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Post by bartimus58 on Apr 2, 2019 7:09:48 GMT -6
We scheduled a travel game this year. I am just wondering if any of you have some advice on how to schedule the travel leading up to it. Our game is Saturday at Noon. It is an 8 hour drive. My plan was to leave at 6:30 am on Friday, get there around 3 pm and then do a walk-through around 5:30 pm. Any further suggestions would be helpful. I don't want my guys to play sluggish after a long trip on a bus.
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Post by Coach Vint on Apr 2, 2019 8:57:33 GMT -6
Schedule a stop about an hour before the halfway point. Let them get out and rest their legs. Make sure you schedule time for meals. On Friday night have them do something like go to a movie from 8 to 10. Make sure you get them in the rooms by 11. Don't let them sleep too late. Get them up around 7:30 and have them all eat breakfast. Under no circumstances should they swim in the hotel pool.
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Post by Chris Clement on Apr 2, 2019 13:09:29 GMT -6
Having done this many times, do the walkthrough at home at 8 or 9 am, hit the road for 11, get into town to eat and get to bed.
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 9, 2019 11:24:16 GMT -6
Schedule a stop about an hour before the halfway point. Let them get out and rest their legs. Make sure you schedule time for meals. On Friday night have them do something like go to a movie from 8 to 10. Make sure you get them in the rooms by 11. Don't let them sleep too late. Get them up around 7:30 and have them all eat breakfast. Under no circumstances should they swim in the hotel pool. this basically like we have done, but we'd serve breakfast at the school then hit the road and have a rest stop lunch where the kids could get out and move around.... might even do a quick walk thru at lunch just to keep them focused. arrive do the the walk thru/before day prep then hit a buffet and back to the hotel for a team meeting and then get to your rooms.... i'm a firm believer in letting them just relax, it they are mature enough to understand it is a work trip. we've done the keep them busy every minute of the day, and that gets tedious and wears them down... nothing wrong with a movie or sight seeing trip if might be a unique experience for them. Have a clearly defined plan on what you expect on the bus, at the stop overs, and at the hotel and be ready to enforce it.... one year had a kid slip about 1/2 mile down the street to where the cheerleaders where staying-- when we caught him coming back in around 0200 he ran gassers in the parking lot until breakfast
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Post by Chris Clement on Apr 9, 2019 11:25:31 GMT -6
Schedule a stop about an hour before the halfway point. Let them get out and rest their legs. Make sure you schedule time for meals. On Friday night have them do something like go to a movie from 8 to 10. Make sure you get them in the rooms by 11. Don't let them sleep too late. Get them up around 7:30 and have them all eat breakfast. Under no circumstances should they swim in the hotel pool. this basically like we have done, but we'd serve breakfast at the school then hit the road and have a rest stop lunch where the kids could get out and move around.... might even do a quick walk thru at lunch just to keep them focused. arrive do the the walk thru/before day prep then hit a buffet and back to the hotel for a team meeting and then get to your rooms.... i'm a firm believer in letting them just relax, it they are mature enough to understand it is a work trip. we've done the keep them busy every minute of the day, and that gets tedious and wears them down... nothing wrong with a movie or sight seeing trip if might be a unique experience for them. Have a clearly defined plan on what you expect on the bus, at the stop overs, and at the hotel and be ready to enforce it.... one year had a kid slip about 1/2 mile down the street to where the cheerleaders where staying-- when we caught him coming back in around 0200 he ran gassers in the parking lot until breakfast Yeah but was it worth it?
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 9, 2019 11:28:56 GMT -6
I can't speak for any frustrations the kid got to release, but I think the coaches did for having to run all over to find him
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