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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in a different sport (softball) but I don’t get bench players at all. I’m not paying/driving/hassling for my kid to sit the bench. If she isn’t playing, this isn’t the team for us, we’d rather be on a “lower” team and play. We aren’t gunning for college. The point of sports is the play. Period.

So you have to look at the bigger picture. Will quitting affect her ability to play on a different team next season? Does she even want to? Or does she want to quit the whole sport? If yes, I would let her quit, personally. [/quote]

I'm another softball parent, now a volleyball parent, and there are definitely bench players in softball!  In my experience, all the pitchers except the one starting pitcher are often mostly sitting the bench waiting for the starting pitchers arm to give out, or for her to get sick/injured.  The coaches won't put them in the field because they may need them for relief pitching but unlike baseball it's typical for the starting pitcher to pitch for every game and to finish out a game.  It's less notable with other positions because you can rotate outfields or infielders around more, but definitely happens with other positions as well.  In any sport, once you're out of rec, the coaches are going to play the best players but keep some next-level players for backup in case of illness/injury.

Anyway, I think it's all a balance.  Sometimes its better for the player to be a "bench" player on a better team, as they can practice with the better team and see the higher level of play, and learn a lot from it.  But you have to balance that against the loss of playing time.  I don't think there are easy answers, and a lot depends on the kid's personality, how good a fit the team is otherwise, and stuff like that.  My other kid (different sport) recently went from the best player on his lower level team who was almost never subbed out, to being a sort of mediocre player on the better team, who doesn't get as much time during games but is getting more intense development in practices and is less frustrated with the rest of his team not being able to meet his level of play.  [/quote]

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