DD is doing conditioning 2x a week for school, batting practice with her travel coach on Mondays, indoor game (if thats what you call it) on sundays (and i am really not liking the present schedule which plays them on early sunday, which means she misses church and helping out in the nurserym which she loves to do--and yeah, in know in the summer we miss plenty, but not for a junior high game disguised as a varsity tune up!). sometimes travel practice on sundays when we arent playing in a tourney.
instead of indoor ball, why cant the parent who is basically the coach's puppet during the year, take a group of girls, take the fees they would have used for indoor season of playing 12u teams and scrubs, and go and play a tourney somewhere, like spano or ft wayne. All the girls think about on those indoor games are the homework they are missing and getting home. They have no fun and it's stressful. You go play on a tourney, you chill with your friends, no worries, team dinners, etc.
fyi, watch for burnout and tired eyes syndrome. Stress to them girls that diet and sleeping patterns go a long way
