Sports training - only for A team?

[RowNine]

I'm little disappointed at the level of training offered to children at my DD's school and wondered if it is the norm at other schools?

Only the children in the A team are invited to after school sports and often these are those who have played for the school team since prep. This means there is little movement between the teams or opportunity for the lower children in the lower teams to improve. For context there are 6 teams in each year (it's a large school).

I am wrong to feel a little cross given we all pay the same fees? I'm not expecting my DD to be elevated into the top team just given the opportunity to get improve.

Yes, sounds shit to me - not least because if it's only A team players then you won't have enough people for match play (though I suppose driils and other training is good in itself)

Schools I know tend to have both an invitation club (at least the A&B teams, and possibly C as well, so there is scope for match play even if some can't get to every session), plus an open session that anyone can join.

Depending on the sport, obviously. They might not run clubs at all for minor sports.

And I'm not sure the "but we all pay the same fees" argument will wash - after all, not every pupil will be in any/every musical ensemble, or drama production (auditions are common to manage numbers)

But you're right about the idea that there should be plenty of clubs across a whole range of activities, so that everyone can be doing something, even if not everyone can do everything

Totally get that there should be invitation only training. Just a bit sad that aren't any after school sports clubs DD can take part in (for info I was referencing hockey in my post, not a fringe sport).

To be fair the entire extra curricular offering is lacking at the school. Wasn't what I was expecting given the fees.

At my son’s school there is one’s games afternoon and one optional afterschool club in hockey and rugby for everyone. Saturday mornings are the teams but mostly games.

I don’t know what the vibe is on the after school day as DS isn’t interested at this point.