North Dakota Preps

I want to get some input from others. I watched the opening night of a class B girls game last night. They had 3 games C, JV & V. As I watched these 3 games, I noticed that there are a few girls that played on all 3 squads and a couple of these girls played in all 3 games as well. But then there are some other girls that were only on the JV squad. To me this does not make any sense at all. If these girls are good enough for the Varsity, they shouldn't be playing on the C squad. I'm just wondering if the parents have some kind of claught ( if that's what you want to call it) over the coaches, or what the heck is going on. Just doesn't seem fair to the ones that only got to play on one squad. I don't even have a kid playing and I noticed what was going on.

Legally the athlete can play 6 quarters a night. Those quarters can be divvied up any way the coach sees fit. I can see situations where a coach has a talented freshman and wants that freshman to get some time with all 3 squads to experience playing on all 3 levels. You let the girl play at the lower levels to hopefully have some success and build confidence and then you have the girl play varsity to gain experience on what the varsity level is like.

I guess that doesn't surprise me that a basketball player might play on all 3 levels, especially if it's a younger player.

yah i seen the carrington team do that but it looked like they had a shortage of players

I think if you have enough kids that some only play jv like that, I don' t think it is very wise to use a kid in all three levels. Yeah, let them feel the success of playing c squads but them move them up to b if they are good enough. If you think they are good enough to play varsity, then have them play b squad and move them to varisty. If they are able to play varsity, they should feel success at the b squad level that they would have felt at the c squad level. Having low numbers is another thing too.

There didn't seem to be any problem with the numbers at this game.

Playing on 3 squads probably doesn't do anyone any good. let me explain. First you have the parents that watch this player getting time at 3 levels. The player is likely wondering where they sit (Am I good enough to be on varsity but bad enough to play w/ the C squad?). Then you have the other players on the 3 different squads, how do they gel with this player that doesn't practice with them all the time. I think sharing time between 2 squads is perfect, but 3, I just don't understand myself. I think the coach is maybe a little indecisive.

dogg wrote:I want to get some input from others. I watched the opening night of a class B girls game last night. They had 3 games C, JV & V. As I watched these 3 games, I noticed that there are a few girls that played on all 3 squads and a couple of these girls played in all 3 games as well. But then there are some other girls that were only on the JV squad. To me this does not make any sense at all. If these girls are good enough for the Varsity, they shouldn't be playing on the C squad. I'm just wondering if the parents have some kind of claught ( if that's what you want to call it) over the coaches, or what the heck is going on. Just doesn't seem fair to the ones that only got to play on one squad. I don't even have a kid playing and I noticed what was going on.

It's the first game. Maybe the coach wanted to see what the player could do at the different levels. If it still goes on at the middle of the season...I dont get it.