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Post by coachd5085 on Jun 4, 2008 21:32:11 GMT -6
bulldog--good point. HOWEVER, the counter point is.."Crosstown Rival High" is doing it. It is simply an arms race. Which end do you want to be on?? ay, there's the rub That is why I say a state organization will have to step in because we can't police ourselves......we all want to win and stay ahead of the curve Personally, this issue may drive me from varsity sports someday...... I agree. Unfortunately, genies don't go back into bottles. Because SOMEONE is going to be working that hard. And then that just pulls others in the voretex.
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Post by coachd5085 on Jun 4, 2008 21:59:12 GMT -6
It is possible if coaches allow the kids to play different sports like most of us did. The offseason requirements are getting to be a little too much. If a kid is playing sports during those season, ie. football in the fall, baseball in the spring and summer, and basketball or wrestling in the winter, coaches shouldn't complain. I don't like when kids play sports that are not in season like fall baseball and summer basketball. If they miss workouts for these reasons there is no excuse. My question to you is...and something I mentioned earlier is "WHY is summer 'reserved' for football workouts?" Why do many football coaches feel that April/May is spring, then June/July/ for summer and then August /September/October/November for football season. Why can't basketball also get rights to June/July/as well as November/December/January/February? Or Baseball, to go along with March/April/May/
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Post by 2leegit on Jun 6, 2008 9:07:50 GMT -6
For me summer is for summer sports, baseball, track, tennis etc. At the high school level kids should be able to play these sports without being threatened by the football coach because they may miss a workout.
A coach from any sport can claim rights to all twelve months of the year for his sport. That is their perogative. It is not feasible but it slowly going that way. I don't agree with it. I coach youth ball and I know of coaches who start practicing for football in April. My association starts practice on July 14th and our first game isn't until Sept 6th. I will be giving my kids some days off.
Football is not the only culbrit. I know of high school basketball coaches who require their players to play AAU summer basketball or they will not let them play varsity basketball in the winter. Some baseball coaches require their kids to play fall baseball.
Until parents and state sports associations step in, it will only get worse.
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