How about playing pick up games most of the day then dad coming to pile us in the back of the truck to go to "real" practice til dark. I also rode my bike 2 miles each way to two a day football until it got stole then I jogged to and from the morning practice and to the afternoon, dad picked me up after that one. Best season of football in my life, I was in the best shape in my life. Never entered my mind to quit or ask mom to take me.