What I mean is that you really can decide if you want to play college up until the minute college starts. Yes, you need to get an offer, and to get an offer you need to be on the right teams playing the right competition. So yes, you have 6 years to decide if you really want to commit to playing college ball. But if you bail out at 12 (or 14, in your example) you then don't have that option to play in college probably.
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What I mean is that you really can decide if you want to play college up until the minute college starts. Yes, you need to get an offer, and to get an offer you need to be on the right teams playing the right competition. So yes, you have 6 years to decide if you really want to commit to playing college ball. But if you bail out at 12 (or 14, in your example) you then don't have that option to play in college probably.
This is your experience with the journey of one player (your DGD). The experience is not the same for everyone.
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overly dramatic to make statements like that.
There are teams that aren't as driven as the one your granddaughter encountered.
It is good to see you recognize there are different team levels and opportunities there are A B,C, level teams and you recognized high schools an opportunity And you mentioned before your daughter is doing now snowboarding and playing basketball right...
opportunities she chose.
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Does the softball team have its own booster club or does the school have a central one?
But coaches kind of expect those they are recruiting are all state, all region, all name the award player in their area or in the conversation. If you play competitive travel ball at a high level more times than not you are the best player on your HS team. So to say it does not matter isn't entirely true.
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You know this first hand for several college coaches?
Not always the case, I look back on my daughters 14U team and on that team of 11-12 kids.
2- D1 pitchers
1- D1 1B/DH
2- players D2/NAIA
1- Juco
2- stopped to play other sports and not sure of the rest.
All had aspirations of playing college, some more than others and it took care of itself and each kids journey is different. Mine at 14 wanted to play but wasn't her life. She is one of the two P headed to play D1. Each kids path is different but the main thing at that age if the kid has aspirations to play on it being realistic about where they are. And let's be honest, A-level to one area may be B-C level in another area.
Central.
But of course each sport/team has a group of parents who care most or even only about their sport.
Yes. How many times have you've seen a player being recruited by a D1 coach who was a mediocre player on a HS team? More times than not, a kid at D1 is All State or All District/Region.
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If they play HS, sure.
