Parents and OVs

elileo
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:28:33 +0000

^ Correct. D and coaches calendared the weekends and arranged transportation between themselves (all D1). She flew coast-to-coast on several Sept./Oct. weekends. There was no question of us attending, nor were there ANY parents at ANY of the ov’s.

We felt we’d played our part in the spring and summer run-up: asking her to prepare by reading up on ov’s (there’s lots of good advice on CC!) so as to know what to expect, what to look at, what to look for; rehearsing with her on the various questions and scenarios she might encounter (yes, there were private sessions with the coach at the conclusion of several of the ov’s; one coach called his recruits after they got home), and most of all having her focus on the pros and cons of the colleges and arrive at a good sense of what she wanted academically and athletically before she set foot on campus. Then it was time for us to step out of it.

The previous months of prep and of initiating/composing emails, responding to emails, eventually making and responding to phone calls sufficiently developed her to handle these visits on her own.