How about seniors?

 

No way! If you can't find 5-8 players in grades 8-11, you should not have a JV program.

You are probably correct but we were told by the KHSAA that a kid would be eligible to play basketball 10 semesters from the 8th through the 12th grade. I know there are different eligibilities for different sports. I remember Mayo playing in the 7th and that probably Dakota and Chad played in the 7th too but don't know that for sure. :ylsuper:

 

Well, if you think about it, 8th through 12th grade would be 10 semesters. That is to say that a kid cant fail any of those grades and still play. I am correct though, no probably to it. :thumb:

At Montgomery County we had tennis players start as early as fourth grade.

 

Addressing the initial question I only have a problem with juniors playing jv when they don't play hardly any jv all year because they play varsity but the coach decides to suit them up in the post season. I think there is a jv district tournament, is this correct?

Most Juniors like that have either been cut or will quit.

 

Yes, probably should have been cut so is not to waste the atheletes time, yet I know of a situation exactly like the one I described going on this year. To me quiting is not an option in this instance because you made a commitment and you stick it out. The coach does owe it to the athlete to let them know before the season starts what they are planning for him or her and keep them updated on their progression as the year goes on, but this is not happening in this instance.

Well, if you think about it, 8th through 12th grade would be 10 semesters. That is to say that a kid cant fail any of those grades and still play. I am correct though, no probably to it. :thumb:

 

When kids take the 8th grade twice and aren't demoted,then they are ineligible to play varsity in the 8th grade. I think this is correct.

We had this discussion in the girls thread at the start of the season when NDA decided to not allow JRs to play JV.

 

http://www.bluegrasspreps.com/showthread.php?t=134340

 

I think NDA screwed up and I think any school that would invoke a policy would suffer.

You are probably correct but we were told by the KHSAA that a kid would be eligible to play basketball 10 semesters from the 8th through the 12th grade. I know there are different eligibilities for different sports. I remember Mayo playing in the 7th and that probably Dakota and Chad played in the 7th too but don't know that for sure. :ylsuper:

 

That's true once you start the eighth grade, but that doesn't mean you can't play in the seventh or sixth if you are good enough.

I have mixed feelings about this. If a Junior is playing JV and not contributing much on the Varsity level, Im not to fond of it. Lets say a Junior is playing alot of minutes in the JV game and not seeing anytime in the varsity game, he is, IMO, taking away minutes from a younger kid that could be gaining experience. If there is alot of senior talent on the team, then I could see the point. But if sophomores and other juniors are better then why play the junior player?

All kids develop differently and at different rates and times. As long as it is allowed by rule, I say OK. I have seen some kids make a big improvement between junior and senior years. Also, you might have a senior laden team with all starters. So just depends. I think it is OK.

 

By the way, is there any rule on how many years of varsity you can play in High School? I saw a game this year that had a 7th grader playing varsity. I thought one of the Scott County kids from last year couldn't play because he played varsity too many years. Also, is there some upper age limit? (19)

 

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From what I understand ,a boy or girl has 10 semesters of eligibility playing high school sports.

 

Don't think that's the case, unless it's relatively new. Megen Gearhart played in the state tourney from her 7th grade year to her Junior year (they got beat in the region finals her senior year.)

I have mixed feelings about this. If a Junior is playing JV and not contributing much on the Varsity level, Im not to fond of it. Lets say a Junior is playing alot of minutes in the JV game and not seeing anytime in the varsity game, he is, IMO, taking away minutes from a younger kid that could be gaining experience. If there is alot of senior talent on the team, then I could see the point. But if sophomores and other juniors are better then why play the junior player?

 

I agree totally... see my first post on this thread.

I have mixed feelings about this. If a Junior is playing JV and not contributing much on the Varsity level, Im not to fond of it. Lets say a Junior is playing alot of minutes in the JV game and not seeing anytime in the varsity game, he is, IMO, taking away minutes from a younger kid that could be gaining experience. If there is alot of senior talent on the team, then I could see the point. But if sophomores and other juniors are better then why play the junior player?

 

You play the best players. JV is PERFECT for developing juniors to contribute to next year's varsity. In my NDA example, they only have about 6 or 7 girls on the entire JV team and they're not all better than the juniors. Its a lost opportunity for next year's varsity.

You play the best players. JV is PERFECT for developing juniors to contribute to next year's varsity. In my NDA example, they only have about 6 or 7 girls on the entire JV team and they're not all better than the juniors. Its a lost opportunity for next year's varsity.

 

I agree if that was decided at the beginning of the year and was conveyed to the athelete. What is happening in the situation I am speaking of is this particular coaching staff is buckling under the pressure to play the sophmores and the junior player is languishing on the varsity bench or getting little or no minutes on the JV because they are pressured or have decided to play the sophmores. They also have him playing a position he has never played before in his life, so how is that individual going to end up even having a chance to improve. This is very sad, but just another story of how some kids with talent slip through the cracks because of the circumstances. If this is what they had planned for this athlete this year they should have cut him so they didn't waste his time.

Someone give me clarification, but a friend of mine told me if you don't start Varsity as a senior you are TECHINICALLY able to play J.V, I doubt any coaches play Seniors, because J.V is for development and in game experience and build them up for Varsity, but any one know if this is true?

I've seen seniors playing JV.

I agree if that was decided at the beginning of the year and was conveyed to the athelete. What is happening in the situation I am speaking of is this particular coaching staff is buckling under the pressure to play the sophmores and the junior player is languishing on the varsity bench or getting little or no minutes on the JV because they are pressured or have decided to play the sophmores. They also have him playing a position he has never played before in his life, so how is that individual going to end up even having a chance to improve. This is very sad, but just another story of how some kids with talent slip through the cracks because of the circumstances. If this is what they had planned for this athlete this year they should have cut him so they didn't waste his time.

 

So the issue is not JRs on JV but , rather, a poor decision by a coach.

 

We haven't even taken into consideration that you may have a JR who didn't play much, if at all, as a SOPH due to injury. Do you simply cut them because they're JRs and won't start varsity? Hell no. You use JV to get them ready for varsity.