I had a parent actually say this to me once, "I think it is unsafe for my daughter to be driving that early. Now, it would be different if she was a boy."

 

:confused:

 

Now, I could be mistaken but on a Tuesday morning, wouldn't there be less drunks and such on the road at 5:45 AM than there would be driving home after a late practice at 8:00 PM?

If there were games played at that ridiculous hour I would say it's a good idea. But there ain't.

If there were games played at that ridiculous hour I would say it's a good idea. But there ain't.

 

My scenario when I had 6:00 am pratices. Veteran's Day and a county-wide event is in the only open gym in our district for me to practice. Because of decorating, it will be closed for two days.

 

Choices are 6:00 AM practices or cancel practice for 2 days the 2nd week of November with us playing a scrimmage game in Lex Catholic's panorama that Saturday.

 

Which would you do?

Do you think there is the possibility that it could hurt the kids in their school work because they might be too tired from the practice? My personal opinion is that kids need their sleep to excel in school and sports.

 

I know Coach Reynolds Flynn of Covington Holmes had the same beliefs because he said he would never asks us to practice before school and only had us practice one time on the weekend in my 4yrs. of playing.

 

After a 6 am practice, I felt much more alert throughout the school day.

 

From my experiences, the 6 am practice is not nearly as physically taxing (less sprints, etc.) and the school day flew by.

 

I hated getting up for the practice but loved when 2:30 rolled around.

If there were games played at that ridiculous hour I would say it's a good idea. But there ain't.

 

Applying that logic, wouldn't it only be beneficial for a team to practice at 7:30 pm?

After a 6 am practice, I felt much more alert throughout the school day.

 

From my experiences, the 6 am practice is not nearly as physically taxing (less sprints, etc.) and the school day flew by.

 

I hated getting up for the practice but loved when 2:30 rolled around.

 

Most of my players felt the same way. And they especially loved having that afternoon off to go hang out with their friends.

 

My assistant coaches were the ones that had the most problem with it.:D:D

Applying that logic, wouldn't it only be beneficial for a team to practice at 7:30 pm?

 

Not only at 7:30, but late-afternoon/early-evening is certainly far more so than 6 a.m.

My scenario when I had 6:00 am pratices. Veteran's Day and a county-wide event is in the only open gym in our district for me to practice. Because of decorating, it will be closed for two days.

 

Choices are 6:00 AM practices or cancel practice for 2 days the 2nd week of November with us playing a scrimmage game in Lex Catholic's panorama that Saturday.

 

Which would you do?

 

You obviously do what you have to do in extreme circumstances such as what you mention. But if that was a regular thing, there'd be problems.

Not only at 7:30, but late-afternoon/early-evening is certainly far more so than 6 a.m.

 

I disagree wholeheartedly.

 

At 6 a.m., chances are you're not at your best and you didn't bring your A game.

 

It allows you to work through the tough times & realize that you're not always going to have your best, both mentally & physically. Yet, the game goes on and you have to keep working.

I disagree wholeheartedly.

 

At 6 a.m., chances are you're not at your best and you didn't bring your A game.

 

It allows you to work through the tough times & realize that you're not always going to have your best, both mentally & physically. Yet, the game goes on and you have to keep working.

 

No matter what time of the day it is, when you start running or other physical activity, it takes all of about five minutes to wake up, so I'm not buying it. Unless absolutely necessary (scheduling conflicts with the gym; abnormally high temperatures during the day), hosting crack'o'dawn practices are little more than an old-school weed-out tactic for those coaches who fancy themselves as drill sergeants.

I disagree wholeheartedly.

 

At 6 a.m., chances are you're not at your best and you didn't bring your A game.

 

It allows you to work through the tough times & realize that you're not always going to have your best, both mentally & physically. Yet, the game goes on and you have to keep working.

 

I will agree with Jim in one area. We rotated girls early practice one day and boys early another day. I wanted to be late practice on Monday and Thursday when most of our games were, so that game days from when they woke up to when they game started were pretty close to normal for them.

 

Practice was 5:30 to 7:30 and for JV games they had to be at the gym at 6:00. About as close as I could honestly make it.

 

I do agree with your last paragraph, 100%.

No matter what time of the day it is, when you start running or other physical activity, it takes all of about five minutes to wake up, so I'm not buying it. Unless absolutely necessary (scheduling conflicts with the gym; abnormally high temperatures during the day), hosting crack'o'dawn practices are little more than an old-school weed-out tactic for those coaches who fancy themselves as drill sergeants.

 

Sargeant Carter reporting as ordered.

You obviously do what you have to do in extreme circumstances such as what you mention. But if that was a regular thing, there'd be problems.

 

With 4 basketball teams vying for practice time in the gym after school, our cheerleading squads do a lot of practice weekly in the gym at 6:00 AM or so, just to have floor time for their routines and to practice their spots on the gym floor.

No matter what time of the day it is, when you start running or other physical activity, it takes all of about five minutes to wake up, so I'm not buying it. Unless absolutely necessary (scheduling conflicts with the gym; abnormally high temperatures during the day), hosting crack'o'dawn practices are little more than an old-school weed-out tactic for those coaches who fancy themselves as drill sergeants.

 

I'm not talking about waking up. Heck, you've got to get up by 5:30 (at the latest) to be ready to go by 6. Waking up is not the problem.

 

The point is that you're not as sharp, mentally or physically, at 6 AM. That allows you to battle through it and make adjustments so that when gameday rolls around & you don't feel on top of your game, you're not caught completely off-guard.

 

It has nothing to do with a coach trying to make practice boot camp-esque.

Montgomery Co practiced at 6am on Wednesday so the team could travel to Cov Cath and support the Soccer Team in their Elite 8 game.

They practiced again this morning (Friday) at 6am because The Barn is used for the opposing football team's locker room and it was the girl's team's turn to be in the Arena.

 

No matter how many gyms a school has, it's never enough.