Days of no practice high school?

[1fingeredknuckler]

Any certain beliefs or thoughts on high school teams practice days? If you have 2 games a week, and normally 3 days, weather permitting, practice, should one give a total day off, ? So 2 games, 2 days of practice, just a so so team. Half way through a schedule.

Just so you know pitchers could use help, batters need work.

 

[smddad]

I'm all for a day off now and then. DD's HS coach gives them 3-4 days off during the season. Other teams in the area are practicing every weekday when no games are present and Saturdays. That's a good way to burn them out. It's a long season and it's good to let them refresh.

 

[canyonjoe]

How much you practice is irrelevant. It's how you practice that matters.

 

[Lenski]

How much you practice is irrelevant. It's how you practice that matters.

So true. Practice makes permanent. So, it would depend on the quality of instruction the HS coaches provide.

 

[JAD]

Our HS team plays or practices 6 days a week. He will occasionally cut Friday practice short so the players can go to the football game (we play HS softball in the fall in GA). He will also occasionally give them a Sat off. Season lasts 3 months, Aug - Oct.

 

[JAD]

How much you practice is irrelevant. It's how you practice that matters.

A lot of HS coaches go with "quantity vs. quality". I always wondered how good our TB could be if we practiced as much as the HS team does....

 

[murphdog]

Our HS practices (or has games) M-F. Saturdays off and just hitting on Sundays.

 

[JAD]

Our HS practices (or has games) M-F. Saturdays off and just hitting on Sundays.

I do not think our HS teams are allowed to play or practice on Sunday's.

 

[Mike-Coach Q]

No Sundays in Calif. either. We now have a limit of 18 hours of practice per week. A game counts for 3 hours. No 2 a days back to back. No practice of any kind after a game. We try to cycle the workouts, I think burnout can be an issue. Some of our kids practice on Sundays with their travel ball team, not giving their bodies much time to rest. Another thing to take in to account, the kid just spent 6-7 hours in school before coming to practice and probably has 2-4 hours of homework in the evening.

 

[55dad]

Our HS has a new coach. Her practices are much more organized than the previous coach and the girls get far more out of practice. The girls generally either practice or have a game M-F with a few Saturday tourneys. We play a lot of double-headers in our conference so we can get a lot of games in a week. She has given them two weekdays off this season to rest and get homework done.