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Re: What to do when players miss too many practice
Ok maybe before people start posting they should read ALL the posts! The main post is about a weaker player missing practices. This should not be tolerated. Not only does it hurt the girl but it hurts the team. When everyone else has been playing/practicing together 2-3 days a week and she misses she is going to fall behind. How would she learn the plays, signs, ect. if she never shows up. Not to mention the tension amoung parents who bust their a**es to get their daughters there no matter what.We have days that my dd leaves for school at 8 a.m. and doesn't get home until sometime after 9. Do we like that, no but that is the way things go sometimes. I don't think you should join a travel team without knowing what the coaches expectations are going to be for practices. If you can't meet those then don't play. Find a good old rec team or a less competitive one and play there.
As far as the Sunday posts the poster questioned missing for confirmation.....that is way different than missing just for Sunday services. Confirmation is a important part of these young girls lives. As long as a coach has Sunday morning practices he should be understanding. When was the last time you saw a high school event schedules for a Sunday morning? I am pretty sure that they even give that off. Luckily last year when my dd went through confirmation we had understanding coaches (he couldn't say much as his dd would miss Sat. games for JO volleyball and play....oops I mean start.... Sunday-that is a whole other ball of wax....) and confirmation teachers. We compromised as confirmation wasn't until Memorial day Sunday. We had tournament conflicts. She missed one Sunday of class and one a.m. game for class. They got a sub-player for her but she still played. Just not her normal amount. We were all fine with the decisions. Being confirmed and practicing should not even be in the same book let alone on the same page.
Ok maybe before people start posting they should read ALL the posts! The main post is about a weaker player missing practices. This should not be tolerated. Not only does it hurt the girl but it hurts the team. When everyone else has been playing/practicing together 2-3 days a week and she misses she is going to fall behind. How would she learn the plays, signs, ect. if she never shows up. Not to mention the tension amoung parents who bust their a**es to get their daughters there no matter what.We have days that my dd leaves for school at 8 a.m. and doesn't get home until sometime after 9. Do we like that, no but that is the way things go sometimes. I don't think you should join a travel team without knowing what the coaches expectations are going to be for practices. If you can't meet those then don't play. Find a good old rec team or a less competitive one and play there.
As far as the Sunday posts the poster questioned missing for confirmation.....that is way different than missing just for Sunday services. Confirmation is a important part of these young girls lives. As long as a coach has Sunday morning practices he should be understanding. When was the last time you saw a high school event schedules for a Sunday morning? I am pretty sure that they even give that off. Luckily last year when my dd went through confirmation we had understanding coaches (he couldn't say much as his dd would miss Sat. games for JO volleyball and play....oops I mean start.... Sunday-that is a whole other ball of wax....) and confirmation teachers. We compromised as confirmation wasn't until Memorial day Sunday. We had tournament conflicts. She missed one Sunday of class and one a.m. game for class. They got a sub-player for her but she still played. Just not her normal amount. We were all fine with the decisions. Being confirmed and practicing should not even be in the same book let alone on the same page.