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Oct 10, 2011
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For those of you wanting the dream of playing in college...better get in shape. DD started her off season conditioning Sunday night, got finished at 7:30 P.m. and had to be in the gym at 7 a.m. the next morning for Catcher/Pitcher training which ended up being a lot of sprints and burpees. That was it for Monday as she had 3 classes after. The next morning, in the gym again at 7 a.m. doing lots of sprints, push-ups etc for catcher/ pitcher and after a couple classes had to go to team weight training and agility- she said she hadn't recovered from the morning and struggled. (3 catcher practices a week plus 3 lifting days)
It's pretty common to see girls throwing up (heard that a lot from our friends at other schools too) -She said a lot of the girls said they can barely walk. DD's biggest issue is her asthma and the running but she said she won't use that as an excuse. Her roomie does great with the running but struggles with the lifting and hates it.
A friend of ours broke down in tears during training at her college (D1) because her shins hurt so bad from so much running and she said everything on her body hurt.
Another of her friends at a D3 has to get up at 5 a.m. for lifting but she said they only do that 3 times and thats all they do.
I'm just writing this so everyone knows that if you get want you want, that dream of playing in college- you better be prepared for some hell.
 
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JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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For those of you wanting the dream of playing in college...better get in shape. DD started her off season conditioning Sunday night, got finished at 7:30 P.m. and had to be in the gym at 7 a.m. the next morning for Catcher/Pitcher training which ended up being a lot of sprints and burpees. That was it for Monday as she had 3 classes after. The next morning, in the gym again at 7 a.m. doing lots of sprints, push-ups etc for catcher/ pitcher and after a couple classes had to go to team weight training and agility- she said she hadn't recovered from the morning and struggled. (3 catcher practices a week plus 3 lifting days)
It's pretty common to see girls throwing up (heard that a lot from our friends at other schools too) -She said a lot of the girls said they can barely walk. DD's biggest issue is her asthma and the running but she said she won't use that as an excuse. Her roomie does great with the running but struggles with the lifting and hates it.
A friend of ours broke down in tears during training at her college (D1) because her shins hurt so bad from so much running and she said everything on her body hurt.
Another of her friends at a D3 has to get up at 5 a.m. for lifting but she said they only do that 3 times and thats all they do.
I'm just writing this so everyone knows that if you get want you want, that dream of playing in college- you better be prepared for some hell LOL.

I would strongly suggest the girl complaining about shin splints try a different pair of shoes. When I started walking I got them in a bad way, and changing shoes made all the difference in the world.
 
Oct 10, 2011
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I would strongly suggest the girl complaining about shin splints try a different pair of shoes. When I started walking I got them in a bad way, and changing shoes made all the difference in the world.
Her dad was so upset, he drove 8 hours to her school and took her shopping! He was quite emotional too!
 
Feb 15, 2016
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For those of you wanting the dream of playing in college...better get in shape. DD started her off season conditioning Sunday night, got finished at 7:30 P.m. and had to be in the gym at 7 a.m. the next morning for Catcher/Pitcher training which ended up being a lot of sprints and burpees. That was it for Monday as she had 3 classes after. The next morning, in the gym again at 7 a.m. doing lots of sprints, push-ups etc for catcher/ pitcher and after a couple classes had to go to team weight training and agility- she said she hadn't recovered from the morning and struggled. (3 catcher practices a week plus 3 lifting days)
It's pretty common to see girls throwing up (heard that a lot from our friends at other schools too) -She said a lot of the girls said they can barely walk. DD's biggest issue is her asthma and the running but she said she won't use that as an excuse. Her roomie does great with the running but struggles with the lifting and hates it.
A friend of ours broke down in tears during training at her college (D1) because her shins hurt so bad from so much running and she said everything on her body hurt.
Another of her friends at a D3 has to get up at 5 a.m. for lifting but she said they only do that 3 times and thats all they do.
I'm just writing this so everyone knows that if you get want you want, that dream of playing in college- you better be prepared for some hell.

Sounds like summer football practices in high school!
 
Mar 26, 2013
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Many/most schools prescribe a summer workout routine so players are in shape when they arrive. Many players learn the importance of them the hard way.
 
Dec 20, 2012
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And coaches will vary in their definition of conditioning. Some will run tons of sprints, some will run long distance and some will focus on weight training.
 
Oct 10, 2011
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Many/most schools prescribe a summer workout routine so players are in shape when they arrive. Many players learn the importance of them the hard way.

I all ready said this in another thread, but DD had to check in once a week with her coach during the summer to discuss how the summer workout was going. If we were to do it all over, she would have joined the speed and agility class instead of working with a personal trainer. Even though they did some sprinting etc... most of it was weightlifting. On day one of school, it was all about the running, and now they are starting to weightlift but it's still sounds like the focus is on running. I could be wrong and just think that though because that's what DD hates the most:)
 
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rdbass

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My DD's school also has them working out in the pool. DD swam all through high school so, it may come in handy.
 
Oct 10, 2011
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My DD's school also has them working out in the pool. DD swam all through high school so, it may come in handy.

I think that's great. DD's team will do that too and she's looking forward to it being a former life guard...
 
Mar 26, 2013
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My DD's school also has them working out in the pool. DD swam all through high school so, it may come in handy.
Some players at my DD's school swim laps to avoid aggravating past issues - some as a non-impact workout instead of running and some for strength building.
 

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