We met with our first college coach

imafan
Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:42:33 +0000

Golf,
I don’t remember if your D (I think) is a jr or sr, but I’m guessing from this posts, she’s a jr. HS/Club coaches are aware that kids will miss practices for visits, and are more lenient when they miss them senior fall during the OV season. That said, I’ve never had a coach mad my D was missing practice for an Unofficial visit either. Any relationship your D is building with a college coach bodes well for your HS/club team.

We used a lot of our county school teacher workdays to go on the unofficials. pres day/mlk day were useful too.

Senior Fall, it is VERY VERY hard to miss 5 Fridays of school (often 5 consecutive Fridays) for OVs. I don’t know how kids do it. My D spent junior year doing the unofficials, so she only had to go on the one OV to the school she had committed to in August.

Other kids (and parents) swear that the only way to get a true feel of the school is to return for the OV and they completely advocate taking all 5. Besides, they say, it’s fun.

I say, you have to gauge your own sense of commitment and comfort zone. My D felt very uncomfortable leading on any coach once she really knew where she wanted to go.

I know we’ve “talked” on other boards - is your D a rower?