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Post by groundchuck on Jun 18, 2008 19:16:05 GMT -6
The "U" here in my state runs a fall wrestling camp. I have a football player who says he might not come out b/c he wants to participate in this camp. He would have to leave football practice 15-20 minutes early on Tuesday to make it to the camp. Basically he would miss conditioning.
He's a pretty good linebacker.
We need him.
I don't want this setting a precident that I will let kids leave early.
But.....he's only missing some conditioning at football and will do that at the wrestling camp. So I could argue that his going to camp is benificial for his football conditioning.
Thoughts?
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Post by wildcat on Jun 18, 2008 19:53:14 GMT -6
The "U" here in my state runs a fall wrestling camp. I have a football player who says he might not come out b/c he wants to participate in this camp. He would have to leave football practice 15-20 minutes early on Tuesday to make it to the camp. Basically he would miss conditioning. He's a pretty good linebacker. We need him. I don't want this setting a precident that I will let kids leave early. But.....he's only missing some conditioning at football and will do that at the wrestling camp. So I could argue that his going to camp is benificial for his football conditioning. Thoughts? Chuck - I agree with you. When we start forcing kids to choose, that's when we start losing them. Here's what we do. We have a form that kids have their parents or guardians fill out when they are going to miss practice or weights. As long as we get the form prior to them being absent, we count the absence as "excused". We have a kid who is going down to New Orleans later this month for a couple of weeks with a church group to build homes for poor people...how the heck can you penalize a kid like that? He got the formed turned in, we know when he will be gone and when he will be back, so those times he is gone are excused. We do the same thing with family vacations and the like. As long as we know where the kid is and when he will be back, we understand that kids have a life outside of the weight room and the practice field. |
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Post by tog on Jun 18, 2008 19:54:08 GMT -6
don't cut off your nose to spite your face
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Post by coachd5085 on Jun 18, 2008 20:06:09 GMT -6
groundchuck
As mentioned in the "labels" thread..there is a difference between being "fair" and being "equal". I prefer to take the "fair" route, which in this case is obviously to let the kid go early.
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Post by tog on Jun 18, 2008 20:10:52 GMT -6
it ain't like the kid is going to go home and smoke some bud
hell
use it as a way to put some pressure on your wrestling coach and see if you can get some more of those kids out for football
hockey coach too?
btw
i will be up there monday
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herky
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Post by herky on Jun 18, 2008 20:19:07 GMT -6
J and his yellow ground squirrels run multiple camps over the summer, including an intensive and 2 technique camps in the Twin Cities next month. Are those not viable options?
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Shotgun1
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Post by Shotgun1 on Jun 18, 2008 20:25:02 GMT -6
Let him go, he is a dedicated athlete! He is committed to both football and wrestling and sounds like a solid kid. In today's society multitasking is sports is commonplace. The time he is missing is minimal.
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 18, 2008 20:25:25 GMT -6
J and his yellow ground squirrels run multiple camps over the summer, including an intensive and 2 technique camps in the Twin Cities next month. Are those not viable options? Herky----I agree with you 100%. He's probably going to those too! |
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