JV or varsity if you have an option as a freshman

[Anonymous]

HS Coach told DD that she will most likely have a spot on the varsity team but I know for sure she is not going to be a starter. I think its more of an ego thing that she would like to be on the varsity team. In terms of playing time she would be better off on JV (and would be a starter and one of the best players easily). Any advice?

[Anonymous]

what sport and how many are typically on a roster at her school

[Anonymous]

Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

[Anonymous]

The coach is going to give her a choice?? I would talk to him about your concerns- if she IS concerned- that she'd like to have more playing time on JV so she can develop as a player and be ready for V the next year. But that could make her look like she's not up for the challenge. So I'd talk to the coach to get their thoughts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

[Anonymous]

Varsity
If she’s good she will play
If she’s a bench warmer then you know not to continue for scholarships

Signed mother if more than one division 1 player lax boys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Varsity
If she’s good she will play
If she’s a bench warmer then you know not to continue for scholarships

Signed mother if more than one division 1 player lax boys

🙄

My kid who didn’t even make varsity until junior year is now D1 with a scholarship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The coach is going to give her a choice?? I would talk to him about your concerns- if she IS concerned- that she'd like to have more playing time on JV so she can develop as a player and be ready for V the next year. But that could make her look like she's not up for the challenge. So I'd talk to the coach to get their thoughts.

Yeah, that’s weird. Good coaches don’t give choices in this.

One thing to note: I had a kid who played varsity as a freshman and in hindsight, I wish I had understood what it meant socially. It means 14-year-olds are at parties with 18-year-olds, hearing about locker room conversations with seniors, etc. It is isolating if your kid is the only freshman on varsity, and can get the kid into situations that aren’t great for a freshman. I’m not saying not to do it, but it can be a strange social dynamic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

I think I agree with this. Practicing with varsity is better, for sure. But, will your kid get game time at all? Doesn't have to be starter. But riding the bench with no time would put me on the fence. However, maybe I'd do it if my kid was also on travel or league play and getting game touches there.

For us, my kid was a GK and worthy of varsity. And was "pulled up" for post season as a freshman. But, given there is only 1 GK on the field at a time, and a senior GK at the time, DC opted for JV where they got most of the playing time. But DC was also playing high level travel AND got to practice with varsity for part of the season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

If the bolded is true then the varsity team is likely shit as well. So again, she should play on the age appropriate team and develop rather than sit on the bench so mommy and daddy can brag about how great she is.

[Anonymous]

depending on the sport, say games are 60 minutes. practice each week is 10 hours

that 10 hours with varsity players is much better than 10 hours of practice with players who are below your talent level.

Another thing to understand is knowing how the coach coaches and their expectations of the varsity team and the bench experience is importatnas well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

If the bolded is true then the varsity team is likely shit as well. So again, she should play on the age appropriate team and develop rather than sit on the bench so mommy and daddy can brag about how great she is.

For basketball, this is grossly inaccurate. Especially on the boys side.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

If the bolded is true then the varsity team is likely shit as well. So again, she should play on the age appropriate team and develop rather than sit on the bench so mommy and daddy can brag about how great she is.

For basketball, this is grossly inaccurate. Especially on the boys side.

PP said daughter. Watch a girls FCPS basketball game, the quality of play is not good

[Anonymous]

I can't believe this is a question re: playing time. I opened this thread, sure it was a question re: the social implications. I think those are so much more important! I will answer that question you didn't ask. She should be on JV. She will benefit so much from being part of a group, and it needs to be closer to her own age. imo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just play JV so she can continue to develop. What is the point of riding the bench on a better team when you have the option to play on a “lesser” team?

Practicing with varsity. If it's basketball, JV is glorified rec at most schools. You'd be better off riding the bench and practicing with varsity and getting minutes in AAU in the spring

If the bolded is true then the varsity team is likely shit as well. So again, she should play on the age appropriate team and develop rather than sit on the bench so mommy and daddy can brag about how great she is.

For basketball, this is grossly inaccurate. Especially on the boys side.

What are you talking about? A school can field (floor?) a high quality varsity team but not a high quality JV team? This doesn’t make any sense if you think about it for about two seconds.

Unless of course the reason is the school takes all the boys who have already completed puberty and plops them on the bench for varsity instead of letting them, ya know, play JV. I think that’s more of a self-fulfilling prophecy in that case…