Student Athlete Advice

TheGFG
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:17:54 +0000

In the US football is king, and as such it is a different ball of wax from most other collegiate sports in terms of the time and intensity of the commitment required from the student- athlete. Go ahead and ask for input from a variety of athletes, but I doubt it will be relevant to your own decision-making process to hear about the experiences of rowers, fencers, runners, and soccer players, or even Div. 1 level football players if you’d be playing Div. 3 or Div. 3 level players if you’d be playing Div. 1.

I will say that you should mentally add on about 5 hours each week to whatever number of practice hours the coaches quote you as far as the expected weekly time commitment. There will be team meetings and team bonding events to attend, film study and learning plays, media interviews if you’re a star, time required to entertain any recruits you are asked to host, time needed for physical therapy/wrapping limbs/massage/icing/ etc., and possibly mandatory study or tutoring sessions. Also, don’t forget packing and travel time.