default
Member
Just go to the park. Take a grill and label it a cookout with friends and family. Wander if they prohibit cookouts ?;&
Wow, same ol **** just a different day.
Flayrays- So your your telling me that at our high school where the girls practice 3 hours a day Monday through Saturday plus keep there grades up is not enough for you and your super duper travel team? When your tb coach thinks he is more important than playing for your school team then I think the TB coaches ego is completely out of control and as a parent I would take control of things quickly.
below is from the OHSAA rule book
Preview is listed as a practice
Non-Interscholastic Participation
4.1) A member of an interscholastic softball squad (any student who has played in a scrimmage,
preview or regular season/tournament game as a substitute or starter) sponsored
by the Board of Education or other governing board shall not participate in a
non-interscholastic program (tryouts, practice or contest) as an individual or as a
member of a team in the sport of softball during the school?s season (Sports Regula
If they are playing HS ball, than HS ball should come first and foremost during the HS season....regardless of the travel rule. It is just like any other school function and school ALWAYS comes first. No players on our team will ever have to make that choice.
Technically, it is until that specific player participates in their HS team contest .. if they don't get in the game they are still eligible to workout with the TB team ...You can practice with your travel team up to the first contest for school ball. A contest is a game or scrimmage against another interscholastic team. You can view this in sections 6.2 and 6.3 in the OHSAA guidelines.
Klump ... agree with you and I would handle it the same way as you, but what if some others didn't? There's no way to police the travel coaches, so perhaps OHSAA is trying to protect the kids with this rule. Not saying it might not be over the top or couldn't be improved ...
Flarays ... I don't think anyone disagrees with you that travel ball is way more important to those who end up playing in college, but not that many do play in college and I would argue that there many other benefits of playing for one's school, not just "community service".
I'd say the rule exists to reduce overuse injuries. Probably came from the baseball side where pitchers need more limitations to avoid injury.
If that were the issue then HS coaches need to controlled. As a travel coach our team practices once - maybe twice a week for 2 hours each session. How much time do HS teams practice? And why?
OHSAA has no knowledge of your travel team practice hours, ethics, etc. and to expect them to otherwise would be unreasonable I think.
I'm not agreeing with them, I'm just trying to understand why they MAY have this rule.
The only thing they can HOPE to control is the situations which are known to them and that is the teams under their umbrella. They really can't know too much about them of course but that's the best hope.
We know there are HS programs than can and do overuse their kids. We also know that travel teams can and do. Small percentages on each I feel. OHSAA has ZERO control over travel so they attempt to influence what they can.
My opinion... and more like a guess, of course.
I think the best we can do is take it upon ourselves as parents to call up a few kids and meet somewhere to give them whatever additional practice (quality, quantity, etc) we can until they can get back to their team. I don't see OHSAA changes this rule anytime soon.
Non-Interscholastic Participation
4.1) A member of an interscholastic softball squad (any student who has played in a scrimmage,
preview or regular season/tournament game as a substitute or starter) sponsored
by the Board of Education or other governing board shall not participate in a
non-interscholastic program (tryouts, practice or contest) as an individual or as a
member of a team in the sport of softball during the school?s season
We would have to look at the surrounding text to see if it extends to the prior year.