What are the easiest and most difficult school sports teams to make?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically, the larger the school, the harder it will be to make a varsity team...especially in fairfax county where the parents have had their kids in club teams from the age of 5.

At Robinson, where athletics are a big deal, no cut teams include cross country, track, crew. Maybe field hockey???

Everything else is verrrry competitive.

Crew? I didn't realize that high schools around here had crew (I'm from the west coast, and my kids aren't old enough for high school yet!). That is awesome! I was a coxswain for my university's mens team. I would love for my kids to be involved. My oldest (son) is in 7th grade currently, but has absolutely no rowing experience (like I said--I didn't even really know it was in schools around here.) We are not in the Robinson (or even in Fairfax county) district though. I'll have to look and see if the schools we are elligible for have it!

Crew is huge here.

Even DCPS has crew!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marching Band does not cut.

Not a sport but, regardless, it depends on the school. In our district it is extremely competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6:57 By club sports, you mean not travel or competitive league growing up? Anyone can make club sports, so why would those kids automatically make the team? At our local school, even the kids who play travel don't necessarily make the teams.

Club = travel. Not talking about rec/house league.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school. Back in my old HS if you wanted to get on a school team - winter track, XC, golf, cross country or volleyball were your best bets. They were the sports people did for fun or to stay in shape for their other sport in the next season, so coaches weren't looking to field district and state level teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basically, the larger the school, the harder it will be to make a varsity team...especially in fairfax county where the parents have had their kids in club teams from the age of 5.

At Robinson, where athletics are a big deal, no cut teams include cross country, track, crew. Maybe field hockey???

Everything else is verrrry competitive.

Crew? I didn't realize that high schools around here had crew (I'm from the west coast, and my kids aren't old enough for high school yet!). That is awesome! I was a coxswain for my university's mens team. I would love for my kids to be involved. My oldest (son) is in 7th grade currently, but has absolutely no rowing experience (like I said--I didn't even really know it was in schools around here.) We are not in the Robinson (or even in Fairfax county) district though. I'll have to look and see if the schools we are elligible for have it!

Crew is huge here.

Even DCPS has crew!

Yes, even Wilson HS a DCPS high school has crew.
Go ahead and underestimate our kids and our program.
Show your kids all about good sportsmanship and how wise is is to underestimate your competition.
Wilson will just keep on rowing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school. Back in my old HS if you wanted to get on a school team - winter track, XC, golf, cross country or volleyball were your best bets. They were the sports people did for fun or to stay in shape for their other sport in the next season, so coaches weren't looking to field district and state level teams.

Agree that it's school dependent. Our XC/track coach is happy to have large teams but is very clear that people need to make the commitment to the team which includes practice 5-6 days a week. Winter track is particularly challenging because indoor tracks are few and far between in this area and most meets are limited in terms of entrants so there is less opportunity to compete if you aren't decent.

Golf was super competitive at my DCs school because the team is small and due to high SES there are a decent number of golfers.

[Anonymous]

Wrestling is a tough sport but usually doesn't cut