It is absolutely impossible to predict or imagine your DD's college experience, Hope that you have raised a strong motivated athlete and sit back for the ride. Be a support for your DD during the lows and find as much joy as possible during the highs. The entire college experience will turn...
It depends on the coach and situation. My DD attended two camps and coach never saw her in a game. If a coach has been to two of her games, I would take that as a good sign. Especially if she gets invited to a camp.
I have had multiple bouts of Diverticulitus. It's really important to listen to your body and catch it early. The first time I was down for a week with high fever and really felt terrible. After that, I could kind of tell when it was coming on and got on antibiotics quick. In the last few...
College coaches are a different breed. If you think you can identify crazy coaches, you are mistaken. Most coaches have multiple personalities. (at least two: recruiting and coaching). I was so excited about my dd's oach during the recruiting process. I thought she could have been a high...
Totally understand where your head is. I was in exactly the same place in the fall of 2019. Planned on traveling to most if not all of dd's games in the spring of 2020. Unfortunately, Covid shut the season down after 12 games. Not sure if dd or myself will ever get over that. DD did not...
My dd did this at 12U. I combined my best 5 from the 10U team I coached with the best 5 from our fiercest 10U rival. I knew going in that my role would be as assistant coach. I had to cut one of my top 5 because I knew the parents would not mesh with the other team. We had two really good...
The University Athletic Association (Brandeis, Emory, WashU, NYU, Case Western, And Carnegie Melon) is a good place to look for high academic schools with good softball programs.
I also miss "having skin in the game". My DD graduated college in 2020 and did not come back for her Covid year because of career goals. I miss the games and chance to front toss her more than you can imagine. My message is to enjoy every minute of the ride because it ends too soon. I still...
My DD played on a competitive TB team until the summer before college started. That summer she played on a team (4 tournaments) that was basically her high school team and other friends. It was very relaxed and the girls did surprisingly well. Her focus during the summer was on conditioning...
All of the comments regarding the player being the front person in the recruiting process is absolutely correct. If you depend on the coach, organization head, or a paid recruiter, you have no idea of what is really going on. My DD played for an organization that was basically a funnel to a...
My DDs's coach (high academic d3) told us that there were 3 categories of recruits:
1. Golden Ticket recruits (guaranteed to get in). There were a very limited number of these.
2. Preferred Recruit (Coach would advise admissions that this applicant was being recruited for softball). There...