The Get Scouted Blueprint

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Noticed, Contacted & Signed by a Club

Getting scouted isn’t about luck.
It’s about understanding how the system works, what scouts actually look for, and how to position yourself to get noticed.

This guide gives you every angle — whether you’re 10, 16, or 22 and chasing the dream.

✅ What’s Inside:

🛤️ 1. Different Paths to Going Pro

• The truth: there’s no one way to make it

• ⚽ Jamie Vardy — non-league to Premier League at 25

• 🧠 Lamine Yamal — signed to La Masia at 7

• How to create your own path from any starting point

• Options: club academies, trials, social media exposure, agency links

🧭 2. How to Get Scouted by an Academy

• The 3 most common ways players get noticed

• How to contact clubs directly (email, forms, phone)

• What you need to prepare before you reach out

• How to register for open trials and showcase games

🎯 3. What Scouts Actually Look For

• ✔️ Body language, energy & intent (on AND off the ball)

• ✔️ Communication, confidence, and attitude

• ✔️ First touch, quick decisions, positioning

• ✔️ Reading the game without forcing every play

• How to show these traits without looking like you’re trying too hard

🔁 4. Trial Day Game Plan

• What to do before, during, and after your trial

• Warmup routine, first impression, and mindset

• The invisible checklist scouts use while watching you

• Common trial-killers (and how to avoid them)

🌍 5. Bonus Tools & Templates

• 📧 Copy & paste email template to contact academies

• 🎥 Highlight reel formula — what to include (and what not to)

• ✅ Social media tips to boost visibility

• 📋 Do This / Not That checklist for trial & game prep

🎯 Who This Is For:

• Players aged 10–22 who want to get scouted

• Grassroots ballers who feel ready for more

• Anyone serious about making it to the next level

Scouts don’t find random players. They find prepared ones.

This is your step-by-step game plan to get noticed — and signed.