D1 /pledging

[AlphaFrog]

Question: How is playing hockey "wearing your body down"? Most 18-24 year olds can take a beating and heavy exercise - especially if you're experienced enough to get accepted based on talent.

Also, if you barely cut it in highschool, gradewise (which I'm assuming, since you needed help to get in), how do you plan to make it in college while playing a sport and pledging?

[raincoat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Question: How is playing hockey "wearing your body down"? Most 18-24 year olds can take a beating and heavy exercise - especially if you're experienced enough to get accepted based on talent.

Also, if you barely cut it in highschool, gradewise (which I'm assuming, since you needed help to get in), how do you plan to make it in college while playing a sport and pledging?

I played hockey for a while and I wasn't even serious about it - and you definitely get worn down. It's usually nothing permanent, but a D1 school will have a rough practice schedule, and you definitely do get some battle scars.

And you can't assume that he barely cut it in school just because he needed help to get in. I mean, it's possible, but what if he's going to Michigan (just as an example - this could be a ton of schools)? People get rejected from there who have excellent grades in high school.