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[quote=Anonymous]For a team with cuts, of course the kids who are the most experienced and skilled at their sport are going to make the team. What else would you suggest?

There are some teams that take everyone, including HS football, at least at our large FCPS HS. The team is huge and everyone is included. That does not mean you are going to get playing time, but you can be part of the team. Track, cross country, crew, wrestling all take everyone. We now have boys volleyball, which is new-ish, and a lot of boys have not played before HS but can get onto that team. We now have flag football for girls at some of the HS and that is new and I believe they take everyone. Most teams also have student managers so if your kid wants to be involved with a team without playing the sport, they can do that. So there are options.

If you want your kid to play something like varsity basketball, where the nature of it is that they can only take small handful of kids and the team is competitive, and your kid has never played basketball, that's not a reasonable thing to expect.

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