A question about NCAA policies regarding taking a year...
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between high school and college as an athlete....If a swimmer was approached by a coach with the suggestion of waiting a year before going to college to try to make Olympic trials/improve swimming for better chances at going to a better college/swim program would this be a good thing? Have you ever heard of such a thing? I don't know anything about it and am trying to research it. Thanks.
I believe it's ok to take time between HS & college, Nathan Adrian did to train for 2008 & came to Cal as a freshman.
Texas State had a 27 yr old QB.
I believe the clock starts when an athlete begins the sport at the University.
There's also rules for red shirting.
Waiting a year would have helped me & any late bloomer type athlete.
I was 52.0 in the 100 fly out of hs & 49.9 after my freshman year which ranked me 9th in the nation. I would have had many more schools recruiting me a year later. If a coach has a choice between potential and proven ability, guess what they'll pick everytime?
one of my good friends went to prep school the year after his sr year in hs then had 4 years at UT.
Athletes go in the military then do a sport once their service is done.
I'm pretty sure the eligibility clock doesn't start ticking till the athlete begins at the university but one deal breaker is that athlete can't go pro in a sport then do that same sport on the university level. But athletes can switch sports, baseball players can play in the Show or the minors for a few years then play another sport at a university.
I believe it's ok to take time between HS & college, Nathan Adrian did to train for 2008 & came to Cal as a freshman.
Texas State had a 27 yr old QB.
I believe the clock starts when an athlete begins the sport at the University.
There's also rules for red shirting.
Waiting a year would have helped me & any late bloomer type athlete.
I was 52.0 in the 100 fly out of hs & 49.9 after my freshman year which ranked me 9th in the nation. I would have had many more schools recruiting me a year later. If a coach has a choice between potential and proven ability, guess what they'll pick everytime?
one of my good friends went to prep school the year after his sr year in hs then had 4 years at UT.
Athletes go in the military then do a sport once their service is done.
I'm pretty sure the eligibility clock doesn't start ticking till the athlete begins at the university but one deal breaker is that athlete can't go pro in a sport then do that same sport on the university level. But athletes can switch sports, baseball players can play in the Show or the minors for a few years then play another sport at a university.
