Latay Darden is one of Baltimore’s most outstanding young basketball talents. He has just been through NCAA clearing and is fielding offers from from some of the biggest college basketball teams around including Marquette, Maryland and Indiana. So how did Latay Darden achieve this? And how can you recreate Latay Darden’s success?

Work Hard: Latay Darden was always pushing to be the best that he could be. This type of work ethic is infectious. It pushes everyone around you to work hard and achieve more. Be a leader of your team in good times and in bad and it will always be noticed.

Start Asking: Do you think Latay Darden just sat back and waited for the offers no come to him? No, he went out and made sure that the people who mattered knew who he was. Do the same for yourself. Contact the coaches at the colleges you want to play for. Let them know what it means to you and how hard you work. You could even invite them to your games and meet them in person. Contact colleges and ask for information cards. Make sure they know who you are too.

Display Your Skills: Have someone tape all your games. Put together a tape of your greatest moments and send it off to the people making the decisions. Make sure your buddy to always keep the camera on you; a good coach knows that what goes on off the ball is as important as what happens on it. How impressive do you think Darden’s tape will have been?

Get Recommendations: No one speaks more highly of Latay Darden than his head coach Russell Branch and the same should be true of you.Your high school coach should be your first port of call for a recommendations. But don’t stop there. Tap your brain and see who else you know that would be willing to talk you up. I’m sure there are plenty.

When it comes down to it, making into a college basketball team is all about hard work. You have to put in the sweat and effort on the court and off it. Do this and you too could be as successful as Latay Darden.

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