I’m not in an area known as a sports mecca and see this pretty regularly. D26 has been in her sport for 11 years now, verbally committed to continue at a D3 program (fingers crossed!). We’re the outliers in our area, as she doesn’t take private lessons or go to camps or clinics. We invested in sessions an injury prevention program at the local sports medicine practice and test prep.
I do wonder if she would have been a better athlete and had better recruiting prospects like D1 or Ivy had we thrown money at private coaching and such. Guess we’ll never know.