I'm with you Coach Knight.. 9-6 on a Saturday??
Give me a break... You see the same things in some drills... You'll see a kid hit 75 balls in a row off of a tee; the first 8 cuts were fine and after that it can turn into slop...
And what do the pitchers do for 4 hours after school and 8 hours on saturdays?
Maybe he needs to have a physical from your family doctor. (Not the school doc). Ask the doctor to run a complete blood test. Then you can rule out things like low blood sugar, thyroid not working correctly, etc. Just something to consider. But, yes practices are long and it's a tough sport. You really have to condition properly to be ready for the season.
quote:Saturday's are 9-6 unless there is a game.
The weekday practices should include plenty of streching and warm ups - then there is field maint so a 3 1/2 long "practice" is pretty normal. But 9-6 on Saturday - I dont get that one?????
I don't get that either, Your just going to burn them out early if you practice that long.
Quality over Quanity.
Quality over Quanity.
9-6 practice? Do they do that very often?
5 hours is roughly the amount of time spent playing a double header. We used to have some 5 hour practices just to be ready for double headers. But 9 hours seems like it could be counter productive. I can't believe the coaches can handle it, let alone the players. We often set through 4 or 5 games a day scouting tournaments and that is tough just setting there that long.
5 hours is roughly the amount of time spent playing a double header. We used to have some 5 hour practices just to be ready for double headers. But 9 hours seems like it could be counter productive. I can't believe the coaches can handle it, let alone the players. We often set through 4 or 5 games a day scouting tournaments and that is tough just setting there that long.
Have you talked to other parents on the team? Are their kids feeling the same? (I realize that catchers take extra beatings all the way around) Sometimes, there are coaches that are gluttons for punishment. My son had one in a summer league. The guy was gone about 3 weeks into the season because basically everyone rebelled. (I wasn't around at the time, don't blame me!)
Good points about good nutrition and hydration. Power/protein bars maybe right after school before practice, and water/gatorade. Also, some of this is just getting used to time management and extra exertion. I guarantee it doesn't get any better in college! Think basically baseball all afternoon every day (as well as early morning running and conditioning) and then games all weekend, plus a regular courseload of classes.
My kids as high school freshmen didn't have terribly heavy homework/workloads, even though they were in honors classes at a very tough high school. So hopefully he can start learning to work ahead on his assignments and get some of his work done on Sundays, etc. Our teachers give assignments at least one week in advance for precisely this reason.
Kids these days do so much more than we ever did--I don't know how they manage. Best of luck to him and you.
Good points about good nutrition and hydration. Power/protein bars maybe right after school before practice, and water/gatorade. Also, some of this is just getting used to time management and extra exertion. I guarantee it doesn't get any better in college! Think basically baseball all afternoon every day (as well as early morning running and conditioning) and then games all weekend, plus a regular courseload of classes.
My kids as high school freshmen didn't have terribly heavy homework/workloads, even though they were in honors classes at a very tough high school. So hopefully he can start learning to work ahead on his assignments and get some of his work done on Sundays, etc. Our teachers give assignments at least one week in advance for precisely this reason.
Kids these days do so much more than we ever did--I don't know how they manage. Best of luck to him and you.
One possible explanation for the long/hard practices: school has a no-cut policy and there are 80 kids on the freshman team. 
Well it turns out that the kid is more resiliant than the parents. One good nights sleep and one day with no homework and all was right with the world.
Today no practice due to all the rain, Friday is a short day due to a varsity game. No aches, no pains, just smile after practice yesterday.
I think the lesson learned is, let him be, quit worrying so much and just let him work through the bad days himself.
Thanks for all the help.
Today no practice due to all the rain, Friday is a short day due to a varsity game. No aches, no pains, just smile after practice yesterday.
I think the lesson learned is, let him be, quit worrying so much and just let him work through the bad days himself.
Thanks for all the help.
Nicely done Freshmandad - we all need to be reminded of that goodnights sleep every once in a while!
Here at the #1 1A school in MD we hardly ever go past 90 min. People will lose focus much after that, not to mention get sick of baseball.
I played on a "competetive" travel team during and after the HS season. We had practices run from 5:30 to 10 or so. It was horrible--I honsetly hated that team and wanted to quit.
I played on a "competetive" travel team during and after the HS season. We had practices run from 5:30 to 10 or so. It was horrible--I honsetly hated that team and wanted to quit.
quote:Well it turns out that the kid is more resiliant than the parents
quote:No aches, no pains, just smile after practice yesterday.
YES!!!! Had a feeling things would get better!!! Highschool baseball,...hold on tight,...it should be one heck of a ride!