Serious question. In recruiting terms - Is it worth sending a kid to a top private school if he has an opportunity to go to a top public school? Looking at the colleges that a lot of the mid-tier private players go to there seems to be lot of overlap with the colleges that the top public players go to (eg W&L CNU RIT etc). So if you have a kid who could be elite public or midtier private what’s the advantage to private.
Each of the last few years of D1 commitments from DMV have only 5-10 kids from public schools vs 100+ from private schools. I think Broadneck and Severna Park may be the only schools with multiple D1 commits.
There are 2 main differences. Private school coaches spend way more with the athletes throughout the year both in official organized practices and tournaments and unofficial activities. Private schools have a much deeper player pool so competition at practices is going to be stronger. It would be really difficult for a kid at a public school to get the same level of training and opportunity to develop.
As far as getting recognized goes, a public school kid should make sure they are getting minutes on an elite club team. That should be enough to get on the recruiting radar and get seen.
