Admin Scheduling Mandatory Events During Practice Time

What is an off campus sport? Golf, swimming, tennis, bowling? (assuming no golf course, swimming pool, or tennis courts or bowling alley on your campus?) 

Our team photos were always during preseason practice, but admittedly in the "olden days" school started later and there were two weeks of full practice before school even started.  Now school is starting just a few days after the first date practice can begin. 

mariner42 - no bye weeks in our state.

coachd5085 - yes- swim & dive, golf, tennis.

It sounds like for some reason the entire athletic program takes pictures on this day?  Or maybe just the entire fall sports group?  Doesn't sound like it is just a football picture set up. 

We practice right after in game gear. If it's a problem start practice after pictures.

Picture day and first day of school practices always seemed to be poor. 

best picture day ever the camera guy did mug shots on a green screen and the company photoshopped everyone into a group photo.

Pictures have always been during practice at every school I've coached at. If we don't win a game because we lost that half hour of practice, then we should look at how we practice.

Pictures in all of the schools that I have worked at in the South have picture taking like I wouldn’t believe.

In the north it was always. Quick team picture, if you want individual pictures get in that line and if not get changed and let’s go.

In the South…team picture in gym, team picture in bleachers, players individual pictures, player pictures with family, coaches picture for family, position group pictures, staff picture, grade level group picture, football + cheerleading, senior football + senior football, and finally all fall sports at once in the bleachers. Plus or minus a pose or two depending on local preference.

It’s nonsense. I’ve been married 18 years and my wife has only suckered into three formal family pictures.

Sounds like practice starts at 4:15 and goes until about 7. You're asking parents to make an adjustment 1 day out of the year. Stress to them the importance of practice and the issue that pictures had to be taken that day but the sacrifice we're all making to accommodate that schedule to is practice 45 to 60 minutes later that one day.

It was explained to me, many years ago, that it was simply much more convenient for the picture company, the boosters, and the yearbook club to do all fall sports/activities the same day.

Its happened, it is what it is. Throw your game jersey over your practice jersey for individuals and team photo and plan on going a little later. Its a pain in the @ss but pick your battles.

This isn't short notice so I'd adjust accordingly. But, I won't die on the "Team Photo" mountain unless I have to (i.e. short/no notice). I have no issue adjusting, given proper notice. If not, the "lack of preparation on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on mine" clause applies.

I didn’t know they did all that in the south. That’s crazy. We usually take pictures at the end of practice where I’m at now. We take the team picture first and the assistants all leave. The head coach stays until individual pictures are finished. I’d say we lose maybe 30-45 minutes of practice. It’s in the first two weeks so we’re not preparing for a game yet.