sbackes
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Post by sbackes on Mar 11, 2023 19:58:47 GMT -6
Don't know about Missouri but I think every state on that list with exception of Ohio has Spring Football. In MO we do not have spring ball with padded practices. During a 7-week window in the spring football athletes are allowed three hours weekly of unpadded skill development with the football staff.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 11, 2023 20:09:41 GMT -6
Don't know about Missouri but I think every state on that list with exception of Ohio has Spring Football. I'm coming to the realization that Spring Football isn't really that important, in light of how many hours are put in during the summer. I find it hard to accept that Spring football is the key to making or breaking a team, at least when painting with a broad brush in evaluating the quality of football played within a state, when so much more work is done in summer. Our spring football will probably total about 25 hours, with upwards of half of our top athletes not there due to Spring sport commitments. Our summer will be 20 hours a week for 7 total weeks, with virtually all of our boys there. This is pretty much par for the course with the programs around here, essentially Spring ball is less than 1/5 the amount of time and work that Summer is; and has a lot of kids missing due to in-season sports. Back in the days when summer was just conditioning, spring was a good tool to get a few extra weeks to evaluate the upcoming team. Now that HS teams/players seem to spend around the same time in the summer that NCAA rules allow for full in season work, it doesn't really matter as much.
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Post by carookie on Mar 11, 2023 21:47:25 GMT -6
I'm coming to the realization that Spring Football isn't really that important, in light of how many hours are put in during the summer. I find it hard to accept that Spring football is the key to making or breaking a team, at least when painting with a broad brush in evaluating the quality of football played within a state, when so much more work is done in summer. Our spring football will probably total about 25 hours, with upwards of half of our top athletes not there due to Spring sport commitments. Our summer will be 20 hours a week for 7 total weeks, with virtually all of our boys there. This is pretty much par for the course with the programs around here, essentially Spring ball is less than 1/5 the amount of time and work that Summer is; and has a lot of kids missing due to in-season sports. Back in the days when summer was just conditioning, spring was a good tool to get a few extra weeks to evaluate the upcoming team. Now that HS teams/players seem to spend around the same time in the summer that NCAA rules allow for full in season work, it doesn't really matter as much. Which is ridiculous, and I am part of it, but the states don't got the guts to try and limit it.
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