Typical day in the life of a player

Son is a Jr.. Home from school at 2:15. Snack and ESPN until 3:30 pm. Homework aprox. 3:30 pm to about 6 pm. M W F works with a trainer 7:30 pm- 9 pm. Wed. works with math tutor 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm.Tee work and soft toss every day at least 200 swings. Add practice to all the above starting Jan. 28th. Weekends grounders with dad.

Son is a D3 player living at home. Here is his early schedule.

AM classes. Hitting session during a break.
2 PM. On the field for 230 practice (Monday's are the off-day). Goes until half-past dark.
Home for dinner, study,

Sat-Sun. Practice. No "4 hour rule" in D3. Mostly they will scrimmage on weekends, though.

Repeat as needed.

He's also going to be working on lifting 2 days a week in season at the local Y (better facilities than at school).

My daughter is a college softball player. The routine if very similar to baseball. In the fall she swims every morning from 6-7 for upper body strength. She goes to class from 8-12:30. She's majoring in forensic medicine with the idea of going to med school or law school. (3.87 gpa so far) She has practice for three hours in the afternoon. Monday, Wednesday and Friday night from 7-9pm they have weight and agility training. She has to fit homework into this schedule. Given she has to take all the courses and labs to qualify her for med school it's not an easy load.

She said the spring is like a vacation to play games and practice rather than all the training. She often misses Friday classes and arrives back at campus late/early morning Sunday night from road trips. She can't miss class Monday morning at 8am. Attendance is taken for athletes.

The funny thing is I don't think my son (hs freshman) has any easier of a schedule. Right now he's playing high school and travel basketball while training for the high school baseball team three times a week at 6am. He's in a gifted academic program (AP starts next year). He often has three-plus hours of homework each night. In the fall he has high school s****r and fall ball. Spring becomes the easy time when the high school plays and practices along with his travel team starting weekend practices in April.

Academics come first. He had to miss a travel practice Sunday (geared towards helping the kids get ready for high school tryouts) because he's getting a B in the semester just ending and his homework for Monday wasn't done.

great posts.
My son has a 3.6 GPA and it is hard with school and sports. that why I was just curious how the collge players handle their loads. I just put down the baseball stuff, school is very much a part of the equation. we all know that academics come first and formosr and if they donthave good grades they waont get to the next level, or they wotn survive at the next level. sounds like posters here all have serious players and students. good luck to all of them and hope to see some more college parents add to this. I know the JC program my son is heading too is also very disciplined . I just talked to athletic counselor and Im pretty pleased that he will have a athletic counselor with priority schedulong that will help him mkae sure he is ready. He is a qualifier out of HS.so maybe only one year.But his schedule next year will be very regimented so I am glad he has learned to work hard now.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RJM:
The funny thing is I don't think my son (hs freshman) has any easier of a schedule. Right now he's playing high school and travel basketball while training for the high school baseball team three times a week at 6am. He's in a gifted academic program (AP starts next year). He often has three-plus hours of homework each night. In the fall he has high school s****r and fall ball. Spring becomes the easy time when the high school plays and practices along with his travel team starting weekend practices in April.
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RJM, in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which regulates the high school athletics, your son would be ruled ineligible and all contests for which he competed in basketball would be forfeited. I would not be surprised if other states don't have a similar rule. In Illinois, you cannot play on a high school team and compete outside of high school.

We had a football player a couple years ago who as a freshman was ruled ineligible because he competed in the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition through the NFL, Gatorade, and others. He had to sit out the remainder of that season.

Just a heads up...

Don't some of your kids have social lives?

No social life, no Spring break trips, no summer vacations to speak other than baseball trips. Other than that just normal kids!!

awww, come on TPM.....now, you want them to have a social life, too!?

my son actually has a pretty full social life on the weekends and attending school stuff during week watch and support his school and occasional dinner out with friends.but when season starts except for the weekends its pretty tight schedule. but weekends when not playing are pretty full. I just started thread to see what was in the day of a ball player, and wanted to see what a college players schedule looked like.

One child Freshman 14.

Typical week.

Monday/Wednesday, be in the gym by 3:00 to throw. Done by 4-4:10. Gets drink etc. while Dad sets up for hitting. Hits 4:25 - 5:30. Monday last week, weightlifting until around 6:15 and then home. Homework until 9:00. On the honor roll.

Tuesday/Thursday, Hit-HS open gym until 4:00. Pitch 4:15 until 5:15. Plyometrics from about 5:30 until 6:15. HOmework until 9:00.

Friday, throw after school fast. Get in the car and drive to whereever we're playing. (This week, we're in Indianapolis at the Sportszone. We play Saturday moring at 4:30 a.m.) This past weekend, we played in Pekin, Illinois where her team placed 3rd.)

Social life revolves around the team and their down time between games. Naturally, she has a lot of homework to do as well but typically does that in the car. FYI, last week, I tried to make her take a day or two off. You'd have thought that I committed some great crime. To quote her, "Dad if I were one of your baseball players, would you tell me to take a day off?" The quote that gets me going (angry) when I make her rest is, "Oh, I guess the players I have to beat are taking time off." Like I said she's 14 and ...

Ok, I thought it was all work and no play.

I'll give what I can remember for college. As a freshman in the fall son had 10 hours a week required study hall which takes up a lot of free time.
Early morning classes, in between classes bull pens or 4 on 1 instruction, baseball from 3-7 which covered off season workouts as a team and practice . 8-10pm study hall Sunday through thursday. I might be off with the times.
Thursday (after study hall), friday and saturday nights are social nights on the Clemson campus. Downtown, movies, datenight, hang at a freinds house, etc.
Saturday early am practice then onto tailgate and football in the fall. If the game was played early, then practice occured on sundays.
Sunday if no practice, chill out, laundry then study hall.
In season if not playing 5 games per week than replaced with practice, that meant 6 days a week on the field. 4pm to field for 7pm home game, 2pm by weekday travel game. Usually home after 12 midnight at weekday away games. Season workouts based upon rotation done in afternoons. Required study hall no longer needed after freshman fall, but now has curfew in lieu of social activities on weekends, strictly enforced for freshman. No practice day mondays as required by the NCAA (and to my son that meant OFF). Studying done between am classes and gametimes in afternoon and after a game would head to athletic center to meet with a tutor if having issues with a course. Sometimes found some time to head to a live basketball game during the week when no game.
16-18 credits per semester.
He always figured that if he could handle that he could do anything.

TPM.

now that tailgate football , social thing thursday after study and fri and sat exactly what my son is looking for outside of baseball and academics.that is the collge exp. he wants to have. he has that schedule now in hs but didnt think he would find it in a small under 3,000 students. thanks for posts

HS senior.

Sleeps until last minute, then grabs a pop tart and coke and scoots off to school. Intense afternoon with xbox, then text messaging cross training session. If he can fit it in he does some homework (if mom bugs him to do it, if not he will do it in homeroom the next morning).

Goes out most weeknights with friends, unless something good is on MTV.

Weekends are reserved for watching football and basketball games for most of the day then of course he hits the party circuit at night.

Come baseball season we hope he can find his glove, if he can't find it before tryouts we buy him a new one.

I think that's about it...(tongue placed firmly in cheek) how's that for a social life TPM?

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RJM, in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which regulates the high school athletics, your son would be ruled ineligible and all contests for which he competed in basketball would be forfeited. I would not be surprised if other states don't have a similar rule. In Illinois, you cannot play on a high school team and compete outside of high school.

My daughter has been through high school already. I've seen the rules. Those rules don't start until varsity sports. My son is a freshman. However, varsity players can play for outside teams with a waiver from the state. The two most prominent from our high school were kids playing on Team USA in their respective sports.

Athletes don't need waivers for showcase events. It's also OK to practice with an outside team while playing for a varsity team as long as the athletes doesn't play in a league or non showcase tournament before the regular season is over. The rules also doesn't apply to playing a different sport (fall travel baseball) than the current season (varsity s****r next fall). The coach could say no, but not the state.

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Don't some of your kids have social lives?

Yes, they both date athletes. This way they understand the time issues. They also hang around mostly athletes. They socialize on Friday and/or Saturday nights when there aren't games the next day.

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Originally posted by jerseydad:
HS senior.

Sleeps until last minute, then grabs a pop tart and coke and scoots off to school. Intense afternoon with xbox, then text messaging cross training session. If he can fit it in he does some homework (if mom bugs him to do it, if not he will do it in homeroom the next morning).

Goes out most weeknights with friends, unless something good is on MTV.

Weekends are reserved for watching football and basketball games for most of the days and then goes to parties at night.

Come baseball season we hope he can find his glove, if he can't find it before tryouts we buy him a new one.

I think that's about it... how's that for a social life TPM?

JD,
Notice I never posted any HS info on son's senior typical day.

I'll admit I've got Bum, Jr.'s life planned out on a xls spreadsheet.

Sunday-- Homework AM then 6-8 PM Summer Team baseball practice. Throw, bullpen, run, plyometrics, hitting, etc. Band work.

Monday-- Debate 3-5, off to health club 5-7 for running, long-toss, weights. Band work. Homework.

Tuesday-- School team conditioning 3-5. Homework.

Wednesday-- Debate 3-5. Then repeat Sunday.

Thursday-- Debate. Off to health club (repeat Monday).

Friday-- Off

Saturday-- Off. Long-toss makeup if necessary.

LLHorton posted that his son runs from 5:30AM to 8:30AM Monday thru Friday and the rest of his schedule is so regimented that even a marine would consider going AWOL. Is this common? If my son had been handed a schedule like that during his recruitment I'm sure he would have had second thoughts about playing college ball. My son played SEC baseball and currently plays professionally and I don't recall anything being that demanding.
Fungo

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Originally posted by Fungo:
LLHorton posted that his son runs from 5:30AM to 8:30AM Monday thru Friday and the rest of his schedule is so regimented that even a marine would consider going AWOL. Is this common? If my son had been handed a schedule like that during his recruitment I'm sure he would have had second thoughts about playing college ball. My son played SEC baseball and currently plays professionally and I don't recall anything being that demanding.
Fungo

Fungo - my guess is that these are time blocks for players and the whole team is not present over the course of the whole block. Thus, I am guessing they are working in groups of four at different times each day. If they are running the whole team for three hours in the morning each day, that would seem abusive to me and can't see how you would have much left from your athletes in the afternoon

High School Senior:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
5:30am Lv Home
6:00am-7:15am Throwing, running, agilities, Plyometrics
8:00am-3:00pm School
1:30pm-3:00pm Strength Training
3:30-5:00pm Fielding & Hitting on the field
7:00pm-9:00pm Study
9:30pm Bed (midnight curfew on Friday)

Wednesday
7:00am LV home for school
3:00pm-5:00pm Fielding & Hitting on the field
7:00pm-9:00pm Study
9:00pm Bed

Saturday
10:00am-11:00am Hit with instructor
11:01am-Midnight Have fun and be a kid

Sunday
11:00am-12:00 Church
12:00-3:00pm Watch NFL Games
4:00pm-5:30pm Practice
7:00-9:00 Study
9:30pm Bed

3.61 GPA Has 3 full ride JUCO offers and is waiting to see if 2 Top 25 D1 schools make an offer in the Spring

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:

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Originally posted by Fungo:
LLHorton posted that his son runs from 5:30AM to 8:30AM Monday thru Friday and the rest of his schedule is so regimented that even a marine would consider going AWOL. Is this common? If my son had been handed a schedule like that during his recruitment I'm sure he would have had second thoughts about playing college ball. My son played SEC baseball and currently plays professionally and I don't recall anything being that demanding.
Fungo

Fungo - my guess is that these are time blocks for players and the whole team is not present over the course of the whole block. Thus, I am guessing they are working in groups of four at different times each day. If they are running the whole team for three hours in the morning each day, that would seem abusive to me and can't see how you would have much left from your athletes in the afternoon

I am going to go with CD's assumption. I agree with Fungo, son played ACC and the schedule was demanding but flexible. Plus since schools can't actually practice yet, instruction may be used in lieu of "practice"? I am assuming this is not a D1 school.
12-7pm pitching clinic?

High School Junior

Monday, Wednesday, Friday - School at 7:00 am for Quarterback Workouts

Monday through Friday - School – 7:50 to 1:30
Workouts and conditioning from 1:30 to 2:30
Baseball practice -2:30 until Dark
Supper, Homework, Studying
8:00 to 8:30 – hit in cage
Shower then bedtime

Friday Nights – Fun Night – Home by 11:00

Saturdays – Morning Baseball Practice – 9:00 to 12:30
Part time job - 1:00 to 9:00 pm (when not playing ball)

Sundays, church at 7:00 am, off to work until 3:00 (when not playing ball)
Sunday Afternoon – rest then hit in cage.

Son is JV 8th grade,

He starts out Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

6am batting cage till 7:45am gets a ride back to middle school High School Coach is kind enough to take him by middle school to drop him off on the way back to his high school.

Bus picks him up at middle school 3:10pm to take him to High School for strength and conditioning and some throwing; one of his positions he plays is catcher, this last till 5:00pm.

In the coming weeks till try outs there will be clinics every night of the week from 6:00-9:00 pm at our local indoor baseball facility.



Somewhere in all of this he decided to do percussion in band. So he practices drums/xylophone. Studies and He is maintaining a 4.2 GPA


drill

Ps: please note it is hard for me to say NO to someone who wants it as much as he does. I am always on the lookout for burnout, illness etc when under this type of work load at his level.

Nutrition, sleep and time management are very important

I know the basics of my freshman son's D2 winter schedule.

Monday: no practice but take pictures in uni's, other business, etc.

Tues & Thurs: 7 - 8 am weight room (on schedule during the season)

Classes: 9 - 2 M-F (different days - different breaks during the day)

Practice T-F: 4-6 on field if weather allows, if not field house 7-9

Sat & Sun: Practice 8 - 12.

First game February 8th!

Somewhere in there he is throwing bullpens twice a week.

My son's running in college was based on a number of miles and in what time you ran those miles. How long does it take to run a mile, or two or three? And you cannot run everyday, you have to set your limitations but we all know that especially for pitchers this is an important part of their conditioning. If he has to be available for the times indicated your son has no study time or social time, my son would have been long gone on that schedule. Or is this just a basic shedule with everyone having a specific time?
How many clinics does he need in a week for pitching? Or is this a disguise for practice, which most seem to get around?

Where's lunch?

As a former D1 college player (Uconn 05)

Here is what a day was like for me.

6am lifting. . .

followed by classes off and on till around 2pm

grab a quick bite to eat

Individual position workouts for an hour

3 hours of team practice

trip to the dining hall for some dinner

2 hours of study hall

back to the dorm to relax

bed


It is a tough schedule. . .but well worth it for what you get out of it.

Hope this helps

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Originally posted by StatStud.com:
As a former D1 college player (Uconn 05)

Here is what a day was like for me.

6am lifting. . .

followed by classes off and on till around 2pm

grab a quick bite to eat

Individual position workouts for an hour

3 hours of team practice

trip to the dining hall for some dinner

2 hours of study hall

back to the dorm to relax

bed


It is a tough schedule. . .but well worth it for what you get out of it.

Hope this helps

Thank you for the nice and informative post!

Love your website btw. I like that you can look up players who have been in the big leagues for several years and still see what their college stats were. I may even try searching for Lou Gehrig and see if I can get his stats for Columbia

Cleveland Dad,

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Winter Schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10am-11am: Class
11am-12pm: lunch
12pm-130pm: extra BP w/ roommate
230pm- Defensive work
4pm- Lifting
5pm- Batting Practice

Tuesday, Thursday
10am-1pm: Class
2pm: Defensive Work
3:30- Team Meeting
5:00 - Conditioning
6:00- Batting Practice
10pm- Extra BP w/ roommate

Weekends
Saturday
9:00am batting practice
11am Lifting

Sunday
3:00 Work hitting camp