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Have you had a kid that was a good athlete and made
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:27 pm
the choice to move him to a bigger school/private school? Has it paid off in the long run...getting a scholarship? Does he get better coaching?
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:28 pm to Raymanz
I never really see THAT many athletes coming out of private schools. I would think if they are good enough, they will get noticed.
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:30 pm to Raymanz
put him in the school that will give him the best education possible. Everything else will work itself out. If you're worried about quality of coaching, put him in one of those summer camps.
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:39 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I have only seen this be beneficial when it happens early in high school. Some times do to moves schools that were looking at a kid may lose track of him. Also by moving to a bigger school with more players the possibility of injury can lead to being buried no the depth chart by kids who have been at the school and coaches know.
Bottom line if you are good enough it doesn't matter where you go to school
Bottom line if you are good enough it doesn't matter where you go to school
Posted on 11/19/08 at 1:41 pm to Raymanz
Schools that have a history of producing decent recruits can't hurt.
Posted on 11/19/08 at 2:49 pm to Rockerbraves
Parental assessment of the kid in general is HUGE.
What I mean by this is...Is this child school/college material?
Of course as a parent you would hope every kid will be education saavy.
My personal experience was go to college...but I know several good high school athletes that their parents need to understand they are not college material and would be better served going pro out of high school.
In these economic times...I would take the scholarship if all things considered were equal...coaching, education, etc.
What I mean by this is...Is this child school/college material?
Of course as a parent you would hope every kid will be education saavy.
My personal experience was go to college...but I know several good high school athletes that their parents need to understand they are not college material and would be better served going pro out of high school.
In these economic times...I would take the scholarship if all things considered were equal...coaching, education, etc.
Posted on 11/19/08 at 2:49 pm to Rockerbraves
Our son is a basketball player (6'4" as a high school freshman). We actually moved him from private (Catholic) school to public school for high school. We're blessed with many of the top public high schools up here in Fairfax County, VA so we felt that he'd still get a high quality education if he applies himself.
In regards to sports the Catholic schools recruit and get more exposure as they can travel more for tournaments. However, our son plays on a national level AAU team and the AAU tournaments give him far more exposure to college scouts than high school basketball. It also ups his season from November-March to November-August and he plays about 80 games a year and gets an additional 6 months of intense basketball practicing and training. He also gets to play against the best competition in the area and in the country at AAU Nationals and Showcase tournaments.
Hope this helped.
In regards to sports the Catholic schools recruit and get more exposure as they can travel more for tournaments. However, our son plays on a national level AAU team and the AAU tournaments give him far more exposure to college scouts than high school basketball. It also ups his season from November-March to November-August and he plays about 80 games a year and gets an additional 6 months of intense basketball practicing and training. He also gets to play against the best competition in the area and in the country at AAU Nationals and Showcase tournaments.
Hope this helped.
Posted on 11/19/08 at 2:51 pm to VABuckeye
Very true that summer camps and travel teams get more exposure than a kids high school.
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