College Tennis

Mythbusters: School is Here … Time to Take the Mythbusters College Quiz! (Part II)

December 6, 2013 | By Ricky Becker
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School is back in full swing, so I’m sure everyone is in the mindset for the second half of the Mythbusters Quiz. Last issue, we took a factoid from the last five articles. The second half of the quiz will focus on the five previously published articles. This quiz should help give you some insight into college tennis and the recruiting process. The answers are at the bottom of the article.

1. What is important for a family of a child who is starting his sophomore year in high school to do?
A. Contact any school that your child may be interested in attending to set up a visit.
B. Make a college video.
C. Sit back and wait until junior year.
D. Educate yourself on different tennis and academic thresholds for colleges and plan your schedules on how to hit schools you may be interested in.

2. What is not a benefit of playing club tennis instead of varsity tennis in college? (The incorrect answers here are benefits of playing club.)
A. Some college’s club teams make Nationals where the varsity team does not.
B. Many club teams at big schools are better than varsity teams at smaller schools.
C. The commitment to the team is really what the student/athlete wants it to be.
D. You can get a scholarship for being a star on a club team.

3. What is not a negative of playing club tennis instead of varsity tennis in college? (The incorrect answers here are negatives of playing club tennis.)
A. Playing club tennis doesn’t hold the same cache as varsity tennis with job interviews after college.
B. There is never as much team camaraderie on club teams.
C. Raising funds for trips can be more of a nuisance.
D. There is sometimes a battle to find court-time.

4. Who should you play points against when assembling your 15-minute video for college coaches?
A. A junior about your level.
B. Your coach.
C. A junior who is much stronger than you.
D. A junior who is much weaker than you.

5. Dartmouth Women’s Coach Bob Dallis says that home-schooled kids are viewed by admissions with …
A. Fondness
B. Trepidation
C. Reverence
D. Disdain

6. What adjustment does JuniorTennisConsulting believe the NCAA should make to the Year-End National Team Championship?
A. Eliminate the doubles
B. Get rid of the point-penalty system
C. Change the draw from 64 teams to 48 teams
D. Play it all at one location

7. What should you do after your freshman year of high school?
A. Familiarize yourself with the academic and tennis thresholds of different schools and see what is realistic.
B. Start visiting your target schools.
C. Contact any school you may conceivably be interested in attending.
D. Nothing.

8. On TennisRecruiting.net, of the top-75 nationally-ranked graduating seniors of 2009, how many of them were ranked worse than top-200 in 2006?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 8
D. 23

In the next issue, I will provide a list of schools that have the most kids on their roster from each “Star” Level. See you soon!

Answers: 1-D; 2-D; 3-B; 4-A; 5-B;6-C; 7-A, 8-B

 

Ricky Becker
Ricky Becker is The Director of Tennis at Glen Oaks Club. Ricky also coaches high-performance juniors throughout the year and has been the Director of Tennis at three of Long Island’s biggest junior programs.  As a player, Becker was the Most Valuable Player for the 1996 NCAA Championship Stanford Tennis team, four-time MVP for Roslyn High School and ranked in the top-five nationally as a junior.  He can be reached at rbecker06@yahoo.com, 516-359-4843 or via juniortennisconsulting.com.
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