Hello, i started throwing in the outdoor season of my junior year i glided for the entire season pr’ing at 42’6’’ and then over the summer i switched to rotation and am throwing 46-48 but thats not an official pr im hoping to have 50-52 by the end of indoor and 55 by the end of outdoor what are my chances of getting recruited d2 or walking on d1 i only have about 5 months of training where should i be looking at college wise?
THANK YOU!!! Finally, someone else besides myself that has the intelligence and knowledge to know that the event called the "shot put" is a construction of noun-verb! The shot is that round ball thingy, peoples, and the action verb is "to put". Hence, the shot put. Or, as they used to say in ye olden days gone by, the "putting of the shot".
Hello, i started throwing in the outdoor season of my junior year i glided for the entire season pr’ing at 42’6’’ and then over the summer i switched to rotation and am throwing 46-48 but thats not an official pr im hoping to have 50-52 by the end of indoor and 55 by the end of outdoor what are my chances of getting recruited d2 or walking on d1 i only have about 5 months of training where should i be looking at college wise?
I'll start by saying that you need to choose a college for the right reasons. A lot can (and does happen) when you go to college and you might not want to continue to throw once you experienced life away from home You might get there and go "yup, throwing isn't for me anymore." So make sure the schools you are interested check all the boxes (they offer the academic programs you are interested in, you love the location and campus etc, and then do they have the throws program, facilities, coaches you like). Obviously money talks and there will be schools you aren't interested who will offer you scholarship money. I recommend you check them all out. Don't close any doors.
I had an athlete who tore his ACL playing football his senior year and all of his offers to play football in college dried up. His folks could not afford to send him to college. He came to track and despite having never thrown shot before and being on the tail end of his recovery (he had to wear a brace) his still managed to throw 15.45m at the state meet with a very limited glide. Minutes after the completion of the meet a coach from an NAIA school offered him a 100% scholarship and promised to even work on getting him help with the books (which he did). He also later got partial offers from some decent D1 and D2 programs. But him and his folks eventually decided on the NAIA school. After a year of track he walked onto the football team and he was able to flip his track scholarship to a full football scholarship. He then transferred to an ACC school where he was also given a full scholarship. He wasn't drafted, but was a signed as a rookie free agent and he was on their practice squad for 2 seasons. Now, he's a throws coach for a high school :)
55' should get you something at some D2 schools, but I don't think it's going to give you much more than books. It might help you get into a school (along with your grades) that has good academics.
Yeah i have the indoor track season coming up after football ends is 55 high enough to make d2/d1
By the time that indoor meets start, many colleges (especially academically rigorous ones) will be wrapping up their application/admission windows. Available scholarship dollars will most likely have been accounted for as well.
If you really want to maximize your opportunity, find some fall meets that work with your football schedule to get in some marks. During football, find the time to keep throwing and doing throws training (which most football coaches will HATE).
Reach out to college coaches. Let them know you are very new to the sport but have fallen in love with the sport/training routine involved and genuinely hope to develop enough to continue that process at their school as a compliment to your academic studies…blah, blah, blah.
Yeah i have the indoor track season coming up after football ends is 55 high enough to make d2/d1
By the time that indoor meets start, many colleges (especially academically rigorous ones) will be wrapping up their application/admission windows. Available scholarship dollars will most likely have been accounted for as well.
This is somewhat true. But, schools do hold out for high-performance athletes who are on the fence. Some athletes literally wait until after their state meets in May to decide. I've seen college coaches who were hoping to sign athlete "x" scramble to get someone when athlete "x" committed elsewhere. They've secured the $ but have nobody to give it to. So they throw money at the next best athlete who can fill a team need.
What physical characteristics do you possess? Height, weight, jumping ability, strength numbers?
You're new to the event and 46' as you know is not impressive enough but perhaps a combination of all these other factors can entice a mid tier school to give you a look. I doubt you'll get any aid but it might help in your admittance.