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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a function of how large the schools are are around here and how involved the parents are.    I went to a sports heavy public highschool but our school had about 1200 students - my kids’ public highschool has almost 2400.  the varsity basketball team in both schools takes 15 kids.  The effect of those numbers are huge - in the smaller school a moderately talented moderately tall boy had a good chance at making the team.  At 2400 the team can cherry pick the tallest most athletic player with deep experience.  My wife went to a school so small that kids were dragooned onto teams so that they could have a team.

This reality has trickled down into youth sports causing what can only be described as a sports arms race where each family is trying to get a step on the other families.  [/quote]

That’s interest, I never thought about school size in relation to how likely it is kids make the team. I knows that’s probably obvious, but I never attended big schools or played sports.  Really surprised at the above people talking about juniors and seniors being cut after being on varsity since freshman year. That’s sad![/quote]

Yep- a lot of the time there is a bit of luck involved…really depends who is in front of you (as well as who is in the class or classes  behind you). They can only carry so many kids on the teams. [/quote]

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