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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the school and the program.  As a former DC area high school player and coach, I am familiar with kids who didn't make JV but subsequently made varsity.   Growing a few inches always helps as does getting stronger and quicker.    Working on one's game helps too.  But he needs to be realistic.  In most cases I would say if you're cut from JV it would be very difficult to make the varsity.   Good luck to him.  [/quote]

It really depends on the school, but I agree with PP that it would be tough.  Maybe if he didn't make JV as a freshman, but not making it as a sophomore doesn't suggest that he'd make varsity unless he grows a lot.  Again, depending on the school, AAU play years ago probably doesn't mean a lot since there is such an enormous range of AAU teams.

I know of three kids who [b]chose[/b] not to play at some point in high school and then later played varsity.  Two were freak athletes who played other contact team sports at a very high level.  The other was a kid who refused to play JV (he wanted varsity), spent a year working his butt off and then did very well at varsity tryouts the next year.  I don't know of anyone who didn't make JV and then made varsity.

It's important to know that there are two aspects to this -- having the skills, size, toughness, and basketball IQ to play at the required level AND, maybe more importantly, having coaches PERCEIVE your kid as being ready for that level.  Basketball coaches, much more than sports with more objective measures like times, get an idea of a player's capabilities and it's usually really hard to change the perception.[/quote]

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