Year round ball?

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Which travel teams play year round? Are there any?

 

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Hopefully not.

 

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I think some come pretty close....play in fall, winter & spring tournaments in addition to the summer ones and practice year round....possibly Lasers and Intensity? i'm guessing

 

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Do any other sports go year-round? I'm thinking swimming, gymnastics, tennis, ******, basketball, etc.

I think in softball, most of the top travel teams in the country take August off after nationals while they have tryouts and then kick it back into gear from about Labor Day through the end of October. They are playing and practicing during that time and then mostly practicing in November and part of December. And then you have the showcases in January, so they are playing and practicing then up until the school season in February or March begins. Depending on the state, many teams will practice on Sundays during the school season. Some states like Ohio don't allow this if a girl is going to play school ball.

I am not passing judgment one way or the other, I'm just stating what I have learned.

 

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Do any other sports go year-round? I'm thinking swimming, gymnastics, tennis, ******, basketball, etc.

I think in softball, most of the top travel teams in the country take August off after nationals while they have tryouts and then kick it back into gear from about Labor Day through the end of October. They are playing and practicing during that time and then mostly practicing in November and part of December. And then you have the showcases in January, so they are playing and practicing then up until the school season in February or March begins. Depending on the state, many teams will practice on Sundays during the school season. Some states like Ohio don't allow this if a girl is going to play school ball.

I am not passing judgment one way or the other, I'm just stating what I have learned.

That's been my experience the past few years, I don't have Joe's experience but that pretty much sums my thoughts on 14's - 18's.

 

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Do any other sports go year-round? I'm thinking swimming, gymnastics, tennis, ******, basketball, etc.

I think in softball, most of the top travel teams in the country take August off after nationals while they have tryouts and then kick it back into gear from about Labor Day through the end of October. They are playing and practicing during that time and then mostly practicing in November and part of December. And then you have the showcases in January, so they are playing and practicing then up until the school season in February or March begins. Depending on the state, many teams will practice on Sundays during the school season. Some states like Ohio don't allow this if a girl is going to play school ball.

I am not passing judgment one way or the other, I'm just stating what I have learned.

Don't pass any judgement on us...this is a personal decision DD is thinking about not playing school ball and playing travel through the year. Not sure what we're doing yet, just wanting to get some ideas of who might travel most of the year.

 

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I think it's going to be hard to find that team in Ohio, because of the OSHAA regs. I'm pretty sure that even the Intensity takes off for the HS season. There has been talk on this board about a travel ball circuit comprised of young ladies who aren't playing HS ball, but I don't see that happening in the next few years.

 

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At the college level, I am seeing the damage of girls playing too much travel ball. Damaged rotator cuffs and labrums. Throwing with poor throwing mechanics and not warming up properly for all those years probably didn't help either. Frustrating.....the problem was never this bad when I coached college baseball. Maybe because boy's can't play in the winter or on average have better mechanics?

 

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... or have better coaches

 

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... or have better coaches

Good point. Lots of great softball coaches out there. But with the influx of more and more travel teams over the past few years, not only is the talent being spread more thin, but so is the pool of knowledgeable coaches.

 

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I think it's going to be hard to find that team in Ohio, because of the OSHAA regs. I'm pretty sure that even the Intensity takes off for the HS season. There has been talk on this board about a travel ball circuit comprised of young ladies who aren't playing HS ball, but I don't see that happening in the next few years.

CGS- do you know if the OSHAA regs address out-of-state tournaments? i.e. if the team were to play in a tournament in California during the "high school lock down period", would that violate OSHAA? (i'm not inferring that any team in Ohio does that seriously- i'm just curious

 

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Yes, that would violate OSHAA regs.

4. Non-Interscholastic Programs

4.1) Definition – A non-interscholastic program is defined as an organization composed of players in grades 7-12 either in or outside of school in which the primary purpose is to compete in contests no matter whether admission is charged, fees or expenses are collected, or whether or not a coach is present, and regardless of whether instruction is given. Examples of non-interscholastic programs include but are not limited to: church, intramural, Y.M.C.A., C.Y.O., A.A.U., USAVB, USSF, City Recreation, All-Star, Club or any noninterscholastic team or combination of players involved in team play.

4.2) Member of an Interscholastic (School) Squad – A student is considered to be a member of an interscholastic squad when the student participates in an interscholastic contest in a sport that is sponsored by the Board of Education or other governing board and the sport is one of the 24 recognized sports as authorized by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. An athletic contest involving participants from another school or any non-interscholastic program is labeled as a game, meet, match, preview, scrimmage or other type of competition.

4.3) Participating in Non-Interscholastic Programs – Team Sports – A member of an
interscholastic squad sponsored by the Board of Education or other governing board in a team sport (Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey, Football, Ice Hockey, ******, Softball and Volleyball) shall not participate in an athletic contest, tryouts or any type of training or practices on a non-interscholastic squad or as an individual in a team sport in the same sport during the school’s interscholastic sports season.