June Practices

[Westernside]

With all sports going on on in June with Basketball, travel baseball, and other sports. I always wonder what is a good number of players attending summer workouts. I understand everyone should be attending but lots of schools share athletes, so their is no way sometimes that a player can attend multiple sports in June.

[Kenny Powers]

I am probably in the minority with this position, but I would love to see a KHSAA dead period that lasts the entire month of June. 

[SC Fball HC]

I think they provide a benefit.   The workouts allow you to continue your weight room programs, then you can work on you position specific things.   It is a good introduction period for your incoming freshman, begin getting their feet on the ground.   We have given our kids 3 weeks off over the last several years around the dead period, but when you return in July the pace picks up.  

June workouts can be productive but as a coach you have to understand there will be some kids who go on vacation, have some summer basketball or baseball games.  Just work with them, have good communication and it will benefit all parties the kids most importantly.  

[throwback32]

12 hours ago, Westernside said:

With all sports going on on in June with Basketball, travel baseball, and other sports. I always wonder what is a good number of players attending summer workouts. I understand everyone should be attending but lots of schools share athletes, so their is no way sometimes that a player can attend multiple sports in June.

Communication is key as June is such a busy month.  If coaches communicate and understand that athletes will be attending multiple workouts, may miss an occasional practice for another sport, or need a day of rest....then athletes can attend whatever fits into their schedule.

Where I coach the head football and basketball coaches schedule around each other in June and give the kids the ability to attend all if they wish.

The problems begin when coaches tell students they HAVE to attend their sport and all workouts or they will be lowered/erased from the depth chart.  This is where coaches are looking out for themselves and not the student athlete.  Let the kids be kids, let them play what they want and understand you may have to accommodate another sport in June.

[TimeWillTell]

I think it has to go both ways. I wasn't a fan when they changed the 7 on 7 from June to July. Just wasn't good for Kentucky HS football. Now your kids get lured into these travel 7 on 7 teams. Football was at it's purest back then. We had kids still getting recruited and HS in USA TODAY Top 10. 

If both coaches can work their schedules then I think it's great, but if they can't then where do you draw the line?