At our HS we could barely field two teams, the travel crazies have driven out any athletic fringe kids. We now have a really skilled 8 or so travel girls and the bottom 8 are pretty dreadful. Since everyone has quit they are looking to call up 7th and 8th graders which feeds into the crazy travel parents. Its a problem. 7th and 8th graders shouldn't be playing varsity just because of a body need. And you can't be competitive unless you are running subs in and out. [/quote]
The model you are complaining about actually works quite well. Stack team with high skill travel girls, bring up the 8th 9th graders who can play. Get your skill girls in great condition endurance wise and you are set, barely any subs needed. Keep your best players on the field at all times. [/quote] [/quote]
That's nonsense. You need a deep bench if you want to be successful against the better teams And 99% of 7th and 8th graders aren't ready or worthy of varsity. Just because they show up to school tryouts with a TG or YJ hoodie on doesn't mean they should automatically make varsity. YJ cut almost no one these days so everyone who wants the hoodies can have one. Need to keep the good non travel girls around to keep these rosters full. Its a problem with our team and its getting worse by the year.
