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[quote=Anonymous]Double edged sword. The team is developmental, but the players have to be competent enough to play some semblance of “basketball” out on the court. If your child is riding the bench, the coach is signaling that the child’s skills are insufficient to allow for a flow of play to occur.  Typically this signals the child is way behind skills wise or not coordinated. You need to be extremely honest about the situation to know what comes next.

It sucks, because the kid likely needs reps to develop the skills to play, but hard to do develop while on the bench. That’s where work away from the team is very important. The child should be independently improving skills/coordination in order to earn more playing time next year.

Having said that, the most important questions are:

1.  What does the child want to do?

2.  What is the child’s physical developmental status?  This is a much harder position if he is closer to his terminal height. You’ve probably noticed that SKILLED undersized players get lots of playing time on developmental teams. Coaches figure that an undersized kid that can hang with more developed peers is going to look great when growth catches up.

3.  How coordinated is the child?  That’s is a skill that can be refined, but not really materially developed.

Time is not on the player’s side. By junior year, unless he is super raw with lots of potential, it is make varsity or it is over.  Basketball eventually ends for everyone. No shame in that. Just be prepare yourself and the child for that moment.  [/quote]

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