Reality check for athletes and their families: ⚾️ Choosing a college largely to "stay close to home" means you don't understand how scholarship baseball actually works. The harsh reality of the daily grind: 1️⃣ 6 Days a Week: You are locked into baseball activities almost year-round. Coaches intentionally schedule weekend practices at awkward times to keep guys on campus, focused, and out of trouble. 2️⃣ The Social Shift: Players grow up fast. They quickly want to stay on campus to build chemistry with teammates and dive into their new life. 3️⃣ The Roster Fight: You're competing for a job. Leaving campus for 24–48 hours puts you behind. You won't get your work in at home, and someone else is taking your reps. Parents: What's the ideal radius you're looking at for schools? 1-3 hours, or completely open to anywhere? Any families out there having issues getting around the idea of being close to home? Drop your thoughts below 👇 @CoachRodey @The_CAAdvantage

Some people are worried about junior college being less than ideal from an academic perspective vs. a four year school but here is the reality: Your two years at good number of junior colleges will have you taking 100 and 200 level classes in a variety of topics......guess what? You will likely be taking those same types of classes at the four year school in your first two years. The content in those 100 and 200 level classes are THE SAME at the junior college and four year schools. Your two years at a good number of junior colleges will have a mixed bag of teachers with masters and doctorate degrees.....guess what? You will likely run into the same mix of teachers in your first two years at a decent number of four year schools. If you go to school in an area with a junior college close to a four year school it is very possible that teacher is teaching at BOTH schools. Oh and one more thing......the cost per credit hour at a junior college is almost always a fraction of the cost you pay at a four year school. One very last piece.....in my experience working with over 2500 families in the last 10 years, it is almost ALWAYS an issue for the parents and rarely an issue for the student. Something to think about! @CoachRodey @The_CAAdvantage