Bench

[Anonymous]

My kid has yet to see any minutes in a game on Varsity team. They want to quit but I am encouraging they stick with it. Other than asking Coach, what can they do? They are a Junior fwiw. They think if they aren't seeing the court now, the same will be down the season and maybe even next year. Do they cut Juniors into Seniors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has yet to see any minutes in a game on Varsity team. They want to quit but I am encouraging they stick with it. Other than asking Coach, what can they do? They are a Junior fwiw. They think if they aren't seeing the court now, the same will be down the season and maybe even next year. Do they cut Juniors into Seniors?

It depends entirely on the school, how many seniors are graduating, and if he can improve enough to play. If your kid isn't playing as a junior, unless there is significant improvement in the offseason, he's unlikely to play next year either.

[Anonymous]

He can quit when season ends

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has yet to see any minutes in a game on Varsity team. They want to quit but I am encouraging they stick with it. Other than asking Coach, what can they do? They are a Junior fwiw. They think if they aren't seeing the court now, the same will be down the season and maybe even next year. Do they cut Juniors into Seniors?

It really depends a lot on the makeup of the team and how the coach handles development vs recruiting. My kid’s school recruited 7 varsity players from other schools between his sophomore and junior years, so he didn’t move up the rotation and quit as a junior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has yet to see any minutes in a game on Varsity team. They want to quit but I am encouraging they stick with it. Other than asking Coach, what can they do? They are a Junior fwiw. They think if they aren't seeing the court now, the same will be down the season and maybe even next year. Do they cut Juniors into Seniors?

It really depends a lot on the makeup of the team and how the coach handles development vs recruiting. My kid’s school recruited 7 varsity players from other schools between his sophomore and junior years, so he didn’t move up the rotation and quit as a junior.

Where do you people live!?

[Anonymous]

How many games have there been?

How many other players on the bench and how many of them are getting zero minutes?

If more than five games and he is not getting any minutes while at least 4-5 bench players are actually getting minutes, then I totally would support him quitting.

In general too many high school students hang on way too long thinking it will somehow be different next week or next month or next season. You don't get better sitting on the bench and your teammates see you game after game on the bench and then see you as a weak link. The other bench players want more time so have no interest in making you look better if you ever are put in a game or even at practice because they want to move up. Basketball is tough with only 5 on the court.

I would have him blame his parents for making him quit so he doesn't burn any bridges (ex. my parents are making me work because we need the money for college/ car accident/ruined something at home; my parents say I am not getting good enough grades

[Anonymous]

I have an 8th grader that plays on her private MS team. She wants to play in HS. If she makes the team at any point in the 4 years and gets no playing time whatsoever I would fully support her not wanting to be on the team anymore.
She does travel soccer and I specifically asked about playing time before I paid for the season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has yet to see any minutes in a game on Varsity team. They want to quit but I am encouraging they stick with it. Other than asking Coach, what can they do? They are a Junior fwiw. They think if they aren't seeing the court now, the same will be down the season and maybe even next year. Do they cut Juniors into Seniors?

It really depends a lot on the makeup of the team and how the coach handles development vs recruiting. My kid’s school recruited 7 varsity players from other schools between his sophomore and junior years, so he didn’t move up the rotation and quit as a junior.

You must be WCAC. Coaches can't coach, so they recruit instead of develop.

[Anonymous]

Other than talking to the coach, no one can predict but a bench player as a Freshman is different than a bench player as a Junior but it is all school and coach dependent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than talking to the coach, no one can predict but a bench player as a Freshman is different than a bench player as a Junior but it is all school and coach dependent.

Right, because a bench player on the freshman team is unlikely even to make JV the next year.