We met with our first college coach

OHmyDD95
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:51:21 +0000

I highly recommend talking with the coach now about visits. Let him/her know you’re thinking ahead to schedule things around the season; it may help later if/when she has to miss something for an OV. We did like another poster–did unofficials starting in Sophomore year, visiting the school as a normal student tour/admissions session but always meeting with the coach to start getting a feel for the team. Don’t be afraid have her ask what the team’s recruiting expectations are. That helps a lot if you are trying to sort out DI and DIII and what they want for erg times (or if they are not focused so much on ergs.)

We were able to give the HS coach 3 different OV dates as options and let him pick the event he least minded her missing.

Also, five visits is really a lot if your daughter has a tough academic load. Mine only took one OV but had other time away from classes and that made the early Fall really hard. There is enough to do in Fall of senior year with applications coming–if the workload is hard it will be doubly bad if her team also rows in the Fall. That was why she did not take other offered OVs–no point in wasting time if it wasn’t a serious interest.

And for rowing, another consideration for 5 OVs is the impact that might have on the team and Fall events they have, especially if she’s in an 8.

PM me if you want to talk more about rowing specifics