JV Girls Basketball?

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It seems that a lot of local teams are only going to have enough girls to play 2 quarters JV a night, if they have a JV team at all. Anyone hearing of which schools should have a full JV team?

This is what I am hearing so far, as long as no injuries occur:
Paint Valley - 4 quarters
Huntington - 4 quarters
Adena - 4 quarters
Southeastern - 4 quarters
Westfall - 2 quarters
Piketon - 2 quarters
Zane Trace - 2 quarters
Unioto - 4 quarters
Leesburg Fairfield - 2 quarters
Lynchburg Clay - 2 quarters
Western - No JV team
Eastern - No JV team
Waverly - No JV team
Green - No JV team
Notre Dame - No JV team


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I'd say majority of SOCI schools do not have enough for a JV team. Surprising that ND does not with the success that the girls team has had.


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Waverly not having a JV team is shocking.


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East Clinton will have no Girls Basketball program at all this season. Not even Varsity.


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FACSPORTS wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:11 am East Clinton will have no Girls Basketball program at all this season. Not even Varsity.
2 or 3 years removed from an elite 8 appearance?

Other schools aren’t far from this


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Club volleyball has ruined girls basketball. Schools are lucky to have enough for varsity. Most have 8 to 10 players.
Beallsville has to cancel its girls season.


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surfsider wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 9:46 am Club volleyball has ruined girls basketball. Schools are lucky to have enough for varsity. Most have 8 to 10 players.
Beallsville has to cancel its girls season.
I’d add in cheerleading just as much.

So many options for girls to not play. Girls teams seem to be great hor really not good. The really not good teams are amuck it seems. Seems to take a commitment early on from a group of parents to get things going very young and to keep things together. Often the bench players don’t keep playing. If well coached early on 3rd-8th grade those teams are very good for around here. The teams eith great programs can lead to great teams….or just go grab a nearby great player.


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I think travel softball is taking more girls away than cheerleading.

Also, most schools just don't put girls sports as a priority. But like all other sports, it starts at the lower levels. Have good youth programs and you will most likely have success at the high school level.


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Could the increasing popularity of Girls Wrestling also be playing a factor?


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transplant wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:03 am I think travel softball is taking more girls away than cheerleading.

Also, most schools just don't put girls sports as a priority. But like all other sports, it starts at the lower levels. Have good youth programs and you will most likely have success at the high school level.
It’s just all the other options. In greater softball areas, likely. I’m sure Jackson has 2-3 softball girls that had they played and stayed in basketball from 7th grade on, they could help.

Wasn’t long ago Jackson girls could hardly win a game on the court but had 40 cheerleaders 9-12

Girls like cheerleading, volleyball and softball….basketball seems a natural 4th in liking but the dads will get some of those to the ball courts.

Wrestling was mentioned….I’ll say not really at this moment but yeah maybe a few


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A lot more opportunities have opened up for kids these days which is great. Kids are focusing more on their craft in one sport. Unfortunately, this is hurting not only girls jv sports but boys as well. Once schools started doing the 2 quarter jv games, I knew it was a matter of time before schools decided not to have jv teams. Does this hurt your program but the younger ones not getting property developed?


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It seems some school are having trouble getting 7 or 8 girls for their varsity teams let alone a jv team


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Ironman92 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 6:36 pm
transplant wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:03 am I think travel softball is taking more girls away than cheerleading.

Also, most schools just don't put girls sports as a priority. But like all other sports, it starts at the lower levels. Have good youth programs and you will most likely have success at the high school level.
Girls like cheerleading, volleyball and softball….basketball seems a natural 4th in liking but the dads will get some of those to the ball courts.
Why do girls gravitate to these sports specifically?


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eagles73Taylor wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:05 am
Ironman92 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 6:36 pm
transplant wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:03 am I think travel softball is taking more girls away than cheerleading.

Also, most schools just don't put girls sports as a priority. But like all other sports, it starts at the lower levels. Have good youth programs and you will most likely have success at the high school level.
Girls like cheerleading, volleyball and softball….basketball seems a natural 4th in liking but the dads will get some of those to the ball courts.
Why do girls gravitate to these sports specifically?

Just guesses:

Cheerleading, volleyball and softball are almost entirely associated with girls. Basketball is not 50/50

Young mom and dad with 6 year old little girl….I’m going to say far more likely to go to a BOYS basketball game and watch. Dad is watching the game, mom watching a bit of everything…..that little girl is watching the older version of herself and watching them with the uniform happiness and bows in their hair. Put that little girl in the local little cheer camp….almost always love it….and far less pressure than playing for Dad in elementary school where the basketball skills aren’t the easiest for a 9 year old. Dad is often a bit over zealous and under knowledged


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Schools play on 10 foot rims to early in life so the girls don’t enjoy playin in games where nobody scores and they start to move to sports with more succes and more fun

Ironman made a good point on the cheerleading aspect to


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HamPorter wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:30 pm Schools play on 10 foot rims to early in life so the girls don’t enjoy playin in games where nobody scores and they start to move to sports with more succes and more fun

Ironman made a good point on the cheerleading aspect to
My kid's 3rd grade team only had three players that could get the ball to the rim without a running start— it was frustrating. Youth soccer and baseball/softball do a better job of adapting the game to fit the age groups.

Girls basketball, in my experience, has the same common issues found in a lot of biddy-ball boys programs, but amplified because the girls don't develop enough strength for quick passing and consistent outside shooting until later: zone defenses, screens and set-plays to get layups for the tall kid, players out there just to defend+rebound not trusted to dribble or make decisions... it makes the game fun for only one or two kids and sets everyone up to fail when they get to high school.


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What I can remember hearing about SOC

No JV
Waverly
Burg
Green
Eastern
Western
Oak Hill
East
Notre Dame
Ironton St Joe
New Boston
Clay

2 Quarters
West
Valley

Full JV
Minford
South Webster
Symmes Valley??
South Gallia??


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HamPorter wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:30 pm Schools play on 10 foot rims to early in life so the girls don’t enjoy playin in games where nobody scores and they start to move to sports with more succes and more fun

Ironman made a good point on the cheerleading aspect to
That's why you see most of girls shooting from their hip in high school


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If a kid enters jr high still shooting from their hip, then a jr high coach or high school coach should be working on their form. We have all high school girls shoot from point blank every day of practice shooting with proper form for 50 shots at least before practice. We constantly remind the girls to focus on form.


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eagles73Taylor wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 2:36 pm If a kid enters jr high still shooting from their hip, then a jr high coach or high school coach should be working on their form. We have all high school girls shoot from point blank every day of practice shooting with proper form for 50 shots at least before practice. We constantly remind the girls to focus on form.
Often times the junior high coach may not see any issue. I’m not sure most programs are well-coached 7-12. Just wheel out the $9000 shooting/rebounding machine, that’s game like


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