- Intended to gauge the players interest in bypassing school and signability? Yes.
- Testing: eye tests, psych tests, etc.
- Medical background
- Understand the person and the family behind the person: the scouts walk in with prepared questions, not terribly unlike job interview questions.
- Talk about their program, and answer questions about their program
Recommendations:
- Get an adviser.
- Do not talk money, but answer that tough question with "what is fair and reasonable."
- School vs. Draft question: "I am open to all possibilities" is vague enough to continue conversation at a later date. Ultimately, what you want to do is not lock into a stance this early, and keep the question unanswered.
- Have questions prepared.
- Offer to have them come see the player's winter workouts. We even had a few come watch strength training sessions.
- Be truthful about that medical history
- Let the player lead the conversation (and that will take training!!)
Note: They've seen the player multiple times, and it warrants a visit by the AS as the teams see the player as a draft pick. They just don't know where in the draft. The Spring Season is to show developmental progress, and helps place the player on their draft board in early June.