quote:You cannot paint with a broad brush. It depends as much on the program as on the designation of level. Nothing ever prevents someone from working hard and demanding a lot of themselves.
So true, my son played for three different college teams and for the most part I'd say it has more to do with the individual player then the coach. Having said that the coach gets to pick the players in his program. Every place my son went had "captain" practices and each coach had high expectations for the kids to work out on their own etc... At each program the "rigor rating" was set by the indidivual player.
My son played in the Big West and ACC, the ACC travel schedule was much more demanding then the Big West schedule which made it more diffcult/rigorous.