I probably will get hated on for this but I don't like the double rostered swing type situations. If a kid is not in the top 12-13 then they are a JV player. JV is the place to learn and grow to tryout for Varsity the following year. Over the last 5 years there is a trend of kids who play "swing". What that usually means is that the coach is unable or unwilling to have a difficult conversation with the player to tell them that they didn't make Varsity. Last year on our playoff run between conference, sectionals and states we played a lot of games which in some cases were set last minute and in June where most kids were done classes. We had a few who said "I wish this run would end so I can go to the beach". The leaders on the team took care of that quickly but these were the JV players who were pulled up to make a team that was originally 13 players now 22 kids. I can't blame some of these kids who knew they would never play. JV players, for the most part, (Here comes the pain) may not have the same commitment to the sport as a Varsity player. And it would be understandable that they have other more important things to them, going on.