Spring sports cuts

[Anonymous]

Adding on to my post above, as a JV coach my job is to teach kids how to play so they can someday contribute to Varsity. There is no such thing as a JV county championship so I really don't care about my team's record. Everybody is getting into games even if it means we aren't putting the best kids on the field at all times. I'd rather have a team full of new to the sport kids who go 0-9 and get better each game than an experienced team that maxes out at like 5-4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It just depends on the sport regardless of season.

In the fall, soccer/volleyball have cuts because there’s only so much play and practice time available. Football + Cross Country don’t cut.

In the winter basketball has cuts. Swimming + Track do not.

Spring has baseball/softball/lacrosse cuts. No cuts for track.

Enforcing roster sizes seems harsh. Just because a kid makes the team doesn’t mean they’re going to participate during games/meets. They should still have the opportunity to practice and be a part of the team.

That’s not the case for spring track at B-CC. I encouraged DD to go for it a couple of years ago thinking it was no cut and she got cut. 😢 She ended up doing cross country the following year, which was no cut.

[Anonymous]

Wootton has cuts for track every year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is this looking like at your schools? We seem to have some teams that cut somewhat ruthlessly and others that take everyone, even when it results is extra large teams with kids who clearly aren’t good enough and will either be benched most of the season or will drag down the team. Is this just up to each coach? I kind of wish there were formal MCPS caps on roster size.

How does having extra kids on the bench drag down the team?

They’re not going to play and impact the results - they’re just practice players.