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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW, these minute counts are close to accurate because I turned on a minute counter about 5 minutes into the 1st game because I sensed that something odd was happening.

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So within 5 minutes of the 1st game you were already tracking playing time? That seems a little odd. You knew right away that playing time wasn't equal? Man, you sound like a real peach to have as a parent on the team.

Should there be equal or mostly equal time in Arlington's 3 v 3. More likely than not time should be relatively equal.  But there are numerous other factors into playing time than straight minutes. You've stated that your daughter is better then the coaches daughter at shooting and dribbling. You do realize there is more to basketball than just that. Is she taller? so is your daughter shorter and this girl taller such that they are playing different positions. Even in 3 v 3, you need to have height to get rebounds. Maybe she was having an off day but the coach (and father) knows this. As someone that has coached in that league and has had new kids placed on my team, I've generally taken the view that you'll get playing time and it gets more as I start to learn what your strengths and weaknesses are. In other words, I want to understand how you play the game. If you are a strong player, I'll provide more time and also use you to cover up for a weaker player, with the intention of keeping a balanced team out there. If you are a weaker player, I'm going to make sure one of my stronger players is out there. (And I get it that you think your kid is one of the better players but there is always inherent biases when evaluating our own kids).

As a coach, it isn't as easy to sub as you think. If game play goes on for a long time without a break, you can't just sub. And some players just sit there. Now, in what amounts to rec basketball 3 v 3 that likely didn't happen but you never know.

As for coaching, most of the 3 v 3 teams are preformed with kids that know each other. I'm sure there are some Arlington Soccer teams that have 3v3 teams at your daughter's age. Maybe you should ask yourself, why your daughter wasn't asked to join a team with her friends...or, maybe a better way would be to form your own team and you could be the coach. If that didn't happen, maybe you need to look at the mirror on this issue - especially if teammates of your daughter are playing for other 3 v 3 teams (this goes to my first paragraph above) and your daughter wasn't asked to be on that team.
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OP here. Plenty of opportunities to sub in 3v3. My daughter sat on the bench for 5 solid minutes to start the game, and that is when I began tracking. Most coaches rotate players in and out of the game quite frequently because the games are so short. So sitting a kid for 5 minutes is really odd and rarely happens.

My daughter has been on team with her friends the last couple of years, but the team fell apart because most kids are focused on their main sports this summer, or are away for the summer. Hence, she ended up on a new team.

I've coached various sports for 5 years. 3v3 is absolutely the easiest with respect to balancing out playing time. One typically has 4 or 5 players available to fill 3 slots on the court. I think even a young kid could manage subs in this situation.

Lastly, this league is for fun. There are no practices. Kids swap teams when there aren't enough players on Saturdays. If one team has 5 kids, and another has only 2, then a kid will jump from one team to another. This is informal. It is more like getting together for a practice session than for a game. The standings don't matter to most kids. Rather, the kids just want to get together and enjoy themselves. This is not a highly competitive league. There is maybe one travel player in the entire league. For this reason, all of the other coaches I've encountered in this league sub players in and out with a single goal in mind: to make sure playing time is equally allocated. The sole exception is the coach that is the subject of this thread. She is the anomaly.

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