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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one who thinks it's reasonable to expect the kids to attend every practice barring illness? Sounds like the kid scheduled something during a time she knew she had practice. If she called the coach to explain a dire situation like she was failing a class and desperately needed a session before a big exam, then I think it would've gone differently. But honestly, even JV, if you are on a team, you show up. If kids felt like they could be absent every now and then it really affects the team. If your goalie just didn't show up, what would you do? If the coach designed a practice around set pieces and the goalie decided she needed to see a tutor instead, how does that work? It's disrespectful. You show up unless you are ill. She knew the schedule for the team and she chose to be on it. Yes, the kids need to work with the coaches to let them know what's going on academically and the coach should be able to support that... but I wouldn't expect the coach to continually deal with kids scheduling stuff during practice time. [/quote]

Agree.   
My kid plays other HS sports, but that is the expectation.  There were some kids that were injured the entire season, but still showed up to every single practice and game to cheer on their team mates.

The tutor rescheduling should have been done at a different time.

Playing for a club sport outside of school and time conflicts with HS team?  Then don't try out for the HS team. Leave the spot for someone who can fully commit.

The coach shouldn't have yelled at these players.   He should have just cut them from the team. [/quote]

Do you know how hard it is to find a good tutor?  Ours has a waiting list, and if she has an emergency and changes the meeting time, which has happened maybe twice in 3 years, we bend to her schedule.  She meets once a week with my kids, and HS practice is every single day, Saturdays included.  HS sports can bend so my children can do well in school, their #1 priority.  They are not out there socializing and missing practice for trivia reasons, they are in academic tutoring.   Playing a winter sports will overlap with a spring sport for a week or two.  Coaches know this.  It should be ok for kids to manage both commitments by offering each equal time for that one or two weeks of overlap.  You are teaching you kids to finish a commitment and to manage difficult situations why communicating with their coaches about their schedule.  Now, if you are doing a travel sport at the same time as a HS sport, that won't work, unless the practices/game times are completely different.  [/quote]

I do know how hard it is to find a good tutor which is why we pay ours for our time slot even if we can't attend. Like when there is a sports event. We understand and agreed to the commitment to the team.
-dp[/quote]

It is just a HS team and it is just 1 practice.  Academics do come first and it doesn't sound like this is a habit, but an unforseen situation.  The student in question should have contacted the coach directly, not on the team chat, copying their parent b/c of safesport.  I promise the coach wouldn't have responded that way if another adult was on the chat.  [/quote]

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