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Reply to "Preferred Walk On--Guaranteed Roster Spot"

FYI,  good coaches don't ever promise playing time to anyone, rather opportunities.  The problem with this for walk on players (even invited ones), is that usually the opportunities go the scholarship players.  

 

Most people, you and your son included, have absolutely no idea how hard it is to play college ball as well as going onto the next level. You will understand that after your sons first year.  You will also understand how important it is to make them understand that playing beyond college is just the icing on the cake, how important it is to be a student before being an athlete.

 

Once again, it is the player that moves himself forward in this game not the program he attends. My son was very lucky to have a coach who pressed buttons bigtime when son hit downtime. They were giving him a good opportunity and his pc  believed 100% in him, that is sometimes very hard to find because the next year a whole new crop of players show up to take his place.  If you don't have people and a support system who really believe in you and did from the beginning, you could find yourself in big trouble when times get tough (and they are going to be).

 

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