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Post by airraider on Mar 18, 2009 16:54:19 GMT -6
Any of you try to look at the silver lining and think that kids not being able to find a job this summer is a good thing?
One of my coaches made that comment today, and it seems wrong to think of it as a good thing.. but I get his point..
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Post by wingtol on Mar 18, 2009 17:46:47 GMT -6
I have a feeling our players will be working more than ever since we are a private school so they can stay at the school.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 18, 2009 17:57:46 GMT -6
I agree with wingtol I think current economic conditions will result in MORE players working, not less.
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bobbyb
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Post by bobbyb on Mar 18, 2009 18:18:57 GMT -6
Tons of adults looking for tadional kid jobs. We run our summer program in the morning where they can work evening and nights
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hugh
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Post by hugh on Mar 18, 2009 19:55:11 GMT -6
How many days per week and how many weeks in the summer are you all open for workouts?
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Post by airraider on Mar 18, 2009 20:22:09 GMT -6
Do you really feel there will be jobs for the kids if the parents are being laid off? Maybe the normal kid type jobs.. fast food and such.. but out where we are.. most of the kids work long hours as unskilled laborers.. I feel these jobs might be taken by skilled laboreres who havge lost their jobs.
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cwood
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Post by cwood on Mar 18, 2009 20:29:59 GMT -6
6 weeks and 4 days per. Take off Wednesday.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 18, 2009 21:20:00 GMT -6
Do you really feel there will be jobs for the kids if the parents are being laid off? Maybe the normal kid type jobs.. fast food and such.. but out where we are.. most of the kids work long hours as unskilled laborers.. I feel these jobs might be taken by skilled laboreres who havge lost their jobs. Maybe...maybe not. What many fail to realize is that OVER-QUALIFIED people often do not get hired. From the businesses point of view, it is often counter productive, because you are hiring someone you "know" is actively looking for other employment, and will leave as soon as it is found. |
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Post by CoachDaniel on Mar 19, 2009 3:58:34 GMT -6
We've already seen an increase in the number of kids working. If it becomes a major concern, you can always offer more than one time for workouts, to work around their job schedules.
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Post by airraider on Mar 19, 2009 4:18:09 GMT -6
Do you really feel there will be jobs for the kids if the parents are being laid off? Maybe the normal kid type jobs.. fast food and such.. but out where we are.. most of the kids work long hours as unskilled laborers.. I feel these jobs might be taken by skilled laboreres who havge lost their jobs. Maybe...maybe not. What many fail to realize is that OVER-QUALIFIED people often do not get hired. From the businesses point of view, it is often counter productive, because you are hiring someone you "know" is actively looking for other employment, and will leave as soon as it is found. Very good point coach. |
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Post by touchdownmaker on Mar 19, 2009 5:07:26 GMT -6
Right now those being hit the hardest with job loss are high school students and folks who did not go to college.
Regarding summer employment, the kids might work 8-10 hour days but theres no reason to miss football practice or fail to attend weight training.
Trust me, I made a big deal about kids working us right out of the playoffs last year. Was it worth it? to a man they said it was not.
I think its a great thing to make the wt room available morning, afternoon and evening. I know I will be here and those kids that do not show will get called for it.
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Post by olinecoach61 on Mar 19, 2009 5:58:53 GMT -6
This summer we will be open 6 - 8 am and 5 - 7 pm. We have found that only having it in the morning, a lot of guys who go to work early had a hard time getting to the gym. This year we are trying the evening session for the first time. It costs teh program more, we have to pay for a custodian to open the building, but it should eliminate excuses.
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Post by coachwilley on Mar 23, 2009 23:41:00 GMT -6
I coach in a rural community in Nebraska. In the past I have done two sessions: one at 6pm and one at 7:30pm with routes at 5pm. I tried to dictate the tempo with a timer and whistle...having kids switch lifts ect. It was always a pain with 1 or 2 kids being late. The problem was always the kids who said they had to work, and their parents back them up on it. In our state you cannot punish an athlete in any way for missing summer workouts. When I call their parents many of them say that summer is for working and tell me that they should be away during the summer. Opening up in teh mornings as well didn't yield any better turnout. Maybe their's a correlation between our 65% attendance rate and our 35% winning rate?
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ccox16
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Post by ccox16 on Mar 24, 2009 6:51:11 GMT -6
This summer we will be open 6 - 8 am and 5 - 7 pm. We have found that only having it in the morning, a lot of guys who go to work early had a hard time getting to the gym. This year we are trying the evening session for the first time. It costs teh program more, we have to pay for a custodian to open the building, but it should eliminate excuses. Anyway you can just "get" a key? I have a master key from the two schools that I have coached at. |
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Post by coachorr on Mar 24, 2009 7:28:12 GMT -6
I have found that twice a day just creates more excuses.
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wwol
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Post by wwol on Mar 24, 2009 7:33:10 GMT -6
We were thinking of opening it twice a day but after reading the last few posts, I'm not sure it will provide any better results. Is there anyone who finds this to be more effective?
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wwol
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Post by wwol on Mar 24, 2009 7:34:35 GMT -6
Also, we have more kids working this summer than in the past
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