Persuasive Essay

Playing Time

            Should coaches be required to give athletes on the secondary school level regardless of their skill? In my opinion, I don’t think so. The players that play the most are usually the ones that do their hardest at practice. Also, colleges will notice the better players if they are on the floor as much as they should be. Students know what it takes to be on the floor as much as possible.

            Players work harder if they want to be on the floor. It gives the other players something to work towards to make them better. If you have your best players on the floor and you’re winning games, your school and players will get noticed. Some kids have looked forward to getting a scholarship their whole lives because their passion is to play the sport they love. If coaches played the kids that weren’t as good as much as the better players, it’s ruining something that the better players could have achieved.

            I agree that you should give every kid a chance on the floor to prove themselves, but all of that really starts at practice. There are a lot of talented kids that do sit on the bench most of the game regardless of their skill because coaches sometimes choose favorites. I don’t think a coach should be able to do that because the players with a lot of skill aren’t getting anywhere. Sometimes it seems as if even if some of the players prove themselves in practice, the coach refuses to believe that it wasn’t just luck.

            If you have a better skilled player on your team, you should play them. The coaches that don’t are only hurting the team. I agree that every kid should get a little bit of playing because the better players always need to have a little break or they won’t play as well. The players who aren’t playing as much know what it takes to be on the floor. All they have to do is work harder to get better and they should get more playing time.

            In conclusion, I agree with the way coaches get to pick playing time. There are other alternatives than playing a school sport. It is a players choice of where they want to play. If they choose school ball, they need to work to their highest potential. If they are just playing a community sport, I think the coaches should give equal playing time, but not in a school situation.