How to get Scouted using the ScoutR app

Get scouted with ScoutR … If you want to become a professional footballer, there are not many ways to make it happen. The most traditional way relies on you performing when a scout turns up to your game. There are many factors that affect this. You have to rely on you playing your best, and you have to rely on a scout being there.

The sad reality is, there isn’t enough scouts in the world to watch the millions and millions of players who wish to become a professional footballer. So the chance of a scout watching you play is already very slim, let alone watching you when you’re playing your best to impress.

How ScoutR is changing the game.

This is where the ScoutR app for football comes in. You can post your best highlights, showcasing your skills to everyone on the app to be able to rate. Each highlight gets rated for 4 key attributes, Awareness, Ability, Pace and Strength. So, not only does posting on ScoutR get you views on the app, allowing you to get your name known to players, coaches and scouts, but it also allows you to get your football rating.

Your rating is important, this is how you can get found easily by scouts, allowing you to get found by professional football clubs, no matter where they are in the world. As mentioned, you get rated on your Awareness, Ability, Pace and Strength. You will also get an overall rating, which means all 4 of this attributes are added together to get an average score which becomes your overall score. Very much like a Fifa Ultimate team card, if you’re familiar with the game.

How to get scouted with ScoutR

So, What gives you the best chance to get scouted with ScoutR? The best thing to do would be to upload highlights, showcasing these 4 skills. Not every highlight will show all 4 skills, so the best thing to do would be to upload multiple highlights showcasing at least one of these attributes.

Ability: To Showcase ability, you will want to show clips of you doing something technically excellent. Such as a precise pass, a perfectly timed last ditch tackle or a well placed shot.

Awareness: Awareness would be shown by how you can read the game, seeing a run by your team mate, being alerted to danger when defending or making a well timed run in-between defenders.

Pace: Pace will show your speed, there are many ways you can showcase this whilst playing.

Strength: Good highlights to show strength would be both on the ball and off the ball strength. How you tackle others and are strong on the ball so you don’t get tackled.

Key Tips:

The key tip is to upload as many clips as possible whilst maintaining a high rating. You might get good ratings from just one clip. However, scouts will want to see you play in a range of different scenarios before contacting you.

Aim high, aim to get on the leaderboard as this is the first and most obvious place for scouts seeking talent.

Rate other players posts, rating others players posts will boost your highlights.

Consistency is key. To get scouted with ScoutR, scouts will want to see how you develop throughout a season. Especially if you get added to their watch list, they have their eye on YOU. It is important to show signs of improvement and a willingness to improve.

Conclusion:

Scouter sports gives you all the tools you need to make it as easy as possible to get scouted with ScoutR. It is up to you to get your footage out there and showcase your skills to the world. If you think you have what it takes to become professional, you can either email us your profile screenshot or send it to us via any of our socials and if we think you have what it takes, we will pass your information on directly to our scouting network. If you haven’t already downloaded the ScoutR for football app, download it now.

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