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Jock Talk
Giving Teen Athletes the Edge
By Kimberley O'Quinn
Eddie Enriquez, president and co-founder of the CAP Elite in Houston, Texas and Kansas City, Mo., found out firsthand how hungry teen athletes are for specialized training. "When we opened our Houston facility, we had over 80 student athletes sign up in the first three months," he says. "Some are looking for college scholarships, some want to go to the pros, but universally, they all know that to be better athletes, they have to go the extra mile."
Nancy DeKalb of Nashville, Tenn., enrolled her two daughters, Emma, 15, and Maggie, 12, at Worth Club K Softball so that both girls could learn their respective positions correctly from the start. "Emma takes pitching because she's now competing on the high school level and wants to hone her technique and competitiveness," DeKalb says. "Maggie is working on her catching technique and is also learning more about batters and how to call pitches. Ultimately, they both want to receive college scholarships for softball."
Emma and Maggie are no different than the hundreds of thousands of high school students hoping for an athletic scholarship to help defray the rising costs of a college education. "But before you land a scholarship, you must first secure your place onthe team," says Enriquez. "Today's level of competition in organized sports is tough, and the extra training often makes the difference between landing a spot on the team or not."
