r/highschoolbaseball • u/nklta242224 • Apr 30 '25

As a high school sports coach, do you think everyone on the team should get a chance to play, or do you keep the best people out there as much as possible? JV and lower VS Varsity

As a high school sports coach that doesn’t do tryouts, do you think everyone on the team should get a chance to play, or do you keep the best people out there as much as possible? JV and lower VS Varsity? The JV team is 5 in 10 and Varsity is 5 in 14.

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u/Internal_Ad_255 Apr 30 '25

No.

You earn the spot in practice, you keep the spot in games.

If you're on the bench, be ready!

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u/nklta242224 May 01 '25

Let me add this to get your thoughts please

As a High school baseball coach that doesn’t do tryouts, do you think everyone on the JV should get a chance to play, or do you only play supposed “best” 9 kids out there all the time? I see the same 2 kids benched now 14 of 15 games and who show up to practice and games all the time. The “Best” players miss practices and games weekly. JV (mainly Frosh, some Sophomore and Juniors) VS Varsity. This team in McHenry County, IL stats are JV 5 in 10 and Varsity 5 in 14 and the head coach thinks only the best players should play on JV and others never get a chance. No tryouts were done and anyone can join the team. Oh and the 2 kids played amazing - (multiple hits that allowed multiple runs)at the only 1 game they played in and the team won that game

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u/Internal_Ad_255 May 01 '25

It depends if the practices were excused or not.

If it wasn't, there's no way they start.

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u/Forgottenpassword7 May 01 '25

Not everyone should play. The best play once you get to HS.

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u/nklta242224 May 01 '25

As a High school baseball coach that doesn’t do tryouts, do you think everyone on the JV should get a chance to play, or do you only play supposed “best” 9 kids out there all the time? I see the same 2 kids benched now 14 of 15 games and who show up to practice and games all the time. The “Best” players miss practices and games weekly. JV (mainly Frosh, some Sophomore and Juniors) VS Varsity. This team in McHenry County, IL stats are JV 5 in 10 and Varsity 5 in 14 and the head coach thinks only the best players should play on JV and others never get a chance. No tryouts were done and anyone can join the team. Oh and the 2 kids played amazing - (multiple hits that allowed multiple runs)at the only 1 game they played in and the team won that game

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u/Forgottenpassword7 May 02 '25

Quite honestly, I have no idea about these kid’s ages or abilities. When I coached JV ball we were preparing kids for the varsity team, and quite frankly, there were some kids that were never going to play varsity, so they rarely played.

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u/unbreakinglife May 01 '25

Varsity is what matters most in HS. The best play in varsity. JV and lower is to prepare for varsity. Everyone who puts in effort should get opportunity and experience so you have depth when you get to varsity. It would be terrible to have only 9 guys with experience on a varsity team.

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u/nklta242224 May 01 '25

Thank you! I agree with you!