What happens to all the kids who get cut for high school sports?

[Anonymous]

If you think competition is bad in BB, baseball, or soccer, it is even worse with tennis and golf in wealthy areas such as Langley/McLean and Potomac. This applies to both public and private schools. There are only six starters on the tennis teams for single and three teams for double. The same six single starters also play doubles so the rest of the team is just benchwarmers. There are more starters in golf but competition is just as bad, if not worse than tennis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think competition is bad in BB, baseball, or soccer, it is even worse with tennis and golf in wealthy areas such as Langley/McLean and Potomac. This applies to both public and private schools. There are only six starters on the tennis teams for single and three teams for double. The same six single starters also play doubles so the rest of the team is just benchwarmers. There are more starters in golf but competition is just as bad, if not worse than tennis.

The good news for tennis is there are a lot of public courts to play recreationally and clubs to play on teams. Golf clubs have Jr teams too but big money to join the clubs.

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Anonymous wrote:Pay to play travel teams
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Pay to play at private schools. No joke some DC families do this.

Why would it be a joke? One reason we are sending our kids to private is because after-school sports are mandatory and several teams are no-cut. I would like my kids to continue being active in HS even if they aren’t super talented.

Our private is the opposite. Way more competitive than public. But they have ma y alum in professional leagues—nba, nfl and always a hood showing in March Madness. Even really good players get cut.

That’s not more competitive than a public school like Whitman where there are several thousand kids

Umm. Yes it is. We are talking 6’7” HS Freshmen, kids going first round draft pick, 7 alum in the Final Four, etc. it’s not possible for your average good athlete on a top travel team to make the HS teams.

We are at a giant public HS and the coaches recruit players. So kids are competing with all the kids who are zoned to the school, and lose spots to coach recruits. ITs tough to make these teams.

You know some public school sports powerhouses have this too. It’s not any different except the school has thousands of kids and even more show up for tryouts.

Our kids probably go to the same public high school. It’s sad and many foot realize how many are recruited and there with fake addresses.

We've been surprised how much publics recruit as well.

How do publics recruit?

They tell kids that they want them to come play for them because they are the best etc and will take care of registration with what is basically a fake address. It happens all of the time.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school doesn't cut but we're also by far the smallest in the area (875) Meridian HS

This is not true. There are definitely teams that cut at Meridian. For example, baseball.

Do they cut or do they just have to play JV instead of varsity?

They cut. For every sport, it depends how many show up to tryouts. If there are more kids than spots then some get cut. I know kids in multiple sports who have been cut over the years. There are no freshman teams. Since it is a small school, this changes year to year based on numbers. It’s also why sometimes they have to drive very far to play games and why some seasons have been so rough for certain teams.

My son is in 8th grade for football, track and baseball. So far, no cuts. They are all on the JV team.

Football and track are no cut sports at most high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Reason #134 why mega high schools are a terrible for kids.

Gee, if only the BOE and MCPS would actually listen to those who say just that testifying before them. And if only the community wouldn't throw a hissy fit about tax increases to pay for just that.

Yes, we moved to FCPS from NJ. The HS in NJ was smaller - but we paid $10K more a year in taxes.

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Anonymous wrote:Pay to play travel teams
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Pay to play at private schools. No joke some DC families do this.

Why would it be a joke? One reason we are sending our kids to private is because after-school sports are mandatory and several teams are no-cut. I would like my kids to continue being active in HS even if they aren’t super talented.

Our private is the opposite. Way more competitive than public. But they have ma y alum in professional leagues—nba, nfl and always a hood showing in March Madness. Even really good players get cut.

That’s not more competitive than a public school like Whitman where there are several thousand kids

Umm. Yes it is. We are talking 6’7” HS Freshmen, kids going first round draft pick, 7 alum in the Final Four, etc. it’s not possible for your average good athlete on a top travel team to make the HS teams.

We are at a giant public HS and the coaches recruit players. So kids are competing with all the kids who are zoned to the school, and lose spots to coach recruits. ITs tough to make these teams.

You know some public school sports powerhouses have this too. It’s not any different except the school has thousands of kids and even more show up for tryouts.

Our kids probably go to the same public high school. It’s sad and many foot realize how many are recruited and there with fake addresses.

We've been surprised how much publics recruit as well.

How do publics recruit?

They tell kids that they want them to come play for them because they are the best etc and will take care of registration with what is basically a fake address. It happens all of the time.

Ar out FCPS giant public HS, the coach recruits players from other FCPS HS zones. They are to tell the admissions office they want to take a particular class that is only offered at our high school. Then they have to take that class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think competition is bad in BB, baseball, or soccer, it is even worse with tennis and golf in wealthy areas such as Langley/McLean and Potomac. This applies to both public and private schools. There are only six starters on the tennis teams for single and three teams for double. The same six single starters also play doubles so the rest of the team is just benchwarmers. There are more starters in golf but competition is just as bad, if not worse than tennis.

Are you trying to tell me that at Langley or McLean, 100-150 kids try out for the golf team?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think competition is bad in BB, baseball, or soccer, it is even worse with tennis and golf in wealthy areas such as Langley/McLean and Potomac. This applies to both public and private schools. There are only six starters on the tennis teams for single and three teams for double. The same six single starters also play doubles so the rest of the team is just benchwarmers. There are more starters in golf but competition is just as bad, if not worse than tennis.

The good news for tennis is there are a lot of public courts to play recreationally and clubs to play on teams. Golf clubs have Jr teams too but big money to join the clubs.

There are at least eight public golf courses owned by Fairfax County Public Park that offer at least 60% discount for juniors, kids that are under the age of 18, so families do not have to break the bank for kids to get good at golf. Yes, it does take money but 90% less than Country Club money.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think competition is bad in BB, baseball, or soccer, it is even worse with tennis and golf in wealthy areas such as Langley/McLean and Potomac. This applies to both public and private schools. There are only six starters on the tennis teams for single and three teams for double. The same six single starters also play doubles so the rest of the team is just benchwarmers. There are more starters in golf but competition is just as bad, if not worse than tennis.

Are you trying to tell me that at Langley or McLean, 100-150 kids try out for the golf team?

I would say around 80 kids try out for the golf team every year at Langley HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Pay to play travel teams
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Pay to play at private schools. No joke some DC families do this.

Why would it be a joke? One reason we are sending our kids to private is because after-school sports are mandatory and several teams are no-cut. I would like my kids to continue being active in HS even if they aren’t super talented.

Our private is the opposite. Way more competitive than public. But they have ma y alum in professional leagues—nba, nfl and always a hood showing in March Madness. Even really good players get cut.

That’s not more competitive than a public school like Whitman where there are several thousand kids

Umm. Yes it is. We are talking 6’7” HS Freshmen, kids going first round draft pick, 7 alum in the Final Four, etc. it’s not possible for your average good athlete on a top travel team to make the HS teams.

We are at a giant public HS and the coaches recruit players. So kids are competing with all the kids who are zoned to the school, and lose spots to coach recruits. ITs tough to make these teams.

You know some public school sports powerhouses have this too. It’s not any different except the school has thousands of kids and even more show up for tryouts.

The coaches recruit from out of school for the school team?

[Anonymous]

Where my kids go to HS, if they don't make varsity, they still have the opportunity to play on the JV team for almost all sports. Many sports don't even have cuts, such as swimming, track, xc, indoor track, tennis, gymnastics, rowing, etc.. Even seniors can play on the JV team if they choose after not making varsity their senior year. However, from what I can tell, almost all seniors who try out for a varsity sport make it.

DD made varsity cheer her freshman year but didn't make it this year for fall. She cheered on the JV squad this fall and just tried out last week for the varsity squad for basketball season and made it. She plays tennis in the spring and it's pretty much a no-cut sport with everyone on varsity.

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Anonymous wrote:Pay to play travel teams
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Pay to play at private schools. No joke some DC families do this.

Why would it be a joke? One reason we are sending our kids to private is because after-school sports are mandatory and several teams are no-cut. I would like my kids to continue being active in HS even if they aren’t super talented.

Our private is the opposite. Way more competitive than public. But they have ma y alum in professional leagues—nba, nfl and always a hood showing in March Madness. Even really good players get cut.

That’s not more competitive than a public school like Whitman where there are several thousand kids

Umm. Yes it is. We are talking 6’7” HS Freshmen, kids going first round draft pick, 7 alum in the Final Four, etc. it’s not possible for your average good athlete on a top travel team to make the HS teams.

We are at a giant public HS and the coaches recruit players. So kids are competing with all the kids who are zoned to the school, and lose spots to coach recruits. ITs tough to make these teams.

You know some public school sports powerhouses have this too. It’s not any different except the school has thousands of kids and even more show up for tryouts.

Our kids probably go to the same public high school. It’s sad and many foot realize how many are recruited and there with fake addresses.

We've been surprised how much publics recruit as well.

How do publics recruit?

They tell kids that they want them to come play for them because they are the best etc and will take care of registration with what is basically a fake address. It happens all of the time.

Ar out FCPS giant public HS, the coach recruits players from other FCPS HS zones. They are to tell the admissions office they want to take a particular class that is only offered at our high school. Then they have to take that class.

I don’t know the ins and outs of recruiting, but I have heard it happens. At our well regarded (academically) public, some kids leave every year to play for a nearby public school with a much better X team. Some have moved but some have not.

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Anonymous wrote:Pay to play travel teams
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Pay to play at private schools. No joke some DC families do this.

Why would it be a joke? One reason we are sending our kids to private is because after-school sports are mandatory and several teams are no-cut. I would like my kids to continue being active in HS even if they aren’t super talented.

Our private is the opposite. Way more competitive than public. But they have ma y alum in professional leagues—nba, nfl and always a hood showing in March Madness. Even really good players get cut.

That’s not more competitive than a public school like Whitman where there are several thousand kids

Umm. Yes it is. We are talking 6’7” HS Freshmen, kids going first round draft pick, 7 alum in the Final Four, etc. it’s not possible for your average good athlete on a top travel team to make the HS teams.

Okay so you picked the dumb jock private. We are talking about the top privates here.

I don't know what it's like in DC, but I am from the West Coast and really good privates are obsessed with basketball, mostly because a lot of wealthy alumni boost it. So schools like Harvard Westlake ( a top 10 team nationally), Lakeside in Seattle etc. will fund scholarships for top basketball talent from around the world. There was a whole investigation into how Steve Ballmer tried to make Lakeside a basketball powerhouse with his money.

[Anonymous]

this country seems overly obsessed with youth sports teams. it's fine if they stay fit, active and just play pick up games or do rec/intramural sports when opportunities arrive.

there are plenty of challenging and stimulating physically active things my 10th grader engages in: hiking, rock climbing, snow boarding, biking, etc.

your kid will get some more time back to expore other interests which can be a boon. don't sweat it!

[Anonymous]

There were 50 who tried out for tennis and they took 24. My DC did not make it but still plays at a local tennis place weekly and at the pool league in the summer.