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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 2 very athletic children, 1 not so sporty, and the 1 athletes eventually went D1, could have easily done D3.

By proximity we have a very large amount of friends who are in the same situation.

One thing I learned going through the process is that parents with non-sporty kids can not contain their jealousy.

Each of us tries our hardest to only talk to each other about the commitment process and playing in college. Our true friends are happy for us and a few just very nice wonderful people, but generally there is a ton of vitriol around athletic recruits.

I advise parents of up and coming athletes to only talk to parents in a similar situation and every time they branch out, they feel the hate. [/quote]

This.

Some athletes aren't great at academics, but many are outstanding.  Not too long ago, I met a kid at an Ivy graduation who got some academic prizes.  He was also in talks with several pro franchises in a sport that I know something about, so we chatted about that.  He's now a professional athlete and an Ivy grad.   Some people are good at lots of things.  It's like great actors who can also sing, dance and do standup.

Kids who are good at sports also frequently hear how "naturally talented" they are -- everything is due to talent, nothing is due to hard work.  My kid heard all the time how lucky he was to be genetically gifted from people who didn't know him back before he did a bunch of work and became so naturally talented and genetically gifted.  They also didn't see him chocking down food that he didn't want because coaches told him to gain weight -- they just said he was genetically gifted to be strong/fast/big etc.

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It's both. Come on. Being at the top of your class for academics or sports is always going to come down to a mix of grit/hard work + natural gifts or genetics. ALWAYS. 
My DH was a D1 football player, but he's also 6'3 and has the ability to work out and get his weight up to 250 and there are so many people who just cannot due to size. He worked his butt off and has incredibly strong work ethic too. 
I walked in and got a high SAT with no prep, coming from a mediocre HS. I was a lazy student and still managed to get decent grades and take the SAT again and improve my score. I had a 4.0 from a very easy HS. I never studied once on the weekends. Granted this was 20 years ago, and I know it's a lot more competitive now and I would have likely had a lot more trouble at competitive schools, BUT my point is that it wasn't hard for me to get into good schools because I was a gifted test taker. [/quote]

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