- Jun 19, 2019
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So because you are thinking of college and the girl says she wants to play college, you’re making them play? I didn’t know I was making them play.Should you be thinking about and preparing for your daughters’ college years? ABSOLUTELY!
Start a college fund and save money.
Work on study skills.
Teach them good ethics and responsibility.
Not all kids will go to - or NEED to go to - college. But you should definitely be preparing.
Now about softball ... what the heck is wrong with you!?
No, you should not be preparing a 9 year old to be a college athlete. Here is the secret: just about any kid who wants to play a sport in college CAN play that sport in college. There are enough schools that you can play if you are willing to go anywhere.
I had two daughters play sports in college.
The first played soccer. She was a mediocre student who had never played soccer until her junior year in high school. She was a volleyball player. She was convinced she was going to play volleyball in college. Then she had a bad experience her senior year in high school with a new coach and had no desire to keep playing. The soccer coach convinced her to come out for fun. Her last game of her senior year, a college coach was a third the game and offered her a 1/2 ride to a D1 junior college.
The second was a very good student and a damn good athlete. She played both softball and volleyball at a D3 school she chose for academics. After two years she was burned out and came back home. She will be going to the local junior college this year, coaching freshman volleyball at a local high school, and not playing anything.
Let them play ... don’t make them play. Don’t make it a job that they are doing for money.