This is a great point… D-1 guys are on another level and the one area I notice

Oct 3, 2024
9:10:54am

Cougar86 All-American

the most is the mental side. The mental strength it takes to play elite level sports is hard for a scrub like me to understand. All I can say is they’re just different.

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Speaking with a friend about their kid and wanting to play baseball in college.

Sparkling Delirium

Oct 3, 7:34am

In baseball specifically, D1 is generally not the best option. Better to go JUCO

Uno Doctoro

Oct 3, 7:39am

100% correct here.

COUGND

Oct 3, 7:58am

Agree. Kids at that age/younger are wasting so much time doing dumb

cougfanz

Oct 3, 8:37am

Yes. Every athletic team at every college does summer camps.

COACHdrn

Oct 3, 7:40am

To pay junior level coaches and GAs. It’s a racket most of the time.

SJS

Oct 3, 8:50am

I’m not joking when I tell you that on my sons 13U travel team all the

Cougar86

Oct 3, 8:09am

I have a friend who played on a national championship football team, D1.

Sparkling Delirium

Oct 3, 9:03am

This is a great point… D-1 guys are on another level and the one area I notice

Cougar86

Oct 3, 9:10am

I was one of the top 50 recruits in the country as a HS senior. When I showed up

Uno Doctoro

Oct 3, 10:53am

At 13 everybody thinks their kid is D1

OrangeCougar

Oct 3, 9:26am

A couple things I would recommend coming from a parent who has a D1 baseball kid

ordinary tri guy

Oct 3, 9:57am

^Great Info^

Watermelon11

Oct 4, 4:02am

Going D1 out of high school is almost impossible. The parents are clueless.

El Paso Coug

Oct 9, 9:33pm

I’m under no illusion that it is likely. Just wanting to pass along some info

Sparkling Delirium

Oct 9, 9:38pm

A good exercise is to look at your local D1 roster. BYU has 2 freshmen RHP. One

Uno Doctoro

Oct 10, 6:16am

Exactly. I'm sure both guys were first team all-state in HS . . .

El Paso Coug

Oct 10, 8:37am

My son has a 10-2 varsity record with a 1.55 varsity ERA, throwing 84 FB with

Uno Doctoro

Oct 10, 9:27am

RE: Exactly. I'm sure both guys were first team all-state in HS . . .

ordinary tri guy

Oct 11, 9:27pm

I think the baseball D1 thing has a comparison in football..."I want my kid to

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