The schools put the kids through a battery of tests and then take into consideration safety and playing time before they bring up an 8th grader to JV. My son had a great experience on JV this year, although I will admit seeing him going up against 200 plus pound 10th grade defenders made me a bit nervous. It was great training though and he learned strategies to use his speed and quickness to get around them. In our case he didn't take playing time away from anyone as the team really needed him at his position and the older kids were happy to have him on the team. I think it may have been different if we was taking an older kids spot though. | 
