Recently I had a parent tell me after one of my talks that
his son was driven to get an athletic scholarship to college. He understood
that some athletes could “afford” to
play multi sports, but they were very few. The multi sport athlete path to a
scholarship was only good for the truly gifted athletes.
His son needed to play one sport year round to get the DI
athletic scholarship. The extra time and
private lessons would allow him to get better faster. He also said that the
other athletes on his son’s club team were playing one sport year round. They
were getting “full rides.” His son was every bit as good as those other boys
who were getting athletic scholarships.
He then reiterated that since recruiting had gotten to be
for younger and younger kids that his 15 year old son could fall behind them if
he didn’t concentrate on one sport year round. Besides, his son loved his
sport. It was the only sport he wanted to play. Why would he take that dream
away from his son?
As he walked away I was struck by the thought : Who was he
trying to convince, me or him? You could see the angst in his tone and body
language. This whole process was stressing him out.
Was it because deep down he truly did not know if this path
was best for his son? Could it be that now that his son was 15 years old and
there were no offers he saw that a lot of time and money had been spent on a
pursuit that was slipping away? Now, he had to do everything in his power to
justify to himself and his family why he embraced this race that does not
exist?
Or was it simply true that he had been fed so much false
information over the years that he did not know who to believe. He did not know
who to turn to. He did not know who to trust.
This is why we do what we do at Frozen Shorts.
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