Son didn't really try to play up this year, but was placed on JV as a freshman. I think he now has a MUCH better idea of what he needs to do to start on varsity now some day than he would have had he simply been placed on either the freshman or fresh/soph teams at the school. A good portion of his teammates will be on varsity next year. I suspect the opportunity will make him work much harder than he may have otherwise, since he understands the goals. Although the decision about what team he was on was out of our hands, I believe it will be a good thing in the long run.