Anonymous wrote:DD attends independent girls school with good sports teams. She has been playing basketball since middle school. She was on the JV team in 9th grade - and has stayed on JV every year. Even as a senior, she is still on JV. She was pretty good and had decent playing time in 9th. She is generally athletic - in good shape, runs well, good ball skills. She goes to all the practices and games and overall is a fine player - nothing great, but not bad either. Is it weird to still be playing JV as a senior? Is this due to DD not working hard enough or not great coaching?
That really seems like something that she should decide and you should support. I think a lot of kids would get discouraged but if your kid is tough enough that it doesn't bother her, I would expect great things from her.
You can try your best at something and still not be great at it.