How to handle almost entire team showing up late for game?

Northball said:

I hated 7:00 summer warmups because the grass was always heavy with dew. I hate having soppy feet so if I didn't remember a change of shoes and socks, I was irritated for warm ups and the first game until I could get them off to dry.

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Hence my name Orange Socks!

I shared this story earlier. During the middle of the night the tournament moved locations because of overnight rain. Dad was not notified and DD's Cricket phone did not accept group texts. Needless to say, we were late to warm ups, but arrived before the 1st game started. I was HOT! Team Captain knew DD had issues with Texts.

I hear a lot of tough talk about setting expectations and requiring compliance, but how about a real life scenario? You’re playing out of town in a prestigious tournament and it’s Sunday morning. Your one dominant bracket pitcher shows up 15 minutes before game time with no excuses offered. It’s single elimination. Is she starting?

JayW said:

I hear a lot of tough talk about setting expectations and requiring compliance, but how about a real life scenario? You’re playing out of town in a prestigious tournament and it’s Sunday morning. Your one dominant bracket pitcher shows up 15 minutes before game time with no excuses offered. It’s single elimination. Is she starting?

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NO
Without needing the reason for being late...
Proper warm-ups help prevent injury.

Good question JayW

DD’s team (and the whole org) has a policy that the players are required to carry all of the gear (nets, buckets, tees) from the coach’s car and get it set up for warmups. If the coach says that she’s arriving 1:15 before game time, it is understood by all that players need to be there 1:25 before game time.

Our coach is always the last person to arrive, and there are 12 girls waiting to unload her car. As a parent who has been with the org for three years, I don’t remember this ever being stated explicitly. But the players know what is expected of them, and kids are rarely late.


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bmakj said:

most young pitchers need more than 20 minutes if yo include stretching, jog, etc. after short to long to proper distance, most need to throw each pitch several times to get it dialed in. then they also need to do some soft toss, heavy balls, etc. to be ready to bat, field some grounderes and popups to be ready to defend, etc. Cs need to get a few drops and blocks in, a few popups, etc., need more than just the throw down at top of their defensive half of first, and returning ball to pitchers

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The question was about warming up before practice, not games if I read it correctly. That was what I based my answer on.

MikeP said:

20ish minutes? Dynamic warmups-light jog, high knees, etc. Arm circles-forward/back, small/large followed by throwing progression close to far and back to close. Don't like all the stretching some do, seems pointless in my opinion.

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MikeP said:

The question was about warming up before practice, not games if I read it correctly. That was what I based my answer on.

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Gotcha here!!

20 minutes for stretching, jog and arms.
(Really doesnt matter if its for practice or games...it applys to both!)
Good point made there!!!
For games~
Still need more time for
Pitchers / Catchers
Hitting
And warming up grounders and fly balls.

Usually i consider 30 minutes on the jog stretch arms portion.

JayW said:

I hear a lot of tough talk about setting expectations and requiring compliance, but how about a real life scenario? You’re playing out of town in a prestigious tournament and it’s Sunday morning. Your one dominant bracket pitcher shows up 15 minutes before game time with no excuses offered. It’s single elimination. Is she starting?

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In my opinion this is an easy question. If it's my decision, she isn't starting.

So I think it's setting expectations early: Are they late for practice....run them like dogs.
Also I am a fan of a "fun" tourney....one where you set the expectations that we are going to have fun, we are going to swim all night and if we lose on Sunday oh well......but not every tourney can be that.

JayW said:

I hear a lot of tough talk about setting expectations and requiring compliance, but how about a real life scenario? You’re playing out of town in a prestigious tournament and it’s Sunday morning. Your one dominant bracket pitcher shows up 15 minutes before game time with no excuses offered. It’s single elimination. Is she starting?

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It's not tough talk at all. It's ALL about real world scenarios. If you have standards, the pitcher herself -- not to mention everyone else on the team -- should KNOW she's not starting. That's how rules and accountability work. Does she have a legitimate excuse? Let's hear it. Especially for out-of-town tournaments, legitimate issues can come up. If not, she let her teammates down.

Do things right and and set standards and you'll create the most pleasant, least stressful environment you can imagine. What's stressful is sitting on a bucket before a game, scanning the parking lot, wondering why your star player is late (again, maybe) and what you're going to do it about it and what's going to be the fall-out.