If your child plays sports in college when did it become clear she/he/they had a chance to make it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think for D1 you want to have daughters tbh. They have a much better chance. They get identified earlier too.

Truth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter
D1 soccer
about 8th grade. You can start to see the difference in play and game awareness. By this time -as a parent - you have watched millions of other girls and games. You know.

+1

Never saw that. What I saw was the athleticism allowed players to do what they wanted and recover from mistakes. Even at ECNL level in girls soccer there is little awareness or soccer iq. They just do not select or develop it. It is about being faster, stronger, quicker, etc.

American soccer, for the most part, is exactly this. American soccer is an ugly game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter
D1 soccer
about 8th grade. You can start to see the difference in play and game awareness. By this time -as a parent - you have watched millions of other girls and games. You know.

+1

Never saw that. What I saw was the athleticism allowed players to do what they wanted and recover from mistakes. Even at ECNL level in girls soccer there is little awareness or soccer iq. They just do not select or develop it. It is about being faster, stronger, quicker, etc.

American soccer, for the most part, is exactly this. American soccer is an ugly game.

This is a really interesting thread about age of identification. Please don’t derail it with unrelated ranting about soccer.

[Anonymous]

DD
D1 ACC soccer offer 85% scholarship - Freshman year in HS

[Anonymous]

Man, I am so thankful baseball isn't dependent on size and there are tons of late bloomers. Hitting consistently is so hard.

The soccer discussion on this thread is depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, I am so thankful baseball isn't dependent on size and there are tons of late bloomers. Hitting consistently is so hard.

The soccer discussion on this thread is depressing.

More depressing than it needs to be IMO. This is a soccer hotspot, and kids from this area have always done well in college recruiting. I’d be cautious but listen to the boosters at least as much as the doomsayers if your kid is in HS and doing well. Just do your research.

[Anonymous]

I’m curious about this answer as I have no expertise. DS is a freshman and for the last year has talked about D1 being his goal but the entire process is a mystery to me. He is exceptional for his club team but not on a top team. I feel like it might be too late to get on the right path. I really think kids who make it to D1 are a rare breed. We have a friend with a daughter who is a senior who got rostered on all the “right” teams and has spent years traveling the country for national tournaments and now there is no D1 offer. My takeaway is that the kids need to enjoy it enough that they won’t resent the sacrifice if it doesn’t work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious about this answer as I have no expertise. DS is a freshman and for the last year has talked about D1 being his goal but the entire process is a mystery to me. He is exceptional for his club team but not on a top team. I feel like it might be too late to get on the right path. I really think kids who make it to D1 are a rare breed. We have a friend with a daughter who is a senior who got rostered on all the “right” teams and has spent years traveling the country for national tournaments and now there is no D1 offer. My takeaway is that the kids need to enjoy it enough that they won’t resent the sacrifice if it doesn’t work out.

Which sport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, I am so thankful baseball isn't dependent on size and there are tons of late bloomers. Hitting consistently is so hard.

The soccer discussion on this thread is depressing.

More depressing than it needs to be IMO. This is a soccer hotspot, and kids from this area have always done well in college recruiting. I’d be cautious but listen to the boosters at least as much as the doomsayers if your kid is in HS and doing well. Just do your research.

The best thing to do is to keep an eye on the college commit webpages for 2022 and going forward. Prior to 2022 it’s a little irrelevant because of the transfer portal changes, as discussed above. But if you have a younger kid, you can get a sense of likelihood by watching the commit pages. Examples below:

http://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/travel/college-placement/college-commitments
https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/commitments/

I would look at commit pages nationwide to get a better global sense too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, I am so thankful baseball isn't dependent on size and there are tons of late bloomers. Hitting consistently is so hard.

The soccer discussion on this thread is depressing.

More depressing than it needs to be IMO. This is a soccer hotspot, and kids from this area have always done well in college recruiting. I’d be cautious but listen to the boosters at least as much as the doomsayers if your kid is in HS and doing well. Just do your research.

The best thing to do is to keep an eye on the college commit webpages for 2022 and going forward. Prior to 2022 it’s a little irrelevant because of the transfer portal changes, as discussed above. But if you have a younger kid, you can get a sense of likelihood by watching the commit pages. Examples below:

http://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/travel/college-placement/college-commitments
https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/commitments/

I would look at commit pages nationwide to get a better global sense too.

All this work to get into colleges like Knox college, Lynchburg College, Eastern University, Arcadia University, et al. Division 3, isn't that like 13th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, I am so thankful baseball isn't dependent on size and there are tons of late bloomers. Hitting consistently is so hard.

The soccer discussion on this thread is depressing.

More depressing than it needs to be IMO. This is a soccer hotspot, and kids from this area have always done well in college recruiting. I’d be cautious but listen to the boosters at least as much as the doomsayers if your kid is in HS and doing well. Just do your research.

The best thing to do is to keep an eye on the college commit webpages for 2022 and going forward. Prior to 2022 it’s a little irrelevant because of the transfer portal changes, as discussed above. But if you have a younger kid, you can get a sense of likelihood by watching the commit pages. Examples below:

http://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/travel/college-placement/college-commitments
https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/commitments/

I would look at commit pages nationwide to get a better global sense too.

Damn this area a joke for top talent in boys soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So which sports are the easiest for boys to get into at the D1 level? Obviously not soccer or tennis...

Lacrosse
Track & Field
Baseball
Cross Country
Volleyball (but not many teams)

The actual truth is that there are no "easy" sports for boys. Things are much different for girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious about this answer as I have no expertise. DS is a freshman and for the last year has talked about D1 being his goal but the entire process is a mystery to me. He is exceptional for his club team but not on a top team. I feel like it might be too late to get on the right path. I really think kids who make it to D1 are a rare breed. We have a friend with a daughter who is a senior who got rostered on all the “right” teams and has spent years traveling the country for national tournaments and now there is no D1 offer. My takeaway is that the kids need to enjoy it enough that they won’t resent the sacrifice if it doesn’t work out.

Which sport?

I was referring to soccer when speaking of both my son and friend’s daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So which sports are the easiest for boys to get into at the D1 level? Obviously not soccer or tennis...

Lacrosse
Track & Field
Baseball
Cross Country
Volleyball (but not many teams)

LOL take baseball off this list. The reduced number of draft rounds is making college recruiting a mess.

How so?

The cut the draft from 40 rounds to 20. So there’s a significant number of players who would have been drafted in previous years who are attending college to play instead. And they’re going to the best baseball schools, so there’s a trickle down effect making each level more difficult in terms of recruiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious about this answer as I have no expertise. DS is a freshman and for the last year has talked about D1 being his goal but the entire process is a mystery to me. He is exceptional for his club team but not on a top team. I feel like it might be too late to get on the right path. I really think kids who make it to D1 are a rare breed. We have a friend with a daughter who is a senior who got rostered on all the “right” teams and has spent years traveling the country for national tournaments and now there is no D1 offer. My takeaway is that the kids need to enjoy it enough that they won’t resent the sacrifice if it doesn’t work out.

Which sport?

I was referring to soccer when speaking of both my son and friend’s daughter.

If he wants to get on a good D3 team, he needs to be playing ECNL by senior year. D1 is probably not a possibility.