You guys are just buttering me up just so I don't call you an idiot..
I have been called worse. You forget how long I have been posting in the hitting forum...
You guys are just buttering me up just so I don't call you an idiot..
My answer comes as a coach and parent.
Rec sports: I typically coached her teams in softball, basketball, and soccer. In general most parents seemed to stick around when they were at the younger ages. Maybe up to 10u. Then it was drop and run from 12u up. This really didn't bother me as a coach, other than the parents that didn't return at the announced time to pick up their children. Sometimes I was stuck waiting at the field for an extra hour while I waited for a parent to show up.
Travel Ball: At 12u most parents stayed for practice. At 14u there were a few car pools. But we had girls from several different school districts, so it was limited. In a lot of cases a parent would drop off their daughter and run some errands. A few would stick around. By 2nd year 16u very few parents came to practices. Most of the players drove themselves.
High school: Off limits. None of the coaches allowed any spectators to their practices. After finding out how little they actually did at practice, the restrictions made sense
Because they are trying to prepare parents to not show up at your apartment unexpectedly on a Sunday morning to take you to breakfast only to find out that you had a half naked girl in your room? Not that that happened to anybody I know..Any general thoughts on why high school practice watching is frowned upon?
Any general thoughts on why high school practice watching is frowned upon? DD isn’t in HS yet but I was surprised to hear that happens frequently. I’m in the camp of that I just enjoy watching her play.
Is that the norm for practices to be closed? Guessing it’s to avoid parent input and obnoxious behavior? Interesting though that travel ball which is played most often at a higher level seems to be less concerned with the practice attendance.
Sounds like heaven.Older DD's indoor facility is right next to a brewery, so...