Elite athletes at Boarding Schools

Golfgr8
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:33:30 +0000

mka.org

AI_Guidelines_Worksheet.pdf

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The above link was from a few years ago.

Do talk honestly with the coach at your prospective school

Do realize that your kiddo may need to try out for a new club or travel team in the region close to your boarding school. Not sure how this works for boys lax, but this does happen for girls lax and soccer.

Realize that it costs $$$ to join these teams. Also, you must work with the school to arrange for your student to leave campus and to get transportation for outside practices and tournaments. We actually know a couple of parents who rented houses by their kid’s school to take them to practices and tournament$. Yes - we also knew kids who had their own car Senior year (not sure if this is allowed earlier). Other kids hitch rides with classmates or other parents by permission. One group of guys at a certain school had the trainer drive them to outside tournaments. I am not sure if this was on the up & up.

If you look at college rosters (which is what we did 4 years ago), we looked at where kids were coming from. There are several schools that have elite players heading to top collegiate programs.

For some sports, the club/travel teams are considered more important than the school team.

Identify and discuss your student’s expectations, as well as your parent expectations, with the school’s coach.