True story.....
I had a player who was quite talented, but our high school didn't get a lot of attention, because we didn't win much. Weak feeder programs. Small school. Lots of crossover athletes from other sports but lacking real soccer skills and game understanding.
This player did fine academically and got into a solid school here in state. D1 level. She decided she wanted to try soccer and she walked onto the program there and made the team. Ended up playing in about half their games in her freshman year and at the end of the season, was offered a partial scholarship for the next year. She was thrilled and told me all about it......
Fast forward to right after Christmas break. She calls me one evening and tells me that even though it was the "off-season", she was expected to make weight room sessions, three times per week....at 6 AM. I asked her how committed she really was to playing soccer and if she felt this was asking too much of her, she should go to the coach and discuss that.
She never played there again, deciding it asked too much of her. Graduated though, with honors. Good thing she chose her school for academic fit first, eh?
I had a player who was quite talented, but our high school didn't get a lot of attention, because we didn't win much. Weak feeder programs. Small school. Lots of crossover athletes from other sports but lacking real soccer skills and game understanding.
This player did fine academically and got into a solid school here in state. D1 level. She decided she wanted to try soccer and she walked onto the program there and made the team. Ended up playing in about half their games in her freshman year and at the end of the season, was offered a partial scholarship for the next year. She was thrilled and told me all about it......
Fast forward to right after Christmas break. She calls me one evening and tells me that even though it was the "off-season", she was expected to make weight room sessions, three times per week....at 6 AM. I asked her how committed she really was to playing soccer and if she felt this was asking too much of her, she should go to the coach and discuss that.
She never played there again, deciding it asked too much of her. Graduated though, with honors. Good thing she chose her school for academic fit first, eh?
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