Youth Soccer Hours Per week

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Anonymous wrote:Are your kids interested in college play or going pro? Not you, but your kids. I’m legitimately curious so please no snark.

My kid is in DA but is not interested in playing at university. He has said it would just take too much time. We have relatives who played for D1 schools and the feedback they all gave us was "lots of fun playing but off-field was an absolute miserable grind of homework and fitness." I think my husband is actually kind of anti-sports in college and would prefer a more intense academic focus (he comes from a family of university professors).

We are interested in any potential admissions office bounce that may come from playing sports though but are exploring if he needs to stay in DA for that or can switch to a less time-consuming club or HS and still get that admissions office bump.

This really doesn’t make sense. The only admissions bump you get is if your kid commits to play for the college team. If your son doesn’t want that, no,bump, no matter how good he is.

There is actually a bump, even for a non-player. It goes to the overall strength of the applicant and while not as significant a pure athletic direct recruit, it is still a bump worth considering.

There was another thread here a few months ago during the Harvard lawsuit that is quite informative.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/827019.page#15671114

Basically, as it relates to Harvard (but can be applied to other schools) a "blue-chip" recruit gets an Athletic grade of #1. This is a player of "national, international or Olympic caliber, or one directly recruited by a Harvard coach". Students with an athletic #1 have over an 80% chance of admission. An athletic grade #2, which is a 'leadership role on a club or a secondary school team of regional or state recognition' can give a student a 60% chance of admission. An athletic level 3 is just "active participant in a sport" which has no impact on admissions.

That thread has a long discussion on college admissions / academic load if you are curious.

[Anonymous]

I was one of the other posters that provided time estimates. Our kid loves playing and loves the competition. She is interested in playing in college but not sure that she’d give up a better college just to play soccer. I.e. if she could get into Stanford academically but wouldn’t make the team there she’d still go to Stanford (as an example).

My spouse and I would be more than happy for her to give ECNL up and save the travel time but are also happy to support her and love watching her play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was one of the other posters that provided time estimates. Our kid loves playing and loves the competition. She is interested in playing in college but not sure that she’d give up a better college just to play soccer. I.e. if she could get into Stanford academically but wouldn’t make the team there she’d still go to Stanford (as an example).

My spouse and I would be more than happy for her to give ECNL up and save the travel time but are also happy to support her and love watching her play.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are your kids interested in college play or going pro? Not you, but your kids. I’m legitimately curious so please no snark.

My kid is in DA but is not interested in playing at university.

No judging but it really makes not sense to put in all the effort to be in a DA program if the kid does not want to play in college. How does he even handle all that soccer pressure knowing he will quit? DA kids may or may not make college or pro but the notion they will is what drives them through those 20 degree practices.