High school age Travel Teams going Dark?

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May 27, 2013
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Was just curious what your travel teams do at the high school age? Where I live it is ok for the girls to keep practicing with their travel teams during school ball. Dd has been with orgs that have done both - either go dark or keep practicing through school ball season. Personally, I prefer the team to go dark since school ball is 5-6 days per week which leaves only 1-2 days open for her to see her PC / hitting coach. We live about 45 min away from her school and her PC is about an hour away in the opposite direction. Plus a day off is good for her to just rest and recover.

Just wondering what your teams do and which you prefer?
 
Apr 28, 2014
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We stay on travel schedule on Sundays and try to hit one night per week. But sometimes that's hard as HS practices go till dark and hitting facility is an hour away. It can be a grind with HS practice 6 days per week then Sunday at travel so we try to take days off of travel from time to time to rest.
 
May 24, 2013
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DD's travel team is dark, but will try to get together a few times during the HS season. Last weekend, the scheduled TB practice on Saturday was cancelled because only about 1/2 the girls were going to be able to make it.
 
Jul 16, 2013
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Our team is all college players at this point. But when they were still in high school we had optional practices during their high school season. Some of the high schools would not allow their players to participate, which was fine. But some of the players wanted to get some extra swings in, so myself and the other coaches made ourselves available. No pressure either way...
 
Jun 27, 2018
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Last year second year 14u we did not go dark because we had a mix of middle schoolers and freshman. This year 16u we had our last practice on Saturday and we resume late May. I like it.


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Feb 7, 2014
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In Indiana you can't practice with your travel team during HS season.

Another of my 'favorite' Indiana rules is only allowing five players from a high school team to play together during the travel season (sarcasm font is on).
 

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