The challenge to Find The RIGHT Team for your athlete is not an easy feat. In this episode we discuss when it's time to go and the reasons to change teams. My guest host, Sally Baskin and I also share our top criteria we use to select a team, and how we actually find different program options.

The search can take some time and effort but the work put in on the front end is much easier to overcome then the frustration and harm enduring a busy season can cause.
Is it time to do an assessment if your athlete is on the right team and take steps to find it? If so this episode is for you!!!

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In Part 2 of Cultivating College Readiness, Deedee and I continue our conversation on important areas our young athletes need to focus on while in high school, so they can be fully prepared to enter college as student athletes.

We talk about Advanced Placement Classes vs Dual Credit Courses, and give suggestions on how your athlete could approach these opportunities. Listen in as Deedee shares her son’s strategy, and how he took the lead in this area of his academic career.

Deedee Brown-Campbell the Senior Associate Athletic Director at Texas Tech, doesn't miss the opportunity to pour into MOMs about the amazing student athlete centered programs in her Athletic Department and most others in the NCAA. Instilled to help your son or daughter find balance, support and succeed as a whole.

Thanks for listening to MOMs Running Point. Grab your notebook to write down some of the questions to ask High School Counselors, Athletic Academic Advisors and Student Affairs Departments.

Game Ball: Jack Tuttle receives my game ball this episode for his wise decision. Less than a month ago Tuttle retired from college football citing concussions and other health concerns. Tuttle was the starting quarterback for The Michigan Wolverines and saw the big picture and retired instead of potentially jeopardizing his health for life. I give the game ball to Tuttle for making a really tough decision, I'm assuming amidst a lot of pressure and expectations.

Technical Foul: Following the game ball's amazing decision to take precautions due to a concussion, I give my technical foul to ALL staff involved in the decision to allow Tua Tagovailoa to continue to play after he sustained an obvious concussion in game. Anyone who sustains a brain injury like his, in that moment is not able to make the RIGHT decision for themselves, who's call is it really, coaches, trainers? Supposedly it's the Head Team Physician, who is appointed and not hired by the team that makes the call. I'm wondering where the disconnect happened for Tagovailoa's well being. I wish someone would have stood up for what was right, and not let him continue to play in multiple games, when he clearly wasn't okay. MOMs protect your babies, it’s not okay for someone with a dog in the race to make a decision for them, especially something this big. Who's on the sideline determining if your child keeps playing after a hit to the head, or a time out injury. Advocate for your athletes MOMs.

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MOMs Welcome to Cultivating College Readiness Part 1.

Dee Dee Brown-Campbell, Associate Athletic Director and SWA joins me again as we put a spot light on her Department at Texas Tech and their role in student athlete development. What does that mean you ask? It means each Athletic Department across the NCAA, has an entire division that staffs & focuses on student athletes’ success off the courts, fields and arenas.

Through-out this discussion we highlight the subtle differences between College Admission and NCAA Clearing House Requirements (NCAA Guide for College Bound Student Athletes), and how your high school GPA and Standardize test scores could impact your athletes’ admissions.

If your high school athlete has eyes on playing in college, check out this episode and your family prepared and avoid surprises. Once again we had too much information for one episode. Part two of Cultivating College Readiness will be available November 10th, 2024. Mark your calendars!!!

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