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[quote=Anonymous]My 14 years son is a ranked fencer. I don't have any expectations for him to get a D1 scholarship. In fact the likelihood is around 1% to be honest. Fencing at the competitive level is very expensive and not a good return on investment if you want your child to get a sports scholarship. If your child is an athlete and you obsessively want them to get a D1 scholarship and they are talented then go for baseball basketball or football.

I never put pressure on my son. There are kids at his club who invest 5 times in terms of money and other efforts and yet they have achieved far less than my son..these teens look stressed. Their parents look stressed. It's depressing to watch.

My son loves fencing and he started doing for fun and the results came along. His coach wants him to train and more and harder but I have put a stop to it. If he gets to 16 or so and he chooses to then fine. Otherwise he should enjoy his childhood and be a kid.

Some parents are just crazy when it comes to sports. And very often these parents are failed athletes themselves or just delusional. I was a soccer player and had a 4 years scholarship to play in college. I wanted my son to play a soccer as well. But he hated it so much and I just let it be.

Please please don't force any sports and put any pressure on your child. If they are talented everything will happens naturally. They will be hungry for excellence themselves. [/quote]

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