7 on 7 - who to take?

I would take AT LEAST my #1's & #2's, as well as a "select handful" of sophomores & freshman who are worty.

Are you doing tournaments, or just playing individual games with teams each day of the week? I know at the "Ute Shoot" (University of Utah 7-on-7 tournament) we went up earlier this month, and played 8 games...we had our 1st & 2nd teams, and they were ALL still cramping up and getting tired/weak.

We don't have the numbers for me to exclude anybody, so my answer is that I would take every player who wanted to come. If you are limited by something like a tournament rule or transportation - that is one thing. But to create an artificial 'class' of players (those worthy and those not worthy) - that is horrible IMO. For a couple of reason 1) injuries happen, what happens when one of the 'not worthy' guys needs to step in. Is he ready? Will he be accepted? Will he be hesitant? What if someone turns an ankle during the 7-on-7 - no backups? 2) it's 7-on-7. Seriously, it's about getting your team better. Not winning. Or playing your best. What if the other team wants to play their #2's? 3) Football should be about TEAM and inclusion. Not about segregation. It is a fact that for most programs, the best players play. Why choose to alienate all but a handful of players during the summer? Why de-motivate them now? 4) Can't the kids get a better understanding of the offense by watching? How are they going to see the adjustments and issues with the offense if they can't even see their team? 5) the players who are not playing can support and cheer-on their teammates. They could actually bond with each other over the shared experience.

not sure how the dynamics of you summer 7 on 7 season are ... but for us, we are not going to give "equal" reps for all that show up. why give a soph. wr (who is going to be on the soph. team in the fall) equal reps with the varsity starter? and, when you start bringing EVERYONE that shows up, you are ultimately cutting reps by varsity players. life ain't fair. varsity/jv kids will go. varsity guys will play more....

seasons change which means, so does those you play in the summer. make sure you include all those that MIGHT play varsity first, then, if for some reason, you don't have enough go to jv then sophs.

We expect all of our varsity WR, RB, QB, LB, and DBs to attend. We will also take the best 3-5 sophomores who can give guys a blow here and there.

I would guess that we usually take 15-20 guys.

We try to take as many as we can whether they play or not they like being there and their apart of the team. Most of them know there roles anyway.

every varsity Qb, Wr, RB, DB, or LB plus any JV player who wants to come. Not everybody plays or gets the same amount of reps, but you can show up and try and get some time.

We take everyone that shows up. Usually 18-24 kids 10th - 12th grade. 1's get about 80% of the reps 2's get about 15% and everyone else gets in a little. We do have a lot of kids that play both ways so seems like in the later game the 2's & 3's get more reps as the legs and lungs give out.