Fall Break Is All For Me!

[bleedblue1032]

This article is getting tons of attention in Henderson. Thought I would share and please share your thoughts! PATTON: Fall break is all about me

[truebluefan89]

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[woodsrider]

Kevin lost me when questioned if we even need fall break. We don't need any of the breaks but we don't question those. He doesn't like the fact that parents let their kids shirk their responsibilities so his solution is to cancel the break all together.

[wkufan1]

Dosent baseball play during spring break and basket ball over Christmas break. Sounds like a grumpy old man.

[bleedblue1032]

Kevin lost me when questioned if we even need fall break. We don't need any of the breaks but we don't question those. He doesn't like the fact that parents let their kids shirk their responsibilities so his solution is to cancel the break all together.

I think he is questioning commitment of players and the responsibility of parents to set a good example.

[BIG BLACK JACK]

Back 10+ years ago we'D have two-a-days over fall break followed up with a Friday game. I know it's been a fairly recent development that teams in the BG area have had their bye weeks during Fall Break.

[woodsrider]

I think he is questioning commitment of players and the responsibility of parents to set a good example.

Right I get that and agree with him. I'm saying its a lazy fix to want to do away with fall break altogether.

[Lawnboy13]

Why are there Fall Breaks to begin with?????? When I was in high school (graduated in '84) we never had them.

[sweet16]

Why are there Fall Breaks to begin with?????? When I was in high school (graduated in '84) we never had them.

 

Me either but as a teacher I love them. It refreshes my battery.

[Harry Doyle]

Why are there Fall Breaks to begin with?????? When I was in high school (graduated in '84) we never had them.

 

They started when school began going to the "year round" models at most places some 10-15 years ago with school beginning right around, on and even before (in some places) August 1st. Those became the trade off.

[Harry Doyle]

Dosent baseball play during spring break and basket ball over Christmas break. Sounds like a grumpy old man.

 

Fall Break has become it's own animal because of when it is. Most aren't going anywhere over Christmas Break because of Christmas (and, if you're family is like mine being so big and scattered; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day aren't the only days with things going on), and the beaches are a no go with it being cold. The same can be said for Spring Break in regards to temperature(s) at most of the hot spot desitinations.

 

Personally, I've never understood Spring Break.

 

1) The first week of April here in KY is cool and often times pretty wet.

 

2) The beaches, unless you go to South Florida aren't much warmer than here in KY in the grand scheme of things.

 

3) I even thought this as a kid, but "We have 5-6 weeks of school left, why are we taking a week off? Let's push on through and let that be an extra week of summer."

 

Fall Break's have become GOLD for many families. You are starting to see football programs set their open weeks with them because of the issues that he is talking about.

 

Coaching and not having them coincide with the other is nothing more than a frustrating headache on steroids. However, being open during fall break is absolute money in the bank.

[Harry Doyle]

I know this effected Trigg County's Girls Soccer team last week. Five starters were out due to family vacations last week and they lost in the 1st Round of the district tournament; causing them to miss out on a District Title and a trip to the 2nd Region Tourney.

 

They had beaten the other two teams in their district already prior to this.

 

Fall Break is a REAL issue.

[Harry Doyle]

Why are there Fall Breaks to begin with?????? When I was in high school (graduated in '84) we never had them.

 

In defense of this generation, those were also the days when the Head Ball Coach told all the boys on the last day of school (on the Friday before Memorial Day), "See y'all boys August 1st." (First day of practice)

 

Families had two months of summer to get in their vacation(s). As you know, not the case anymore.

[bruin66]

The key is for the coach to have clear communication about his policy for fall break at the beginning of the year parent meeting.

[Oldercoach]

Real simple.....committments to Team sports is an all-in committment!!!! Absolutely, nothing less. For parents to dilute this critically important lesson with a committment sabatical revolving around a trip to the beach probably is a life lesson that speaks very loudly to the "all about me" tendencies we see too often today. My father taught me decades ago, that "in our family, we were not quitters and we always finished what we started". Committment to our TEAM was something considered sacred and precious, and to this day at class reunions we still appreciate and are warmed by those bonds.