Dear Coach Bryant, My son runs cross country and recently told us he wants to quit. He’s a sophomore in high school and has always been active, but he says he’s just not enjoying it anymore. I don’t want to force him to keep going if his heart’s not in it, but I also...
Dear Coach Bryant, I’m wondering whether to send my high school sophomore to a sports camp or showcase this summer. There are a lot of options out there, and I can’t figure out which ones are best from a recruiting standpoint. I also don’t know how many weeks he...
Dear Coach Bryant: Since Division I has extended its recruiting dead period to April 16, is there any way my high school athlete can be recruited now? With coaches unable to meet with us or attend events, we’re wondering if our child should just plan on taking a gap...
Dear Coach Bryant: While my son loves water polo and has done well playing in high school, I know he will never play professionally. And like you outlined in your post about sport scholarships, it’s unlikely he will get significant money from college athletics. That...
Dear Coach Bryant: Last week I saw some college scouts at my child’s game. A coach told my son someone would be visiting, so I was watching for them. Since I wasn’t sure they would seek me out, and I wanted to make sure they saw my child playing, I went up and...
Team culture is an essential factor for high school student-athletes to consider when evaluating college programs. After all, the team they choose to join will likely be the most influential piece of their college experience which will span four (maybe five)...
Dear Coach Bryant: I’m a high school counselor trying to provide guidance for our students this fall. One of our tennis players just emailed me, asking how he should begin his college search. He wants to play tennis in college, but he’s not Division I material – he...
Dear Coach Bryant, I never imagined my daughter’s college application season might occur during a pandemic. She is supposed to sign November 11 to play college field hockey, but we have no idea whether to sign – or where she should go to play her beloved sport. It...
Dear Coach Bryant: We’ve always supported our son’s exceptional passion for baseball. But now that he’s starting to think about college, his mother and I are wondering if we should continue to encourage his interest in playing at that level. While he’s likely to do...
Dear Coach Bryant: I keep hearing about universities cutting their sports programs because of Covid-19 financial pressure. I’m nervous that the teams my son is researching now may not exist once he arrives on campus. My son is a high school swimmer and he has had to...
I am a coach at heart. For the past 20 years (and counting), I have coached the women’s tennis team at Emory University. While I truly love the sport, what really motivates me are the relationships I form with my players. It is a gift to work with such ambitious and...
Amy Bryant is the first female in NCAA history to win the national team championship as both a coach and a player. She has been the head coach of the Emory Women’s Tennis team since 2000 and has garnered a number of impressive achievements along the way. However, what...
Dear Coach Bryant: I’m wondering what you would tell young student-athletes who are feeling “robbed” by the pandemic. My two children – a high school sophomore and a 2020 senior (near graduate)-- are just some of the thousands who have lost everything this spring –...