At my high school this is how the basketball program works. 3 teams freshman, jv(frosh/soph), and varsity(soph,junior, senior.) Heres the problem the freshman come in, all the good freshmen go to JV team which makes the freshman team suck. Then all the great Sophmores go to varsity, so then JV sucks. The freshman and sophmore teams are not good enough to compete with other area teams and usually go 4-16. I think that is bullshit because then you have a bunch of sucky basketball teams because everyone gets moved up. Do other high schools do this?
2006-12-18 07:59:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Plus all of the corruption. Like a kids father will pay the coach so the kid can start on Varsity.
2006-12-18 08:00:05 · update #1
Well that might be how your school operates, not enough good players to fill the teams. Varsity is what matters. So if there are not any exceptionally good seniors and juniors to fill the varsity squad then they recruit players from the JV team to make up for it. And that goes for JV too.
2006-12-18 09:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by beauty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my high school the freshman team were their own, with any outstanding players playing on both teams. JV was for Sophmores and Juniors. The Varsity team was for great sophmore players, juniors and seniors.
2006-12-18 08:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by Abbey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The only reason for having the JV and freshman teams is as a farm for the varsity. The only team that matters is varsity.
Sorry.
2006-12-18 08:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't' know about the corruption...but it seems to me that that type of behavior should be reported to the state athletic association! The child would be removed from the sport as well as the coach and the school should be fined just as in NCAA.
As for moving kids up, it's kind of like academics, you wouldn't want to hold a child in his grade if he's academically proficient? Of course not, you'd want him to move up a grade ot two, if he's mature enough. So why hold him back if he's athletically proficient. The biggest problem I see with this is that by the time he's a junior/senior he'll be burnt out and think he's ready for the pros when he should be planning on going to college.
2006-12-18 08:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by Survivors Ready? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your highschool basketball coach is being paid to win Varsity games. And to develop the talent in the lower levels. No one cares if the Varsity sucks but they have a good 9th B team.
2006-12-18 08:11:38 · answer #5 · answered by Regan F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this does occur at my highschool also it is very common becuz coaches say that the purpose of the younger teams is to make the varsity team better which does make a lot of sense
2006-12-18 08:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Sammer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Face it, no one cares about jv or freshmen teams...so varsity gets all the good players. That's how it should be and thats how it should always be. I doubt the parents pay the coaches, and if they do then thats lame.
2006-12-18 08:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by Tru Warrior 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, i go to a private school so you have middle school with 7th, jv with 8th and 9th, and varsity with 10th, 11th, 12th. although, some people come up to varsity starting as early as 8th grade if they are really good.
2006-12-18 08:08:36 · answer #8 · answered by Paige 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend this happens all across the country...In my hs myself and one other freshman played vasristy ball...schools no longer care about development, its all about stats...coaches tryin to keep their jobs, schools tryin' to rake in more money. Finding solid programs dedicated to the fundamentals of basketball is very rare hard these days!
2006-12-18 08:05:59 · answer #9 · answered by OPTIMUS DIME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats how are high school does it but are teams are normally pretty evan it really just depends on who is the couch that year
2006-12-18 08:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by CarolCupcakkee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋