by old#63 » Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:50 am
I think the reason Grafton isn't getting good numbers of girls to go out is based on the school size. This may seem counterintuitive but here goes. We all know that if kids expect to play high school basketball, they need to start on traveling teams from the time they are 8 or 9 years old. If you don't, there is no chance you make the team.
In smaller schools, you basically are guaranteed that if you put in the work you will make the A squad at some point in high school. Minimal chance of not playing, because the class sizes are so small. But in schools the size of Grafton, kids can put in years of preparation on traveling teams, in camps, grade programs, pick up games and still get beat out by other kids who are just more talented. Kids (and parents) see this happening, so they just decide to be part of something else.