...about playing softball in college.
I could (and SHOULD) contact coaches of schools I was interested in instead of waiting for them to "discover" me.
My high school coaches could put in a good word for me on my behalf. My coach did tell me he'd talk to anyone I wanted, but I didn't know what he meant or how much he really could have done to help me out.
Coaches DO look at grades and attitude (I found this out myself when I talked to one of the coaches recruiting me and was thankful I was doing well with both).
That I would work out more playing DI softball than I did running high school track.
That everyone on the team would work out on their own every day even though we already did a team workout.
That I would be pushed, physically, much further than I would have ever thought of pushing myself.
That I would feel "uncomfortable" in my own position even though I had been playing the game since I was 9 - there was so much to learn in college.
That you shouldn't wait until your senior year to take your entrance exams. Luckily I went to a "prep" school and I was advised to take my SAT fall of my junior year right after I finished a PSAT prep course and took the PSAT. Took the SAT once and never had to take the SAT again. But I see LOTS of high school athletes not even prepare for it and not even take it their junior year and then I see them completely STRESSED out their senior year because they have coaches talking to them but still don't have a qualifying test score...talk about pressure going into the test because now you're running out of time and you NEED a good score. Less pressure when you take it as a junior - at least once to get an idea of where you stand and how much prep you should do before attempting to take it again.
Of course, there is more but these are just basics....
I could (and SHOULD) contact coaches of schools I was interested in instead of waiting for them to "discover" me.
My high school coaches could put in a good word for me on my behalf. My coach did tell me he'd talk to anyone I wanted, but I didn't know what he meant or how much he really could have done to help me out.
Coaches DO look at grades and attitude (I found this out myself when I talked to one of the coaches recruiting me and was thankful I was doing well with both).
That I would work out more playing DI softball than I did running high school track.
That everyone on the team would work out on their own every day even though we already did a team workout.
That I would be pushed, physically, much further than I would have ever thought of pushing myself.
That I would feel "uncomfortable" in my own position even though I had been playing the game since I was 9 - there was so much to learn in college.
That you shouldn't wait until your senior year to take your entrance exams. Luckily I went to a "prep" school and I was advised to take my SAT fall of my junior year right after I finished a PSAT prep course and took the PSAT. Took the SAT once and never had to take the SAT again. But I see LOTS of high school athletes not even prepare for it and not even take it their junior year and then I see them completely STRESSED out their senior year because they have coaches talking to them but still don't have a qualifying test score...talk about pressure going into the test because now you're running out of time and you NEED a good score. Less pressure when you take it as a junior - at least once to get an idea of where you stand and how much prep you should do before attempting to take it again.
Of course, there is more but these are just basics....