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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pickleball I guess crew maybe [/quote]

Crew??? No. It takes forever - drive/run to boathouse, pre row warm up and boat launching, workout, take care of and put away boat, drive home. [b]A basketball practice is shorter. [/b]It also gets very intense - boats tend to get very tight, and competition for seats on a boat are often intense head to head races, either in a boat or on an erg. It’s a lot.

And it’s WONDERFUL.[/quote]

Bless your heart.  The first day after the varsity team was announced at DS’s school (a Saturday) there were 7 hours of practice scheduled (morning and afternoon, pm with a break for lunch).   Multiple schools in the DMV are consistently ranked in the top 25 nationally, and they send a few kids to the NBA (e.g. Markelle Fultz).   Basketball is 7 days a week all year, at least 2 hours per day (more when there’s practice or a game) every day.[/quote]

Are high school sports allowed to practice year round now? Growing up we asked our coach why we didn't practice year round and I thought the answer involved seasons you were allowed to meet as a team with specific start and end dates.[/quote]

Technically no, but practically yes. The high school team can only practice during the season, certain Green Day’s, and non-sport specific exercise for off season conditioning. But most high school sports teams around here very highly encourage off season club teams. For basketball they even wear their school name in the off season. For crew it is seperate private clubs (one Arlington, pbc, tbc, resilient).  But competing with teammates in the offseason is very highly encouraged for most high school sports now. [/quote]

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