Boarding schools and college-bound athletes-- how does it work?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious, if you have an athlete who wants to play in college, how does it work at boarding school when you don't have a club or travel team to be playing with throughout high school? Already I see how boarding schools like Episcopal struggle in sports like soccer where their players are at a disadvantage by not having club practices and games every week. But I'm likely missing something.

[Anonymous]

You are looking at the wrong school.
Many boarding schools are structured around enabling sports. They might have 1/2 day Wed so that they can travel to other schools.
It is also common that being on a team is a requirement so the sports culture is built into the school.
But - there are also students who are at boarding school and are on club travel teams - especially for sports where there are a lot of summer tournaments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are looking at the wrong school.
Many boarding schools are structured around enabling sports. They might have 1/2 day Wed so that they can travel to other schools.
It is also common that being on a team is a requirement so the sports culture is built into the school.
But - there are also students who are at boarding school and are on club travel teams - especially for sports where there are a lot of summer tournaments.

All schools are structured around enabling sports - boarding and day. Playing on the high school team isn't an issue. OP is asking about serious athletes. You can't play high school-only soccer or basketball for 4 years and play in college as you are competing against players who are playing after school 4-5 times a week with non-school/travel teams.