Dead Period
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like I said, Friday to Monday, so dead week starts today goes till the 3rd, now I see people are doing some things today around the state, so maybe I am wrong or they may push their first practice back a day, but I doubt it
1.5.3 Duration: The dead period shall be nine consecutive days in length, and must begin on a Saturday and last through the second following Sunday
Each school chooses when their dead period is, however, starting at midnight tonight until 3 August, we are under the fall sports dead period. Some schools use this time for their summer dead period also. For those who do not, you can have weights and conditioning (rule 3.15 a & b) but NO sport instruction.
So basically they could practice all they wanted. Just no coach present. Not likely that would happen but, when I was I was in school I had a coach who wanted to do that during Dead Week. We of course never went through with it. Kind of Odd they can pick the days. I figured it would be set dates throughout the entire State, so they can keep tabs on everyone.
What state were you in when you went to school? I don't think dead week has been around MO that long.
The dead period is good idea and allows kids to do something other than high school sports in the summer. It has gotten to the point where kids can't get summer jobs because their coaches gives them a hard time for missing their camp or workout. It's hard to even fit a vacation with the family because they are made to feel guilty about missing something.
Then don't show if you have other things going on. Sure, as coaches, we want our kids to show for everything possible. But, as a coach, I'm going to play you when the season rolls around if you're better than the next guy. No matter how much offseason stuff you showed up for. It's the typical over-regulatory state that we've become as a society.
I am not in favor of more regulations from any organization. But when is enough a enough! I have had several kids go through high school and every year it is more things to do for that sport. Maybe would should consider school year round with one month breaks at Christmas and in the summer. No scheduled events in that time frame. There are some that want to bash AAU sports, but at least there are schedule times for those that you can plan around.
Then don't go. If your kids are good enough, they'll play come season. If they're not, they'll have had every opportunity to better themselves. It's really not a tough concept. Limiting the opportunities for one to suit another just seems silly.
AAU is bashed because it is devoid of pride. AAU is everything school athletics is not. It is/was meant to be a showcase for the athlete, not the team or organization they represent. They completely devalue winning/losing by playing tons of games in a short amount of time. And once you start paying for your spot on a team, accountability becomes a thing of the past. Entitlement becomes rampant. And that attitude carries over once the season is done. I can't tell you how many..."My kid never comes off the floor on their AAU team. But the HS coach never plays them. How can that be?" Money does funny things to people and decision-making.
Families have taken vacations long before there was a dead period. It's not a crime to miss a week of workouts.
No its not a crime but it was nice to have a week after school to take one and the dead period so that you can get as close to 100% attendence as possible every day. The more they work together as a group the faster the team will come together
Got to wonder with this quote and attitude what your summer weight participation level is like in your school. If you got kids busting their hump off everyday in weights and off season work outs trying to get better working and working hard. But then as a coach and program welcome in with open arms those who refused to show up every day, refused to put in the time along with the rest of their team during the summer work outs or only showed up when it was convenient for them, just because they can walk in and preform. You then cast off those who worked hard busted their butt every day for the program and you the coaches then there is no reason to even have summer workouts. You are wasting the parents and kids time who put in the effort to get there every day to show the coaches they want it.
Who is it you are saying "they" come together? The kid that plays multiple sports? Comes together with which team? The coach of the team that owns them?
I'd say participation is solid. Most of the kids that need to be there are there most of the time. The hope and goal, IMO, is to build a competitive environment where kids feel the need to show, or they'll get passed up by the ones that do show. Maybe I view off season stuff differently, as I think it's a time for individuals to better themselves and prepare their bodies for participation. But ultimately, I think if a player can help your team, you're doing everyone involved a disservice to dismiss them if they didn't show for as many offseason workouts as you'd like. This is, after all, high school athletics.
Okay just a question but how can you build that competitive environment like that? If as a coach you have kids that don't show up all summer but are athletic enough to start or play considerable time and as a coach you just plug them in at the start of the season and first practice over another kid who has been in the weight room all year long busting his/her @ss because you asked them too? Should the kids that busted their hump for a coach reap some reward at the start of the season over those who know they will start or play and ignored the coaches and team rules all summer? Not saying don't play those kids but I saw this in our school the AD even asked my child why participation was down for summer workouts and they flat out told him why do kids want to bust their hump all summer long when coaches don't care what you do in the off season because somebody else walks in first practice who has never worked out ignored the coaches and gets the nod and all the reps over those who busted their butt.
They- the football team as a whole working together
They- the seniors learning how to lead both by example and voice
Dont get the part about the coach owning them
Is any summer workout mandatory? I would assume just about any coach that holds a summer workout has the expectation their players will be there...but not sure there's much of a way to hold them accountable. Say the same accountability as practices during the season.
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