As a HS coach I did a similar thing. During pre season workouts we have 13 players in the program. I asked the girls to talk to their friends that had played in the past to join. They were able to get our numbers to 19 so we could have a JV team. One of the girls "talked into playing" was a freshman that is starting her first varsity game tonight. She is an athlete that has taken well to the game.We will have—and have had—a JV team at our HS this year (will be 12 or 13 girls), but throughout the offseason and during tryouts, the head varsity coach all but begged parents and players to encourage more girls to try out for JV. For a while, it did seem he was worried there wouldn’t be enough girls to form a JV team. Not sure what it was like at other local schools.