IMHO sounds like she has been taught really well how to manage her timeNice work!
Honestly, just like pitching. I helped set up a framework and then got out of her way of doing it. But thanks.
Interesting blog on multi-sport athletes.
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Honestly, just like pitching. I helped set up a framework and then got out of her way of doing it. But thanks.
China...As KCPRK said congratulations! I hope both you and the membership didn't take my former posts in this thread as advocating a specialized athlete nor was I trying to make excuses for the kids. I was just pointing out the realities of today's societal atmosphere which is the pressure to not only succeed but excel. I agree that many kids could and should play more sports if they want. There is always a way to make it happen with the willingness and support of parents. That being said, my DD is a 1 sport athlete; not because we won't let her play others but because she has tried many other sports and has no interest in playing them. She would much prefer to be in the school play, travel and sing/play piano in the school show choir, practice her piano, read books and spend her extra time practicing SB than spending it on sports she doesn't like. AS CoogansBluff basically said, there's no one right answer as long as there is such a variety of circumstances per each family and kid.
Actually I have 2 kids, and frankly my son was only 5th in his class, but we still love him (I joke) I get that not all families are in the same situation, frankly you have no idea what my situation is either. I can tell you that having a child with 2 auto immune disorders is nothing I would ever wish on anyone. My point isn't that my kid is better then yours or that I am a superior parent. My point is don't make limiting excuses for your child. If your family is limited by resources I understand that you can't spend a lot of money on sports and shuttling kids around places, I grew up in a 7 kid family believe me I know first hand how that goes. But we make excuses all the time for our kids sitting in front of video games and "hanging out" for hours on end as if they came upon that magically and without parental approval. We all get 24 hours in a day how you use that time and how your kids use that time is what makes things happen.
I would guess that the numbers of D1 and D2 athletes playing more than 1 sport is somewhere above 1%. The first thing they asked my DD is if she had any younger sisters.
They seemed much more focused on what she could do than what she did. Most coaches only care about the skills you have developed, not the path you took to do it.
Very good questions. I would assume, and yes, I know what happens when I assume
, that if this actually goes through, it will be meaningless and have little affect. At least around this area and several other areas that I'm familiar with, a two year degree starts around $18K and may, big may, top out around $28-30K. It either seems to be a GED making minimum wage (unless they go and become a truck driver) or a 4 year BD starting at $35K as far as the job market goes around here. Heck, teachers in DW's school district have to get their masters within 5 years of being hired or else they're deemed underqualified and will be RIFfed.
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It won't impact it since it will not happen. That proposal is DOA and rightly so since there is no money to pay for it. And it will only serve to make the first two years of college look just like High School.
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My DD's orthopedic surgeon played 3 sports at Harvard all while earning his medical doctorate. Whenever I think "overachiever" his picture always pops in my head.
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Do you think that scholarship possibilities are the prime motivator for a large percentage of student-athletes?
There should be no tuition at 2- or 4-year public colleges. We spend almost as much on debt collections (and defaults, it seems) than it would cost to simply fund tuition for all qualified applicants. Rolling back the exorbitant administrator and professor salaries/benefits at the university level would also help. Students at public schools would still be required to pay facilities fees, room, board, etc., and there would continue to be private institutions as well, so athletic scholarships would still have value across the board.
Even though that vision is a long ways off - enlightenment rarely happens in the blink of an eye - I would still direct my child towards merit-based academic scholarships with a focus on what she'd like to do in her post-college career. If she were one of the country's best soccer, tennis, or basketball players, I might view things differently.
Well I see you left up a Socratic Irony just for me ...
Anyways old buddy... You know I'm right.
