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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always thought that a big part of the American high school experience is playing sports. That is why sports are featured so prominently in any teen movies or TV shows. Yet, it’s basically impossible to pass tryouts at the high school level if you haven’t played the sport from a young age besides cross country/track and swimming. And even for those two sports, you need to start them from a young age to excel at them and make varsity.

It just feels like sports have become unobtainable. It doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but it’s sad that what was once a big American tradition is dying. [/quote]

If your public high school is well resourced and too big, ie over 350 kids per grade, then yes, it’s very difficult to make any team or club unless it’s your “speciality.” If even that.

They never should have let high schools get 500,700,1000 kids per grade. No one can do anything. And class rank is a joke. [/quote]

Large schools support more teams and clubs. [/quote]

Not really.

Once over 150 a grade it’s the same number of teams and clubs.

At most a super large high school might allow two JV team for basketball or new club sports like cycling or bass fishing. But they are definitely NOT adding “more teams” just because there are 500-1000 kids per grade of over achievers.

All a big well resourced school means is there will be cuts and run offs to be on the tram or compete in the competitions. Good luck.
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