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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has it ever occurred to folks in this forum that maybe 90%  of the kids that showed up for the tryouts didn't prepare for the tryouts in the first place?  I live near Langley HS, and during the summer, I usually see about seven kids who come to Langley HS and train every day.  In the first week of the tryouts, there were about 60 kids who showed up for the tryouts, and about 90% came unprepared.  Now, you have parents come here and complain about how hard it is for kids to make the team(s).  You just can't make this sh__ up.[/quote]

Wow. This definitely isn’t the case at our HS (large UMC public).  Pretty much every kid who even makes JV teams has been playing club or travel, private lessons and training etc for years.   And many of those kids don’t even make the JV teams. Depends a bit on the year. Occasionally a very athletic rec kid will make JV. Also depends on the year. Random kids do not usually even try out for the “cut” sports- pretty much everyone trying out is very well prepared. The rest of the kids know they won’t make cut teams and opt for  track or cross country, football, wrestling if they want to do a sport.

Different story at smaller high schools [b]but at larger high schools it IS often extremely difficult to make JV in many or most sports[/b]. [/quote]

It depends.  My DS made the varsity tennis team at Langley HS as a freshman.  [/quote]

My kid also made the tennis team as a freshman. There is only varsity tennis in fcps. No JV. For your kid and my kid, it doesn’t seem so competitive. For the other 40 kids who came to tryouts and didn’t make the team, they will say it is extremely difficult to make the tennis team.[/quote]

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