Travel Practices During HS Softball Season

[Sam]

JR & I live in the same part of the country. HS ball begins about March 1 & ends around Memorial Day. 6 day a week practice (2 hrs) in March, whether inside or outside; then 3-4 games per week in April & May.

There may be a club ball team or two practicing but not many, espeically at the 18U level. The ones that do play will be 14's who consist of middle school players; 14's with HS freshman may sneak in a one day event on a Sunday, especially if it's a charity fundraiser.

6 hour practice on a Sunday during HS season, no way. My kid would have to pull an all-nighter to finish her school work if she had to spend that much time at pracice on her one day off a week - average homework is 4 hrs per night 7 days a week.

Gotta love Common Core......

[jonriv]

Has nothing to do with Common Core- my town's minimum standards for graduation far exceeded what was required by common core(made the NCAA requirements seem laughable) for many private schools and in the aggressive top performing school districts- waht he describes is the nor.-throw in Honors and AP classes and you get even more

[Sam]

Has nothing to do with Common Core- my town's minimum standards for graduation far exceeded what was required by common core(made the NCAA requirements seem laughable) for many private schools and in the aggressive top performing school districts- waht he describes is the nor.-throw in Honors and AP classes and you get even more

Sounds like a lack of teaching. My youngest had 4 hours of HW every night when she was in school in the late 2000's. No lecturing from her teachers. They sat in the front of the class, surfed the net, and told the students to read their textbooks during class and do the HW assigned. They don't teach any more.

I've heard the same scenario taking place at other schools here in SoCal from friends of mine with kids in school. We pay the max and get the least.

[jonriv]

Sorry to hear that- not the case here- our local school district is one of the best in the country with some outstanding teacher- The workload is heavy and is encouraged by the "type A" parents that here. Expectations are very high here- it is not matter here if kids will attend college, it is more how good is the college they will be going to.

[exD1dad]

Hey JonRiv comparing SoCal (los Angeles) schools to Conn is like comparing community colleges to the Ivy league

LAUSD (LA Unified School Dist) made mistakes that have cost close to a billion dollars since the late '70's. 1 of the problems was those who had English as a 2nd language, they got that wrong twice, they try to get Federal & State monies but cannot adequately blend rich & poor neighborhoods, they fail at raising test scores, had the highest pregnancy & dropout rates in the country for decades, have more languages other than English than anywhere else, are stuck with teachers who have a powerful union that keeps them either in the classroom when they under perform or continues to pay them when they break the law. Molesters/teachers or staff make the news at an alarming rate. Taxpayers pass a bond for 500 Million & they put 95% of the money into 1 school (site of the old Ambassador Hotel where Bobby Kennedy was killed) that is wrought with the problems addressed above. They waste money on ipads for students flip flop on everything & all it does is hurt generation after generation of kids. It's soooo sad.

The education is so bad softball players can do what they believe is the right thing (getting a 3.0) only to find out they can't crack 1200 on the SAT

It's also why my kids had to go to private school that was & is worth every penny.

[ontheblack]

That said, I still think they should be banned and that all CA districts should have to follow the Tom Dodd rule, not just the two that currently do.

It's not that the rest of the sections aren't following the Dodd rule, they simply don't have one in place. The Tom Dodd rule is a local San Diego bylaw, 600.1, that extends CIF's statewide ban on outside competition (bylaw 600) to include practices and tryouts. Evidently fpdad05 found another section that also has a similar local rule. Sections can pass local bylaws that are more restrictive than the statewide rules (e.g. ban outside practice), but they cannot enact ones to reduce statewide restrictions (e.g. allow outside competition).

Ironically, CIF is voting on the opposite today - a proposal to repeal their statewide ban on outside competition (i.e. games) during the season of sport. If that passes, it would have no impact on SD's Dodd rule and sections could pass local bylaws to replace the repealed statewide ban.

My mother used to say that you need to find the good in every person. So in honor of Mother's Day, thank God for Tom Dodd.

His ridiculous 6+ hr Sunday practices have saved San Diego County from all this BS.

[fastpitchdad05]

That said, I still think they should be banned and that all CA districts should have to follow the Tom Dodd rule, not just the two that currently do.

It's not that the rest of the sections aren't following the Dodd rule, they simply don't have one in place. The Tom Dodd rule is a local San Diego bylaw, 600.1, that extends CIF's statewide ban on outside competition (bylaw 600) to include practices and tryouts. Evidently fpdad05 found another section that also has a similar local rule. Sections can pass local bylaws that are more restrictive than the statewide rules (e.g. ban outside practice), but they cannot enact ones to reduce statewide restrictions (e.g. allow outside competition).

Ironically, CIF is voting on the opposite today - a proposal to repeal their statewide ban on outside competition (i.e. games) during the season of sport. If that passes, it would have no impact on SD's Dodd rule and sections could pass local bylaws to replace the repealed statewide ban.

My mother used to say that you need to find the good in every person. So in honor of Mother's Day, thank God for Tom Dodd.

His ridiculous 6+ hr Sunday practices have saved San Diego County from all this BS.

Here here! Long live the Tom Dodd rule!

A rule that everyone should adopt...

[Pale Rider]

Common core?
School Education issues?

[fastpitchdad05]

Common core?
School Education issues?

[Pale Rider]

...cant believe I posted that pic...I can take a thread and make it go in more directions than a qt of oil on an off ramp on I-10 in New Orleans