Basketball Roster Size - Rec

[Anonymous]

to OP, this is PP coach. We had several kids try to get on our team because we were also a team that was comprised of kids all from the same school. It became an issue when multiple requests were mad in who would we pick over the other and didn't want the politics involved with hurt feelings and fall outs. I suggest to one of the parents that they could probably start their own team with kids from school and gave her the names of who had asked to join and she actually did exactly that.

I'm sorry that your DD really wants to play with this particular group. That happens and it can sting. But perhaps instead of being stuck on 9 vs 10 you can ask those coaches if they know anyone else who wants to join, contact them, ask other families from school too and make your own team. You seem to want to be able to snap your fingers and push your kid onto this team when that team is telling you no. So you can either sulk and pout and say "it's not fair" or you can be something about it. Try it, what do you have to lose?

[Anonymous]

OP. Only 5 kids can be out on the court at a time. It is a lot less than soccer, therefore, you don't need as large of a roster. Not sure why this is so difficult to understand for some folks. Especially for rec, where kids are typically guaranteed playing time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:to OP, this is PP coach. We had several kids try to get on our team because we were also a team that was comprised of kids all from the same school. It became an issue when multiple requests were mad in who would we pick over the other and didn't want the politics involved with hurt feelings and fall outs. I suggest to one of the parents that they could probably start their own team with kids from school and gave her the names of who had asked to join and she actually did exactly that.

I'm sorry that your DD really wants to play with this particular group. That happens and it can sting. But perhaps instead of being stuck on 9 vs 10 you can ask those coaches if they know anyone else who wants to join, contact them, ask other families from school too and make your own team. You seem to want to be able to snap your fingers and push your kid onto this team when that team is telling you no. So you can either sulk and pout and say "it's not fair" or you can be something about it. Try it, what do you have to lose?

haha, thanks coach, i'll pass running a team myself. too much work. will try next season if DD still wants to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. Only 5 kids can be out on the court at a time. It is a lot less than soccer, therefore, you don't need as large of a roster. Not sure why this is so difficult to understand for some folks. Especially for rec, where kids are typically guaranteed playing time.

ok like i said i understand playing time rules but it's still doable with 10 players it doesn't have to be 9 or less to satisfy that. but i understand other reasons the coach poster mentioned in previous posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP here. I appreciate your posts, and the perspectives from a successful championship coach. However the issue is DD wants to play with her friends/be on that team, so me coaching a team won't satisfied that. But again I respect the league's rules on roster size, it's just that I still can't fully grasp the difference of 9 vs 10 players on a rec team. DD plays rec soccer since 1st grade and it's never been an issue with roster sizes so this is all new to us.

There are 5 spots on a basketball court, for four quarters. That is 20 total spots that have to be distributed to the team. With 10 man roster, each player gets exactly 2 spots, and there is no flexibility for the coach to give extra playing time to the best players. With 9 man roster, that leaves two quarters that can be given to better players, or perhaps split this between 4 players. With 8 man roster you have 4 kids playing 3 quarters and 4 playing two quarters.

Roster size does matter in soccer as well. I was upset when I got a 12 man roster in 7v7, which again means no flexibility to have better players playing 3 quarters(minimum 2 quarters in the field for all players including goalies.) This is less of an issue in higher grades once subs are allowed, though technically this league's 9v9 rules cannot be followed if they give out a max 16 roster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader’s rec team has always capped it at 8. As others have said, there’s a minimum number of quarters that must be played.

cap it at 10 allows that too

No kid wants to sit on the bench for too long. Our league has decided that this is an optimal number and accounts for missing players, etc. In our league, there’s a draft starting in 4th grade and they don’t honor friend requests like they do in 3rd grade and below.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Arlington, it’s 9 at 5th grade.

How about 6th grade? do you know?

From the Arlington website:

Players are not allowed to “play-up;” they must play with their current grade.
Team rosters are limited to a maximum of 9 and a minimum of 8 players in the 3rd-9th grade leagues.
Team rosters are a maximum of 10 and a minimum of 8 players in grades 10th-12th grade leagues

https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=843083

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader’s rec team has always capped it at 8. As others have said, there’s a minimum number of quarters that must be played.

cap it at 10 allows that too

Anything more than 8 on a roster means when all the kids show up, no one gets much play time. Basketball games
are short.

[Anonymous]

All rec leagues have drafts by 5th grade so she wouldn’t be able to just “join” a team. This coach may be drafting all the girls from one school, but it’s never a sure thing.

If your dd has never played before and you aren’t really close with the coach then she will never get on this team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All rec leagues have drafts by 5th grade so she wouldn’t be able to just “join” a team. This coach may be drafting all the girls from one school, but it’s never a sure thing.

If your dd has never played before and you aren’t really close with the coach then she will never get on this team.

Why do people make these blanket statements? Where are you from? Every rec league on the planet has drafts by 5th grade? You are on a DMV message board. I'm in Montgomery County, MD. Our rec league does not have drafts, ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All rec leagues have drafts by 5th grade so she wouldn’t be able to just “join” a team. This coach may be drafting all the girls from one school, but it’s never a sure thing.

If your dd has never played before and you aren’t really close with the coach then she will never get on this team.

Why do people make these blanket statements? Where are you from? Every rec league on the planet has drafts by 5th grade? You are on a DMV message board. I'm in Montgomery County, MD. Our rec league does not have drafts, ever.

Jelleff rec league in DC doesn’t do drafts either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All rec leagues have drafts by 5th grade so she wouldn’t be able to just “join” a team. This coach may be drafting all the girls from one school, but it’s never a sure thing.

If your dd has never played before and you aren’t really close with the coach then she will never get on this team.

Why do people make these blanket statements? Where are you from? Every rec league on the planet has drafts by 5th grade? You are on a DMV message board. I'm in Montgomery County, MD. Our rec league does not have drafts, ever.

Same for one of my kid's league in Fairfax. The opposite is true- you can specify coach when registering and the league will allow these teams to come in already formed.

[Anonymous]

How do they balance the teams without having a draft?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do they balance the teams without having a draft?

They don't. You end up with a ton of blowouts and a miserable experience for the kids on the noncompetitive teams. The kids on the good teams learn the mercy rules quickly; DD's team has a special defense they play once they reach the point that they can't defend past the foul line.

[Anonymous]

NP. What happens when your kid (who is new to the sport) misses the draft?