Playing Time

Confidential Instructions for the Player

You are on the Varsity Basketball team at your high school. You are only a junior, and were thrilled when you made the team.

But lately you've been discouraged. You've gotten very little playing time in games, and really aren't sure why. You feel like you are at least as good as those who are getting more playing time, and you give 100% in practice. You don't know where you stand with the Coach, but since you haven't been getting playing time, you assume the Coach doesn't particularly like you.

You spoke with the Coach briefly after practice yesterday, and the Coach agreed to meet with you today to talk things over. You are beginning to wonder if you'll ever get a chance to play, and it has even crossed your mind to quit the team. You figure if you're going to spend all that time and energy practicing, you should be getting some real playing time in the games. For the moment, you've pretty much decided not to quit, but that could always change depending on how you feel about your talk.