One of the biggest challenges going from high school to college athletics is time management.
Not many 18-year old kids are ready to balance the class schedule, social life, and demanding sports schedule. Work with your student-athlete in junior high and high school to get them ready for the "typical" work week as a student-athlete on scholarship. Yes...they are getting paid to play so this is a work week with expectations and consequences for falling short (loss of playing time; loss of scholarship)
Are they ready for these expectations during the season?
Full Time Classes: 15 Hours Per Week
Study Time: 30 Hours Per Week (2 hrs per 1 hr class avg.)
Athletics: 20 Hours Per Week (practice, meetings & game)
TOTAL: 65 Hours Per Week
Most adults work somewhere between 40-55 hours per week without the physical and mental toll of this kind of demanding pace.
Consider a time management course as a way to jump in front of this "culture shock." It'll better prepare the athlete and show college recruiters that both the athlete and family "get it."
