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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter (9th grade) plays soccer at a FCPS. She is extremely stressed out because one of her teammates got very reprimanded via group chat by the coach because she sent a message in the group, letting the coach know that she couldn’t attend one practice because her tutor, who she meets once a week, had an emergency and had to reschedule her session during a practice. This is JV, they aren’t even any good and they already practice two hours a a day Monday through Saturday. The coach said that if you commit to playing soccer for their high school, you need to commit to attend every single practice, no excuses. If you break a leg, you’re expected to come in your cast and cheer for your team during every single practice. If you had a class scheduled or tutoring, the girls need to do everything possible not to schedule it during a practice, or they shouldn’t have to tried out to begin with. Another friend of DD who practices a winter sport outside of school, had her very last practice last week. It was her season ending practice, and they do a tournament. She would have absolutely let her team down had she not gone. She was yelled at by the coach. Another had a test make up scheduled after school and the coach was so angry at her because she should’ve scheduled that at a different time. Is this a thing in some sports? I find it ridiculous, he’s making the girls so stressed out. My daughter played a sport this  past fall, and although they were expected to come to every single practice, the coaches were very clear that they were student athletes, and academics came first. So if they were overwhelmed with work, they could speak to the coach about will missing a practice. No one was yelled at for missing practice if they had to take a test make up after school.[/quote]

Maybe a little over the top but you cite three examples of players putting something else before practice, so I'd say the coach has a point.[/quote]

If it's a player regularly skipping practice, yes.  But if it's once or twice?  My kids both played HS sports and club/travel sports and missing a practice every once in a while was not a huge deal.  Stuff happens -- illness, injury (and yes, you can go cheer on your team after the acute phase and perhaps do some type of conditioning), family travel, doctor's appointments, scholastic reasons.

If the coach has an issue (and I believe this issue is blown out of proportion by the coach) he/she can meet with the student in person, and not blast it through a group chat.

I also think six days a week is excessive.  These kids need to rest their bodies and that 6th day is too much.[/quote]

Just read whole thread.  [b]This is best take[/b].  That is way too much practice.  More than ECNL.  Second -- a once and a while skip is ok.  When you commit to a team in HS you do not leave the rest of your life to the side.  This does not sound like a private because you could not get away with this.  We are at a private and also play club soccer ------ club soccer comes first --- no exceptions -- that is where the college recruiting will be done not HS.  HS is second.  We started the year by saying this to HS coach.  He has the option not to pick DC.  That was not likely because DC is quite good but coach had the option.  [/quote]

No, it's not.   [/quote]

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