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I have been tracking a new statistic called "The missed practice average" or "mpa" I have noticed that the mpa leaders generally have an "mpa" that is higher than their "ba", and fielding percentage and is much lower than their "era". I wonder why that is. All joking aside. I notice that some parents will let their kid miss team practices way too often. Bottom line is each time a kid misses she falls behind in some small way. This leads to missed assignments signs etc. and poor performance. When a coach can't depend you to come to practice in their minds they can't count on you in the game either. Parents don't think about this until they find their kid sitting the bench and then they get upset. Parents: get the kids to practice. Put them in a position to have success. Otherwise you are contributing greatly to their failures.