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[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]

I agree with this.  OP’s examples of a kid playing a winter sport with schedule conflicts and another’s private tutor session being rescheduled seem like those are avoidable, or in the case of the winter sports, known beforehand and should have been cleared.

Coaches should absolutely have a blanket policy you need to attend every practice.  Sure things may come up with kids but what conflict is avoidable and unavoidable is open to interpretation.  [/quote]

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