clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Oct 30, 2007 20:11:22 GMT -6
How does everyone handle players that are late to practice because they are getting academic help/or tutoring. It is the only reason we may have a kid late, but it just screws up the practice and we now have lost a few games and seems to be coming a bigger issue.
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Post by CoachJohnsonMN on Oct 30, 2007 20:57:09 GMT -6
We encourage our players to do it before school. Most of our teachers understand and are very willing to do it before school.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Oct 30, 2007 21:13:00 GMT -6
We do the same as coachjohnson, most teachers are very willing to help whenever it's convenient.
If they can't (or sometimes won't) help in the morning, we try to find a coach or different teacher to do the tutoring in the morning.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2007 5:50:45 GMT -6
It's never been an issue at any of the schools I've coached at. One thing that helps now is we have a half hour study hall after school where players may see other teachers if they have to.
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Post by Yash on Oct 31, 2007 5:54:57 GMT -6
We have that problem with kids missing practice due to class because of practice and we are college where you can pick your classes. Guess you can't get away from it.
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Post by coachcalande on Oct 31, 2007 6:05:49 GMT -6
move practice time back to 4pm.
watch film, tutor, lift weights, see the trainer, get your home work done from 2:25 til 4. Practice 4-6 and be done with those issues.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2007 8:45:33 GMT -6
Yash, I don't think your problem is unique for the D3 level. Same problem where I played, especially with science majors because of limited lab time opportunities.
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Post by dubber on Oct 31, 2007 10:42:32 GMT -6
Yash, I don't think your problem is unique for the D3 level. Same problem where I played, especially with science majors because of limited lab time opportunities. True story.........some guys use it as an excuse to get out of practice. Our coaches stayed on top of schedules, and worked to get a kid in another section of the class if possible..........other that, these are legally grown men, and if they are skipping out----well, recruit more kids and get someone to take his spot |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2007 11:16:27 GMT -6
I agree with that, but the college I played at had an enrollment of about 900--sometimes Tuesdays from 3-5:30 was the only time a lab class was offered  |
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Post by calicoachh on Oct 31, 2007 11:28:32 GMT -6
i played DIII, and we had wednesday night practice as wednesday was the big lab day for science classes. solved all of the scheduling problems and was a fun little tradition
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Post by dubber on Oct 31, 2007 11:32:27 GMT -6
I agree with that, but the college I played at had an enrollment of about 900--sometimes Tuesdays from 3-5:30 was the only time a lab class was offered yeah i here ya sometimes it cannot be helped----that's fine----but some guys do use it as an excuse At DIII you are truly a student athlete, not an athlete-student |
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Post by k on Oct 31, 2007 19:45:49 GMT -6
School comes before football. Our school requires a 75% GPA and no Fs for a student to play.
School lets out at 2 and our guys catch the bus to our practice facility less than five minutes later. Being the only faculty member coach I end up taking 4 or 5 kids at 2:45 to practice because they stayed for extra help. The kids are sometimes late on the field (run to the locker room change and run out in 15 min is pretty hard even if their pads are all prepped from the day before). If they are a couple minutes late it isn't a big deal to me heck I'm the one who insists that my left tackle and middle linebacker stay for extra help EVERY SINGLE DAY...
I'd much rather that a kid be a couple minutes late and have to finish their stretches while we are in our first group period than to fail off the team...
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clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Nov 1, 2007 20:18:26 GMT -6
I agree but the lifting and chalk talk etc technically counts against the 2 hours of practice time that we are allowed. I am also talking about a high school situation.
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Post by k on Nov 2, 2007 1:50:28 GMT -6
I agree but the lifting and chalk talk etc technically counts against the 2 hours of practice time that we are allowed. I am also talking about a high school situation. Ouch... 2 hours? We start stretching at 3 and end conditioning at like 6:15. Hell when I played we started at 2 (Lifting till 3) then practiced till we couldn't see our hands in front of our faces... often later... =) |
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