College Athletic Scholarships – What is the Parent’s Role?

As a parent of a son or daughter that wants to earn a college athletic scholarship, it can be both an exciting and stressful time. A parent can be a great resource to their child and can be the deciding factor that helped get them into school.

Or they can be a nightmare to the coach recruiting their child and actually hinder the process doing more harm than good. It is a difficult time for you going through this process because it is so important to both your child and you. A full-ride could pay for all of their schooling, which would be quite the relief.

The 3 main mistakes we see are:

1. Parent’s who wait too long because they just have no idea what to do.

2. Parent’s who assume the high school coach will do everything, because up until this point, the coach has advised and coached your son or daughter’s entire athletic career.

3. Too many parents wait for the college coach to find their kid.

As a parent, you can’t sit back and wait for anyone else to help get your kid recruited. Not your kid, not their current coach, not the college coach that promised to call back. You need to take a pro-active approach and get your kid recruited to play college athletics.

Throughout their high school career there are steps you should take aside from what the current coach is doing. By laying groundwork early you can achieve a greater success rate later on in the recruiting process.

If you are going through the process now there are several steps you should be taking to help get your daughter or son a college athletic scholarship. The main point we stress is too communicate with your child. Their head will be filled with the excitement of talking to coaches and your main job should be to help them stay grounded in reality, navigate the recruiting process, help communicate with coaches and make sure you and your child make a decision that is best for them and your family.

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