Ep 27 My kid's teammate got recruited at 14. is mine behind?

https://heysammi.com/  is my child behind if teammates are already getting recruited? a mom in raleigh wrote to me after her daughter watched a 14 year old teammate commit, and now her daughter is doing math in her head that nobody assigned her. in this episode i explain what early commitments actually are, mostly informal, often reversed, and always marketed, and why the recruiting timeline keeps creeping earlier. i take apart the word behind, because it collapses under one question: behind on what schedule? real rosters are full of late bloomers who got serious at sixteen and passed the early stars. then the practical part: why reassurance bounces off a fourteen year old but evidence doesn't, and how to build the only comparison that matters, her versus her from six months ago. i also get into the recruiting feed itself, a slot machine for teenage self-doubt, the house rules that keep comparison from moving in, and the small move with a long reach: helping her congratulate the teammate for real. plus what the work at fourteen actually is if she does want to play in college. exposure finds prepared players, not the other way around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices