow the NCAA recruiting regulations. It ensures that all of these prospective students know the rules; therefore they can not say they did not know about a particular rule.
Firstly, an athlete usually must be recruited, but how is an athlete to do this? There are various ways in which people do this. They will travel all over the country in order to get recognized at something called “College Showcase Tournaments.” At these tournaments colleges from all over the nation send their scouts there to watch some games, now depending on your age and year in school depends on weather or not the scout can contact you person to person. If the scout sees that you are doing well they will probably follow up on some more of your games.
Another way in which, students have been getting recruited is by contacting the college coaches themselves This can only be done at certain points in time and there are regulations on how often a prospective athlete can contact theses coaches. They may send a resume to the coaches, but a coach cannot really get a sense of how good a player is from a resume. The played in turn may higher a photographer to video tape their games. . Tiffany Yovino of the Hofstra Women’s Soccer Team said, “I sent out a highlight tape.” This highlight tape may be sent to the coach and they can look at it and if they like what they see, it could lead to future contact with the coach.
When being recruited though by coaches there are some certain aspects that can very confusing. Michael Sopko, of the Stony Brook Men’s Lacrosse team said, “The hardest part about recruitment is knowing when and when you cannot speak with the coaches.” The NCAA guidelines provide the information for when you can be in contact with a coach. Through research I found that, each sports recruitment period is different for when you can be in contact with the coach. Listed below is a general outline for the college recruiting contact…
· During a contact period, recruiters may make in-person, on- or off-campus contacts and evaluations. Coaches can also write and/or phone you during this period.
· During an evaluation period, they can only assess academic qualifications and playing abilities; no in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts are permitted. Although letters and phone calls are permitted.
· During a quiet period, they may make in-person recruiting contacts only on the college campus. Off-campus, recruiters are limited to phone calls and letter-writing.
· During a dead period, they cannot make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on- or off-campus or permit official or unofficial visits. However, phone calls and letters are permitted.
-(http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/101262)
If an athlete is being recruited there are various ways in which coaches, try to lure you to their school. One thing coaches will do is take them on a tour of the school with the athlete and their families. If the athlete and coach are both happy after their first encounter the coach may invite the athlete back for an official visit. An athlete can only have three official visits. On the official visit the athlete is taken around the school by a host athlete that is currently playing at that university. The coach may get the prospective athlete tickets to a sporting event that may be going on at that particular date in time. The prospective student is able to get a feel of what it is going to be like to be a college athlete at that university.
When I spoke with these the three athletes, I asked each of them about their own recruitment process and how they felt about it. Each of these three individuals was excited during the whole recruitment period. They would go home everyday to check their mail/e-mail. Tiffany Yovino said, “I would have two or three pieces of mail everyday from various colleges that wanted me to play there.” These athletes were excited to get the opportunity to play at the next level. In addition, when being recruited the coaches would treat them like gold and really make their time on those college visits enjoyable. For instances, Mike Sopko said, “They took me to an Army versus Navy football game. I could not ask for more when I went there.” The college recruiting process is a time consuming, but exciting time for each of these athletes.
If a player intends to play college sports he/she must not be a professional athlete. The NCAA defines a professional athlete as this athlete must not ever have been paid and cannot receive gifts of any sort from outside family members.
The next step after a coach wants to get a player to come to their school by offering them a scholarship would be a player sign his/her national letter of intent. The national letter of intent is,
“The National Letter of Intent (NLI) is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student-athlete who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospect's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year.” (NCAA.org)
If a player signs this letter they are committing to the college that they sign with. Although it said that if a player signs this letter they must college there are ways out of it.
If the coach that you sign with leaves you are able to opt out of your contract.
If your not legally binded up until national signing day, because up until that point it is a verbal commitment and nothing more.
After the player finally gets thought the recruiting process and commits to the University depending on the season; depends when you will show up for the fall semester. The athlete then begins to practice. A typical college athlete has a workout routine on top of his/her regular team workout. They will usually have a certain time to be in the gym with the trainer. The trainer will guide them in what kind of workout they should have for their sport. The trainer will also assist with spotting and stretching.
If an athlete is not recruited by the coach to play on the team there is still hope for that athlete. A roommate and friend of mine came to St. John’s University to play baseball, but he was not recruited. He actually made the team for one semester. When I asked Mike about how he went about getting on the team, Mike said, “As a walk-on you get a three hour major league style tryout. If they like you they then keep you on the team until at least the end of the fall.” I then asked if he felt accepted by the team and his response was, “Originally you have to work a lot harder to be accepted as part of the team, but after a while the players start to accept you. It is much more difficult to be accepted by the coaches.”
When an athlete is not in season they typically workout for about four to five hours depending on the particular day with usually only one day in the week off. Each freshmen athlete is required to participate in study hall. This makes sure that all of them are not just concentrating on their particular sport, but on their studies as well. It allows them quality study time.
The next step after preseason for these athletes would be season. Finally, after all of this work the athlete gets to play in some games, if they are good enough. When talking to these athletes I tried to get a sense of what it was like to be in season from them. The biggest difference between college and high school sports would be the speed and size. Sopko said, “In high school everyone is the same size as you, but in college they jump up to about six feet five inches tall.” Everything moves quicker and every move you make has to better and quicker than the next. These other athletes are out there to win and will not let anything get in their way. The only way to compete at this level is to have the same mentality as the players on the other team; if not you must want it more than them or you will not stay on the field very long.
All in all there is a great step that student athletes must take from becoming a high school student athlete to becoming a collegiate athlete. They must go through the recruiting process while trying not to break an array of rules. Then way these students do get to college, they have a very difficult schedule with very little time to themselves. They must make the next adjustment to the new game speed and style and must find the correct balance between work, sports, and fun.
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