First off to all the recent commits that have been made over the last couple of weeks, congrats on making it to the next level. Now beware of the next level.
1. If the college packet you receive from your school says to run 3 miles a day, Run 6.
2. Weight training if you bench 100 you better get that up to 150 at least.
3. EM is not enough it's a good foundation but nothing will prepare you for the hell you will be entering.
4. Have heard of at least (5) girls from our small So Cal travelball world quit after the first month of D1 softball. All (5) played on teams that were in Premier every year.
5. Depending on where you go the elements can also be tough. We had to send a box of cold gear beacause they practice early mornings and in my DD area you have to layer your clothing. In So Cal we're still wearing shorts and flip flops till December.
6. Prepare them for "Peer Pressure"
I'm not trying to scare anyone but I'm not going to lie here my DD and her TB teamates that made it to D1 schools across the nation have had bootcamp like workouts and funny thing is I heard it was tough but not this bad. So to the 2013 you have a whole year to prepare physically and mentally because it will not be a walk in the park.
Funny thing to me was we prepare our girls to play (5) games on Sunday just in case and you prepare for that. In college you will never play more than 2 if I recall correct. So why all these extreme workouts to make them mentally tough? I'm glad my DD has worked through it but her school did lose a solid player this week due to workouts being so tough. She tells me the softball part is easy.