Feel bad for the kids who get cut in high school

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Anonymous wrote:At my nearest public swimming pool there is the slow lane which is for anyone who takes over 2 mins to swim 50m. The time for the medium lane is 1-2 min and fast is under 1 min. That is a very logical breakdown which allows for pretty much any adult amateur to train at the level they are at.

Couldn’t schools have a class of team that has standardised benchmarks instead of tryouts! Say for basketball they have to sprint 10 laps of the court while dribbling the ball under a certain time and any kid that meets that standard is allowed. That would create a high bar of performance without the cut throat competition.

So if 50 kids meet that threshold…what do you do?

You answered your own question. Create an intramural league of 10 x 5 person teams.

Who is coaching all of these inclusive teams and where are they finding space?

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Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

100%. Sports at schools and colleges should be more inclusive and open to all.

Dream on

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Anonymous wrote:At my nearest public swimming pool there is the slow lane which is for anyone who takes over 2 mins to swim 50m. The time for the medium lane is 1-2 min and fast is under 1 min. That is a very logical breakdown which allows for pretty much any adult amateur to train at the level they are at.

Couldn’t schools have a class of team that has standardised benchmarks instead of tryouts! Say for basketball they have to sprint 10 laps of the court while dribbling the ball under a certain time and any kid that meets that standard is allowed. That would create a high bar of performance without the cut throat competition.

So if 50 kids meet that threshold…what do you do?

You answered your own question. Create an intramural league of 10 x 5 person teams.

Who is coaching all of these inclusive teams and where are they finding space?

It's intramural at the school. There are no coaches. Yes, some kids had to take the initiative to lobby the principal to let them use the gym at lunch for January and February, and they also had to lobby some teachers to agree to ref / oversee...but the kids were motivated and got it done.

There is no minimum ability level. Friends just form their own teams of up to 15 players each and sign up (though most teams are like 8-10). The only rule is that nobody who is on the real basketball team is allowed to play because they don't want ringers...and the official basketball coach probably wouldn't be a fan either.

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Solution: Anybody who feels this or that way about kids not being on a team can coach that additional team they want to exist so bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

100%. Sports at schools and colleges should be more inclusive and open to all.

College sports are inclusive and open to all…that’s why you have varsity, club and intramural teams for players of any and all ability.

Intramural teams aren’t open for everyone at most large universities

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Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

100%. Sports at schools and colleges should be more inclusive and open to all.

College sports are inclusive and open to all…that’s why you have varsity, club and intramural teams for players of any and all ability.

Intramural teams aren’t open for everyone at most large universities

Yeah I went to a school where intramurals were a big deal and it was pretty hard to make some of the teams.

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Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

100%. Sports at schools and colleges should be more inclusive and open to all.

College sports are inclusive and open to all…that’s why you have varsity, club and intramural teams for players of any and all ability.

Intramural teams aren’t open for everyone at most large universities

Intramurals at my university were mostly people who were varsity athletes in high school.

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Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

100%. Sports at schools and colleges should be more inclusive and open to all.

College sports are inclusive and open to all…that’s why you have varsity, club and intramural teams for players of any and all ability.

Intramural teams aren’t open for everyone at most large universities

Intramurals at my university were mostly people who were varsity athletes in high school.

It sucks there is no room in sports for people who aren’t super talented

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Anonymous wrote:pick an individual sport then you have nobody to blame but yourself

Even sports like swimming and tennis have limited spots at the big schools.

Parents must be delusional if they think it's easier to make a team at private schools compared to large public schools. Try making the cut for the tennis or golf team at either Langley High School (public) or Sidwell Friends (private), and you'll quickly see how tough the competition is. Both schools consistently win championships, and only a few spots on the roster, these kids are often trained from a young age because parents have lot of $$$. In fact, kids who get cut from Langley could easily be the top player at other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools. Just saying...

You are cherry picking…the Sidwell football team is pretty bad and essentially any boy can play. Baseball is usually OK but doesn’t cut much. So, you choose a different sport

Basketball a completely different story as they are ranked nationally many years.

GDS is crappy in most sports…though tops in volleyball.

Obviously, the WCAC schools are competitive though you can make the teams at The Heights or Ireton as examples.

Even at wcac schools you can find a sport. This thread is a lot of “woe is me” boo hooing, and not a good mindset to get the most out of high school athletics. It’s true that, if you don’t play travel, you’re going to have a hard time making basketball, baseball, or soccer as a freshman at Gonzaga, for example. If you don’t belong to a cc golf will be hard. But anyone can show up freshman year and play football. If you dedicate yourself for 4 years you have a good chance of playing in college. Water polo needs kids. Anyone can show up and wrestle. Rugby basically doesn’t cut. I know of kids that make freshman lacrosse without playing growing up. In any of these sports you don’t need a travel background and if you work hard for 4 years you will have success.

No one is entitled to play their sport of choice at their school of choice. Just as no one is entitled to work at their company of choice in the their position of choice. You have to earn it, and high school sports is oftentimes the first time we’re exposed to this.

The vast majority of football, water polo, and lacrosse players played from 5