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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes everything is a long tryout but as you said, don’t get hopes up.  He could be rostered for both and get playing time on JV and used as a backup on varsity if their other players are injured.  The worst case is he gets a spot on varsity and is a bench warmer all season.  [/quote]

I agree the worst case is a benchwarmer spot on varsity. That is what happened to my kid and he finally quit junior year. If he had stayed on JV he would have had fun and developed - as it was he felt intense pressure and didn’t learn as much because he didn’t get playing time.[/quote]
But isn't the idea to train with Varsity and eventually be a starter/non bench warmer? Why step back to JV?

In any event-how does one control the decision?  Can one request to be on JV?[/quote]

That is the idea, yes, and of course it often works out! But if the kid isn’t ready then it can backfire, like it did with my kid, and bench warming and the feeling of failure takes the joy out of the game. A slower, more typical move between JV and Varsity would have resulted in a happier kid who played longer.

I am probably making assumptions that OP’s kid is a Freshman or Sophomore, not a Junior who you’d expect would be moving up to Varsity anyway.[/quote]

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