Thread: Hotel - Girls Together or With Parents?

It really varied from time to time. Sometimes, the girls stayed together, or some nights DD stayed with me.

It didn't seem to matter.

They will normally congregate in one room or in the hall, until bedtime, anyway.

Mark,

First of all great website! In my opinion your better off to let the players stay with their parents if they are coming along at that age. Otherwise it costs that parent twice as much to go on that trip. Now they have to pay for their room and part of their daughters room.

I would suggest certain team activities like going out to eat, mini-golf or going to the movies. When it's not a team activity let them do what they want.

I have seen teams that have gone on team overnights and it really helps team chemistry. However, I have also seen teams that spend so much time together that they get sick of each other. It can work both ways.

Sean

Speaking as a parent of an only child, who is also an only child, my vote goes for staying with the parents if they are going. Mine needs the opportunity to unwind and re-charge every once in a while, even if only for 10 or 20 minutes.

At nationals a couple years ago, our girls did just what Sean is saying. There is nothing that will bring a team together than an extended trip, but by day 4/5, they started snapping at each other. That is also when you see them split into groups- which isn't good.

I would suggest that the team has to stay in the same hotel though. Best of both worlds.

Yes, I agree that staying in a room with the parents is better, and as Amy said, the girls will congregate in one room until bedtime, anyway. They will get much more sleep staying with the parents.

Our experience so far (mind you it is at the 10,12u level) the girls do exactly that, they congregate in someone's room or venture from room to room in herds. Every time I saw my daughter she was with a different grouping of girls. The true plus is that with the parents they actually go to sleep. Finally dropping out at 4am seems to be the goal everytime more than 2 players bunk up.

Marc, PUT THEM WITH THEIR PARENTS! What is your organization going to do when one of these girls breaks some "code of conduct" rule with a school system or heaven forbid gets hurt? Let the parents be the parents. Enjoy the tournament! BTW, my girls is playing 16U. Wow, are they different.