I realize it is early and somewhat of a threadjack but how are those bat Birds looking?

The timing of spring football is based on when your boys and girls basketball teams have both been eliminated from the tournament. Once that happens you have so many days to get in 10 football practices, which can be full pads and full contact (some schools elect not to go full pads, others do. Highlands does. Some, particularly the smaller schools, elect to forego spring football because of the other spring sports going on...baseball, track.) There can only be intersquad scrimmages-no interschool scrimmages. Highlands generally has a lot of live full contact drills and a couple of full go scrimmages without the kicking game. Dale uses spring football to do a lot of hitting to see how the younger players and potential new starters have improved since the end of the last season...more so in my opinion than during two a days. The weather is a lot cooler, more recovery time if someone gets injured, plus the coaching staff can analyze the results in preparation for two a days. I don't think most schools do that but its probably more of Dale's unorthodox coaching style like having Thursday pregame practices under the lights.

 

 

Correct if I am wrong - but I am thinking it is 15 days to get 10 practices in.

....which means Spring is right around the corner....which means Spring football is also right around the corner and I can't wait. First, I need my football "fix" badly. While I always have withdrawal problems, its particularly bad after a state championship year. Second, with all the graduating starters, Spring football this year is going to be particularly interesting. There will be lots of starting positions up for the taking. This year, more than last year, its going to be very intense out there. Nothing better than seeing some friends that I don't see very often outside of football. Is it March yet?

 

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Correct if I am wrong - but I am thinking it is 15 days to get 10 practices in.

 

I think you are correct.

Not sure when spring practice will begin due to basketball, but the summer schedules came home today.:dancingpa

Not sure when spring practice will begin due to basketball, but the summer schedules came home today.:dancingpa

So, what is the summer schedule? When will summer practice begin/end?

So, what is the summer schedule? When will summer practice begin/end?

 

June 9th is the first day. Usually the first week of summer practice they go from 9a.m. til 5 p.m. It's kinda like a camp. However, this year because they had a snow day, they are starting later and the teachers still have to report on the 9th and 10th, so for those two days they will practice from 3:00 p.m. til 6:00 p.m. , which in Dale time means probably til 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.

 

They will go on the 3 til 6 schedule on Mon. and Tues. and then the rest of the week it will go from 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. The next week is football camp for all the elementary kids Mon. , Wed. and Fri. The players work and help out at this camp along with practice on Tues. and Thurs. After that I believe is the dead period. Two weeks off. After that the fun really begins.:banana: