How do kids get picked

[Anonymous]

He doesn't have to be tall.

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Anonymous wrote:He doesn't have to be tall.

Really? Have you seen HS basketball players? There are kids who are 6'4" and taller! Nobody short is going to be on varsity unless there's literally no-one to pick.

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It could be true

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My kid just made the freshmen team. Cuts were brutal and several of his friends who played travel and AAU got cut.

My kid played on 3 different teams last year, did a ton of skills clinics and plays basketball every spare moment he’s got. My kid is naturally athletic but isn’t that tall 5’10”. DH and I are average height. I would be surprised if ds is taller than 6’. He may or may not make JV and unlikely to make varsity.

The really good kids have both size 6’3”+ and skill and effort. Some kids may have all the heart but you can only be so good when a 6’7” guy with long arms is guarding you. My kid is very good at shooting but when these huge kids who are almost a foot taller are guarding him, it is just hard to score. He dominated in middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:At a good sports school, boys' basketball will usually, statistically, the toughest sport to get on the varsity roster for based on the number of kids who want to play vs. the number of roster spots--usually 12 to 15, depending on where you are (we're not even talking about being one of the starting 5 here).

That's also true in college. Statistically, the number of kids who play in high school vs the number of D1 spots (NCAA rules make it so each college can only have 15 players total) makes it the hardest sport to play in D1.

Men’s tennis is the hardest

For high school? LOL. No. Boys soccer and boys basketball, everywhere.

Yes tennis and golf are super difficult because of the small number of players and no subs.

Basketball is tough because 5 on the floor and basically 5-7 subs

Soccer is hard because 150 kids try out because they played soccer once in 2nd grade. The travel kids get in at 9th grade and spots open as seniors graduate.

In high school, its incredibly easy to make the golf and tennis team compared to boys soccer and boys basketball. Hardly any kids even try out for golf or tennis, relative to soccer and basketball--even at the 3000 student schools.

Our tennis team is extremely hard. There is only one varsity team for the entire school and may only be 2-4 open spots.

Our high school has one freshmen basketball team, one JV and one varsity basketball so far more basketball spots than tennis. You are not making the tennis team unless you have been playing most of your life.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. Basketball teams may take you if you are 6”6”. Tennis is a skill sport. If you don’t know how to play, no chance you win a tennis match during tryouts.

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Anonymous wrote:At a good sports school, boys' basketball will usually, statistically, the toughest sport to get on the varsity roster for based on the number of kids who want to play vs. the number of roster spots--usually 12 to 15, depending on where you are (we're not even talking about being one of the starting 5 here).

That's also true in college. Statistically, the number of kids who play in high school vs the number of D1 spots (NCAA rules make it so each college can only have 15 players total) makes it the hardest sport to play in D1.

Men’s tennis is the hardest

For high school? LOL. No. Boys soccer and boys basketball, everywhere.

Yes tennis and golf are super difficult because of the small number of players and no subs.

Basketball is tough because 5 on the floor and basically 5-7 subs

Soccer is hard because 150 kids try out because they played soccer once in 2nd grade. The travel kids get in at 9th grade and spots open as seniors graduate.

In high school, its incredibly easy to make the golf and tennis team compared to boys soccer and boys basketball. Hardly any kids even try out for golf or tennis, relative to soccer and basketball--even at the 3000 student schools.

Depends completely on the high school. At our very expensive private West Coast high school, boys tennis is the hardest sport to get onto varsity and they have three levels—varsity, JV and frosh/soph all of which are cut sports. whereas Basketball is a walk on sport and there is so little interest in football
that you can walk onto the
Varsity team and they have to play 8 man football because they can’t get enough players. soccer is also a walk on sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid just made the freshmen team. Cuts were brutal and several of his friends who played travel and AAU got cut.

My kid played on 3 different teams last year, did a ton of skills clinics and plays basketball every spare moment he’s got. My kid is naturally athletic but isn’t that tall 5’10”. DH and I are average height. I would be surprised if ds is taller than 6’. He may or may not make JV and unlikely to make varsity.

The really good kids have both size 6’3”+ and skill and effort. Some kids may have all the heart but you can only be so good when a 6’7” guy with long arms is guarding you. My kid is very good at shooting but when these huge kids who are almost a foot taller are guarding him, it is just hard to score. He dominated in middle school.

That’s what the athletic kids do, they play every time there is opportunity. I wouldn’t rule out varsity basketball. How many students in any given high school are 6’4”. And even if they are all they might not be int in sports. My nephew, 6’6”, did not play basketball.

[Anonymous]

Shiny diamonds yes

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My son made the freshman basketball team although the had never played before based on his height and general athletic ability. They made it clear freshman year would be developmental. One of his friends who played who was the best on his rec team was not selected because he didn't stand out and his playing style was similar to many others.

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Anonymous wrote:At a good sports school, boys' basketball will usually, statistically, the toughest sport to get on the varsity roster for based on the number of kids who want to play vs. the number of roster spots--usually 12 to 15, depending on where you are (we're not even talking about being one of the starting 5 here).

That's also true in college. Statistically, the number of kids who play in high school vs the number of D1 spots (NCAA rules make it so each college can only have 15 players total) makes it the hardest sport to play in D1.

Men’s tennis is the hardest

For high school? LOL. No. Boys soccer and boys basketball, everywhere.

Yes tennis and golf are super difficult because of the small number of players and no subs.

Basketball is tough because 5 on the floor and basically 5-7 subs

Soccer is hard because 150 kids try out because they played soccer once in 2nd grade. The travel kids get in at 9th grade and spots open as seniors graduate.

In high school, its incredibly easy to make the golf and tennis team compared to boys soccer and boys basketball. Hardly any kids even try out for golf or tennis, relative to soccer and basketball--even at the 3000 student schools.

Depends completely on the high school. At our very expensive private West Coast high school, boys tennis is the hardest sport to get onto varsity and they have three levels—varsity, JV and frosh/soph all of which are cut sports. whereas Basketball is a walk on sport and there is so little interest in football
that you can walk onto the
Varsity team and they have to play 8 man football because they can’t get enough players. soccer is also a walk on sport.

Fascinating. Name the school where basketball is a walk on sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp here. Basketball teams may take you if you are 6”6”. Tennis is a skill sport. If you don’t know how to play, no chance you win a tennis match during tryouts.

Basketball is also a skill sport. Even that 6'6 kid needs skills.

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Anonymous wrote:At a good sports school, boys' basketball will usually, statistically, the toughest sport to get on the varsity roster for based on the number of kids who want to play vs. the number of roster spots--usually 12 to 15, depending on where you are (we're not even talking about being one of the starting 5 here).

That's also true in college. Statistically, the number of kids who play in high school vs the number of D1 spots (NCAA rules make it so each college can only have 15 players total) makes it the hardest sport to play in D1.

Men’s tennis is the hardest

For high school? LOL. No. Boys soccer and boys basketball, everywhere.

Yes tennis and golf are super difficult because of the small number of players and no subs.

Basketball is tough because 5 on the floor and basically 5-7 subs

Soccer is hard because 150 kids try out because they played soccer once in 2nd grade. The travel kids get in at 9th grade and spots open as seniors graduate.

In high school, its incredibly easy to make the golf and tennis team compared to boys soccer and boys basketball. Hardly any kids even try out for golf or tennis, relative to soccer and basketball--even at the 3000 student schools.

Depends completely on the high school. At our very expensive private West Coast high school, boys tennis is the hardest sport to get onto varsity and they have three levels—varsity, JV and frosh/soph all of which are cut sports. whereas Basketball is a walk on sport and there is so little interest in football
that you can walk onto the
Varsity team and they have to play 8 man football because they can’t get enough players. soccer is also a walk on sport.

Fascinating. Name the school where basketball is a walk on sport.

I'm curious too. Is the population mostly Asian? Even our tiny private cuts a lot of kids from basketball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp here. Basketball teams may take you if you are 6”6”. Tennis is a skill sport. If you don’t know how to play, no chance you win a tennis match during tryouts.

Weird how many people who obviously know nothing about DMV HS basketball post here so confidently.

For reference, an unskilled tall kid is a turnover and foul machine that skilled kids will feast on all day. Coaches at competitive schools won’t touch them because they will never ever be able to play them. A 6’9” kid who was not new to the sport got cut from JV at my kid’s school for this reason.

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Anonymous wrote:My son made the freshman basketball team although the had never played before based on his height and general athletic ability. They made it clear freshman year would be developmental. One of his friends who played who was the best on his rec team was not selected because he didn't stand out and his playing style was similar to many others.

This is going to depend a lot on school. My kid’s school had 100 kids show up for freshman tryouts. Kids who had been playing AAU for years didn’t make it. Almost all of the kids who did make it were kids the coaches knew and had seen play a lot in middle school and AAU.