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Originally posted by Strike 3:
Sorry, but I don't understand what the issue is here. Varisty primarily consists of Seniors and Juniors with maybe a couple talented sophomores and the rare freshman. Most Sophomores play JV.
By all appearances, the coaching staff believes they have the most talented kids on the varsity squad. So what is your concern?
I totally agree. My son didn't even make varsity until midway thru his junior year and by his senior year, he was an everyday player and one of the top run producers on the team and wound up batting 3rd on varsity. During his years, the varsity typically had 9-10 seniors on it and the jv teams carried 7-9 juniors. There was no room for juniors to play let alone sophomores. Freshman were in jr high so they had their own freshman team.
Of course after he graduated, over his last two years, 23 seniors graduated and 6 players quit going into their senior years. The following year, varsity was wide open for incoming sophs and jrs and there was one, maybe two seniors.
A lot of it is timing and even if you're a good player who got a late shot at varsity, there's no reason they couldn't play college ball if they wanted it that bad.
My son waited a long time and paid his dues and when he earned his starting spot on varsity, he made an immediate impact, especially with the bat and never at any time was overmatched or in over his head at the varsity level. Then there were sophomores who were handed the job and weren't ready for it and didn't put it together until senior year.
I don't get it when parents get upset or concerned that their freshman or sophomore don't make varsity. As the previous poster stated, varsity is typically juniors and seniors and sub-varsity for frosh and sophs. especially in large schoools where some teams count heavily on seniors because of experience.
There's nothing wrong with getting playing time on JV and polishing up the skills there. If a player is typically playing every inning down on JV, it's very likely that player will be a varsity starter and full time player in his junior or senior year.
It's the players who sit on the JV bench and can't crack a jv lineup that may not see much varsity action should they make it to their senior year and in some cases if they're juniors, they could get cut loose.