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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have experience if certain teams leave some of their stronger players off the bench at first so that those subbing are strong?[/quote]

No. This is not a thing.[/quote]

It depends.  Some leagues have playing time rules, that would make it important to not put all your top players at once, because your weaker players are getting almost equal playing time.[/quote]

It really depends on the make up of the team.  For some reason, I am assuming your DD is a guard but this is of course just a hunch.  On our team, our two best players are both point guards and are at their true bests when playing that position.  As such, Player A starts game and plays 1st Q, Player B subs in at some point and may play rest of the half.  Player A usually gets subbed out at some point and Player B takers over point.  Same thing in 2nd half, Player A starts and depending on the cadence of game may come out at some point in 3rd Q when Player B goes in.  Ideally, they are both playing most of the 4th as this is crunch time.  Both are satisfied and this gives our team best chance to win.  Now the third string PG probably has an issue with playing time but this is a tryout team so it's not particularly fair playing time and the last few off the bench do not get much playing time.[/quote]

12th player on a 12 person roster has a tough time on a competitive team regardless of position. Coaches really should give parents a heads up that their kid will be third string and not playing much, but it doesn't work that way[/quote]

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