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There are over seven million student-athletes who play high school sports in America. Football rosters list more than a million of those athletes, and smaller sports, like soccer, have over 600,000 teen competitors per year. Yet, in NCAA Division I, college athletics' biggest arena, only 151,000 students play intercollegiate sports. (Division II has 75,000 athletes) So what are the odds of, a high school basketball player making it to play big-time on the college hardwood? Less than 1 in 100.

What should high school athletes be doing to earn a scholarship -- or find a place on a college team?

The Solution is in Your Actions

Athletes can reach out to college programs, become informed, inspired, and organized about reverse recruiting, improve skills, and must be persistent to have the best chance of having a successful college sports experience.

1)Send personal letters or e-mails with your basic information directly to college coaches. Its necessary for all but the top 2% that are elite high school athletes.
2)Attend a camp hosted by a college sports team to get an idea of your talent level and meet college coaching staff members who can evaluate your skills.
3)Of course, joining the rat race of competing and playing your sports year round or working with a private coach or club team are ways to increase your skill level and better your chances of becoming a standout athlete.
4)Follow up when coaches send letters to you. Make follow up phone calls about the letters and e-mails you have sent.
5)Balance in academic and athletics is always part of the recruiting game. Getting a college degree through your sports experience should be part of the larger goal.

Teenage athletes in the top cities in America are training at a high level. Athletes with dreams of competing at Americas top sports universities should have a gameplan for action that will lead them on the path to finding a successful college sports experience.

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Author Laura Mitchell is a former NCAA Head College Basketball Coach, NCAA two-sport athlete, and High School Volleyball and Basketball Coach. Mitchell was also an outreach academic counselor for the University of California's Central Section. She is the CEO of Sports Dreammakers and the college sports counselor for America's largest charter school. Mitchell travels the country offering her workshops and seminars to student-athletes and parents who seek information about how to make their dream of playing college sports a reality. For more info visit http://www.athleticinspiration.com

Kidney stones are rock type structures that are formed in the kidney. How do you know if you have kidney stones? You'll know by the PAIN! Seriously, if you have more than one of the symptoms below, then you may have one or more kidney stones!

Kidney Stones Symptoms

Flank pain or back pain
Nausea, vomiting
Increased persistent urge to urinate
Blood in the urine
Abdominal pain
Painful urination
Excessive urination at night
Urinary hesitancy
Testicle pain
Groin pain
Fever
Chills
Abnormal urine color

From first hand experience, I can tell you that one or more of the suggested remedies will help you dissolve the kidney stones and the pain associated with the kidney stones.

1) drink 3 to 4 glasses of cranberry juice per day.

2) eat at least one artichoke per week

3) eat asparagus at least twice per week

4) soak a bandage with garlic and onion juice and apply on the kidneys to relieve the pain

5) boil celery and parsley and after it cools drink the liquid

6) drink at least one glass of lemon juice

7) drink beet juice every day

8) drink lots of water

As you can see from the above, you MUST drink alot! Get rid of kidney stones using one of my proven home remedy.

DO NOT drink fortified orange juice, which I love, with calcium. This can be found very easy. Once you've passed the kidney stone(s), continue to drink lots of water and at least 2 glasses of cranberry juice (this juice is high in sugar so look for organic cranberry juice).

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Choosing the parts that your custom chopper will be made of can be very confusing, considering the large numbers of custom chopper bike kits available on the market today. Chopper innovators like Bikers Choice, Phantom Cycle, Paul Yaffe and many more sell chopper-in-a-box kits available for chopper enthusiasts. Thanks to these kits, custom choppers have become quite affordable and are no longer necessarily toys for millionaires or master mechanics.

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Before you start building your custom chopper you need to ask yourself what kind of chopper are you interested in building. Then you have to set up a budget for parts, labor and inevitable cost overruns. The price of the parts has scared many chopper enthusiasts from building a custom chopper of their own, but if you have exact specifications and the time and skills to invest into the project, then parts can be fairly inexpensive. If you choose the parts for your kit at the lower end spectrum, you will still end up with bike that will look like a Jesse James creation but will still have enough money left to throw a party when your new chopper leaves the garage.

When you select the parts for your custom chopper kit, try to use the most genuine parts available on the market within your price range. Sometimes even if you have a beautiful design in-mind, you can end up with poor-looking chopper, due to a lack of attention to detail by different suppliers

Complete custom chopper kits typically consists of an engine, chassis kit, exhaust pipes, tires, steel tanks and other metal parts, taillights, various controls, a seat, headlamp and many more. The extras supplied with a chopper kit would vary depending on the brand of chopper chosen. To finish your project, you will need paint and sometimes battery acid. Most chopper kits do not provide mirrors, speedometers or other accessories. These you can buy separately according to your taste.

To avoid unpredictable result, experienced chopper builder recommend waiting until you can afford buying all the accessories from one manufacturer. Waiting may not be easy when it comes to building your dream come true. But when you finally complete your custom chopper, you will be really glad you waited.

Kathryn Whittaker writes articles on a number of different topics. For more information on Choppers please visit Choppers Guide and for additional Chopper articles please visit the following article page Chopper Articles.