The Dream Has To Belong to The Kid

College scholarships – and success in general in sports – can’t be the parent’s dream.  It HAS to be the kid’s dream.

And the level of success or the level of college or professional that they are working for has to be the kid’s dream too.

You can’t give a kid D1 dreams if they don’t have D1 talent, or D1 size, or D1 athleticism, or D1 work ethic or desire.

They have to grind their own grind and dream their own dreams.

Now, what we can do is instill in them the kind of character and the character traits that lead to success in any and all ventures in life.  The characteristics or hard work, persistence, grit, being humble, being a great teammate, toughness, finding their passion, putting in extra work to achieve goals, goal setting, etc, work for sports and they work for life.

Instead of dreaming for your kid through sports, teach them through sports.  Teach them how to be a better person by teaching them the characteristics that it takes to have success.  Those characteristics will last much longer than their athletic career.