Is there a big difference betwen the talent on the teams? For example how much better is 'A' than 'B' or 'C' than 'D'
This question appears often in a variety of threads here on BOTC and the answer depends on the prism through which you look at the problem.
Let's say that there are 20 players per team and the players are ranked so that Team A has players #1 to #20, Team B has players #21 to #40, and so forth.
Now, if you compare Team A with Team B by looking at Player #20 versus Player #21, the teams are identical. In fact, it is likely that Team B's Player #21 could take some minutes on Team A is place of Player #20.
However, on average, Team A averages players with a ranking of 10 while Team B averages players with a ranking of 30. So while the best of Team B can play competitively with Team A, the numbers tell you that Team A on the whole will be composed of higher talent players than Team B.
To your question, there tends to be a few truly outstanding players in the Team A rankings which further skews the differences between Teams A and B.
As the move further down the curve, the differences become less noticable although they are still present.
This is generally true in an ideal world, but is based on several assumptions:
1. That the coaches are able to accurately evaluate and rank 125 or so girls during a 2 hour tryout - only 1 hour for 2021 and at an indoor facility for 2019, '20 and '21.
2. That all girls who try out are treated equally. (The fact that returning girls are told to wear their blue or yellow pinnies makes you wonder.)
3. That there is no favoritism or politics involved. I have no experience with YJ so I'm not implying anything, but that is discussed all over BOTC - boys/girls, old/young, etc.
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