SA talented rugby players to try out for American Football
Already drawing big names such as former Springbok rugby player Derick Hougaard, who will try out for American Football in front of NFL coaches and talent scouts.
World Wide Scholarships (WWS) Scout Camp has called on all talented rugby players of all ages to come and showcase their talents to international talent scouts for the opportunity to make it big in one of the world’s most lucrative sporting codes – American Football.
On 16 December WWS will hold its annual multidisciplinary talent scouting camp near Pretoria, with young South African athletes who compete in a variety of sporting codes encouraged to participate in drills and skill showcases while being assessed by some of the world’s leading talent scouts.
While South African teams’ participation in the Basketball Africa League has been delayed due to Covid-19, there is now a much more direct pathway to potential fame and fortune for young local basketball athletes, all thanks to WWS.
Already drawing big names such as former Springbok rugby player Derick Hougaard, who will try out for American Football in front of NFL coaches and talent scouts, the talent camp will also be attended by Jesse Wright.
Jesse is a well-respected professional in sports performance in the NBA – the world’s top basketball league – for the last 14 years.
WWS has so far sent 13 young South African players to the US to play basketball via scholarships, and the organisation has affiliations with the NCAA and former NBA players and personnel who work as talent-identification scouts.
“This is a first for South Africa and we’re very excited about the possibility of unearthing the next big NBA star right here.
“There will be games and physical tests that our sports science team will run, and then basketball and netball players will get to strut their stuff in a series of games over two days to allow them the chances they need to impress the NBA and NCAA scouts.
“The best players will be selected to play in an all-star setup on the final day,” said Munya Maraire, CEO of WWS.
Each player at the camp will be profiled, with their performance and physical statistics updated as the camp progresses.
The WWS camp will also feature netball talent identification trials, opening possibilities for young female athletes to obtain scholarships to leading sport and tertiary education organisations.
All players in the camp will have their profiles circulated to top USA universities, and the top netball girls will have the opportunity to access opportunities in Australia and New Zealand, to name a few.
The WWS December 2020 scouting camp will be held from 16 to 18 December at Camp Discovery near Pretoria.
