Missing Half of Team

So does a basketball player go from basketball practice to baseball practice at 5pm? We only do one sport at a time here.

start practice at 5:30. We have an overlap of basketball/baseball and track baseball. Its about the kids. If they have to choose all programs will lose someone they need, more importantly, a kid will lose something they enjoy and want to be a part of. If they can play both they are probably special athletes, and they can do it and be successful. If the coaches work for the kids, all will profit.

Well here in LA, the last week of the basketball regular season is the same week as the first week of regular season baseball games. Track runs concurrently through both sport seasons.

In Michigan teams can't begin practice untill March 15. Workouts prior to that are restricted to a max of 4 players, just increased from 3.

Here in LA, we start practice January 4th. The first date you can play a regular season game is February 22.

Wow, you guys get a lot of time...in Arizona we can't start official practices until Feb 8th and then games begin March 2nd this year. Last year we had a start practice time on Feb 9th, but our first game was on Feb 25th. It took 4 days for tryouts, which then gave us 10 days to put together a team.

I am not sure who is aware of what goes on in California but there is no longer an "official start date" anywhere in California. We can practice and play year around non stop. Southern Section was the last to go to it and this is our second year. Southern Section is "so worried" about the student athlete yet they let this go on. I think it would be great if they modeled themselves after a lot of you guys and went to restricted work outs. The biggest benefit I see is that when we play games in the off season we do not have to have a parent run the games and that we can do the coaching. We stick to the old model of only running during out athletics PE but I know some schools already run full blown practices. I think it is a bit much.

Ok, let me clarify my previous statements...

During the school year we can have practices within the context of last hour PE class. A student must get the varsity coach's permission to participate, but usually it is not a problem. On some days, students are held over 45 minutes to an hour for extra workouts like weight lifting...

There are fall games, but these are voluntary with no requirement to participate...however, it is always wise to participate unless you are involved in other in-season sports. The summer league is where the coaches get a better view of the students and if you want to play in the spring it is highly recommended (my opinion), although it is not required to participate to make the team.

The varsity coach where my kids attend primarily uses the off-season to build core strength while incorporating some throwing...

I like your California way of doing it because you can keep your team together and work at making it stronger by competing in tournaments and practices.