recruiting

I am going to talk a bit about recruiting right now because I feel like I have some knowledge of what is going on.
Here is my basic belief. If your child wants to play college sports, they can. I don't care about the overall talent level. If they have the desire, there is a level for them. I am not saying that every child can participate at the D1 level, or even at the D2 level. However, if they are open to other opportunities, they can find a place the suits them.
A quick story- My son had a huge desire to swim in college, and he was a pretty good high school swimmer. I started doing the leg work when he was sophomore, and by the time he was a junior he had started to get some interest form smaller schools.
Now if your child is anything like mine, the first thought is ohh I want to go to a big school, a D1 school and I don't know if I will be happy anywhere else. That's exactly where Hayden started off. But as the search went on and bigger schools only offering for him to walk on, the D2 level became much more appealing.
I will say this. Hayden could have swam for mid level D1 schools and had a successful career. But he has swam at four national championship meets and won a team national championship,so it really doesn't get better than that.
Now Madison wanted something smaller where swimming maybe isn't quite as important. Once again, she had numerous offers, but chose Brenau because of the coach and the package they put together for her. She is a good swimmer, but the NAIA was the perfect level for her.
I get so tired of hearing from parents that they have children who want to play college sports but aren't getting any interest. Well that can be handled a few different ways. But I am a firm believer that the student athlete and parents can get interest for almost any athlete. I will be glad to tell you how to do it. Its not rocker science and we have way too many great athletes in Macon going un noticed