I'm at a loss here. Son has been working his tail off. Hours on the field when no one was around. He's been outside all winter. Any day above freezing, we were outside working on his game. He outhit everyone on his summer team. Those kids made the JV, son is cut. Son is 6'2", 180 lbs. Hitting/pitching instructor said he should pay college ball somewhere. JV coach who cut him said he could play in college. But he cut him?! I don't get it. Could son have had a terrible tryout? Sure, could have been terrible, but coaches all told him he was doing well; a lot better than last year. Why tell a kid who stinks that he could play in college? He can play in college, but not on a HS JV team? Son was the only kid cut from last year's freshman team.
Son doesn't want to quit. Says he's going to work harder to get better. I don't know. Hard to make varsity with a week long tryout if the coaches don't see you play on JV. It seems that if making varsity was hard, making in without playing JV is going to be near impossible.
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