Originally posted by Unregistered
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The problem on this board is that there are too many "I know a person" or "my kid got one" promoting the exception, not the rule. Just because I know someone who drives without a seatbelt who has never been in a car accident does not mean I use that as my basis for not wearing a seatbelt. I use the trends and the rule - not the exception to the rule - as my guide.
Same thing needs to happen for club soccer and understanding that 90% of NH kids playing soccer for a club or HS in NH will not play in college at any level and that chances are NH kids that do play in college will most likely play DIII, some play DII, and a very select few will play DI.
Our best - top 20 players girls or boys - can't compete with the top 20 from a state like NJ, CT, or MA. Their clubs produce a much higher % of DI players than we do.
You still shoot for the highest level you can but at some point you have to be self aware and reality has to settle in about your abilities. I was the same way as an athlete until a coach of mine sent me to a high profile exposure camp before my junior season in HS and I got my butt kicked all week. My dream of a DI athlete was put into focus. I was trying to compete with DI players and it was all I could do all week to just stay out of the way and not make too many mistakes. I realized my ability and skill set were low DII or high DIII was more likely, and the evaluation I got at the exposure week, was exactly where I ended up 2 years later playing DII college athletics, not DI.
Its about reality - the DI players from NH have DOMINATED the HS landscape over the years. If you cant put up insane numbers as a HS player in NH - you are not a DI talent. Plain and simple. No matter the sport, here in NH the legit DI athletes have been beasts in their HS years. Being a good player on a ok team is NOT going to get you a DI scholarship.
Playing DA and allowing an average of 2+ goals per game is NOT going to get you a DI scholarship. How can it? If the other players are DI talent and they are scoring an average of 2 goals per game, how does a college look at the players giving those up and say "yeah, let me recruit them because I want a team that gives up more goals than we can score".
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