moving up to JV

Patience! Your time will come.

You can only control YOU. Develop your skills in hitting, fielding, base running. Show up early, leave late, work harder than anyone else. Be a student of the game.  Have a great attitude & gratitude for being where you are at this moment in time.  When the coach likes what he sees in your performance, along with the way you handle things, & providing there is a spot on the roster, he will move you up. Are you flexible in playing other positions well? 

Good Luck! It will all work out. 

It's great to see young players on this board asking these types of questions.

rshif13, you already seem to have the right attitude, and that's step #1 to achieving your goals.

You might want to make a frank analysis of what gets a player moved up at your school. Is it a reward for good play, or is the JV team looking to fill holes or improve deficiencies? If it's the former, take baseballmom's advice and keep doing your work. If it's the latter, figure out what the JV team needs and prove to your coach that you can help them. Do you have good speed? I've known a few kids who made their way on to upper teams as pinch runners, then used that opportunity to prove where they could help elsewhere. Are you a good situational hitter? In other words, what value can you add to the JV team? Figure that out, and you'll likely be on your way.

Good luck kid, and let us know how it works out.

I hope you will focus on getting fully ready for every game equally. If you can honestly say that you have in the past ... or plan to ... get "especially prepared" for those games the JV coach attends, you might ask yourself: Am I getting FULLY prepared for EVERY game? I think you have a great attitude .... this is probably just a small mental adjustment, but it might make a big difference. Go hard and keep us informed!

The coach probably isn't focused on your game stats. He's looking at how you approach the game, your game awareness, your swing and how you drive the ball. He's evaluating if it translates to the next level. What you can control is how you approach each game, each at bat and each fielding opportunity. As your talent devlops and you grow the rest will come. Work on your upper body strength in the off season. Good luck. 

Thank you very much for all of your input, and thinking about it, I agree with everything you guys are saying. I'm batting over .500 right now in freshman ball and I'm just going to continue working hard where I am. If i get moved up, fine, if I don't fine. It seems that at least for now i will not be going up, although my Freshman coach just moved me from second base to starting shortstop, so my goal is to perform as best as I can at the freshman level and be a leader. What I'm wondering, is will it matter to college coaches or anywhere down the road that I didn't make JV as a freshman? I'm not worried about it, but just curious since many of the kids on my summer team are playing up on jv and a few on varsity.

Won't make any difference at all.  Keep working hard, improving your skills and you will be fine.  College coaches will look at your skill set and whether they think you can contribute to their program.  They won't care at all whether or not you played JV as a freshman.

rshif13: Professional baseball -- minor and MAJOR Leagues -- is full of players who played freshman baseball as freshman. I'll bet there are parents of some of those players on this site! Keep working hard, and stay focused on being your best every day.

College coaches only care how you look when they are scouting you and how you project for the next two or three years. It doesn't matter when you make varsity or the path you take getting there.

Good for you, Rshif. Congrats on a great season and great attitude!