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Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with 10am. 9am game was a little rough. But it’s nothing compared to my nephew’s 8:15am hockey game.

That is prime time! Lucky they got that slot. It is the 7AM times an hour away that kill the weekend. You get home and need a nap.

The 7 to 8:30 PM games are also killer for any weekend night. Screws up dinner and any evening plans.

Anonymous wrote:I’m ok with 10am. 9am game was a little rough. But it’s nothing compared to my nephew’s 8:15am hockey game.

That is prime time! Lucky they got that slot. It is the 7AM times an hour away that kill the weekend. You get home and need a nap.

Anonymous wrote:I’m fine with the 9/10 am games. It’s the 1 pm games that totally kill my weekends.

I agree with this. We had soccer at 10am this morning and to me that's ideal because it gets us moving in the morning but is not so early that we can't all get a little extra rest. It will be over by 11am and then we have the rest of the day to either do something fun or chill out and rest.

To be honest, having activities on the weekends is something we try to limit as much as we can. With soccer it's unavoidable, but for everything else (dance, swim, scouts, etc.) we really aim for things that happen during the week. I work part time so I can do things like sign kids up for a 4pm class, or help lead a Tuesday night Girl Scouts. It frees up our weekends which allows us more relaxation time, plus we can get out of town when we want. Soccer is the one exception right now but to be honest, and I don't think it's going to last more than another year or so because the kids like it but don't love it -- it's mostly social for them.

Go to bed earlier? There are lots of activities that need to take place. there are a lot of kids. There are not a lot of fields. My kids have a game at 9am today and the last one won't be over until 9:30 tonight. The kids love it, so we do it.

This isn’t mandatory. Don’t stress yourself and your family out. It doesn’t work well in the long run.

I’m ok with 10am. 9am game was a little rough. But it’s nothing compared to my nephew’s 8:15am hockey game.

I told my husband that he would be on the hook for all games for our kid on a travel team (bc the local option would have been plenty). He was up at 6am to get him to a game two counties away. I slept until 9am and will get another kid to their local game this afternoon.

After so many years of schlepping kids to sports every season, I’m starting to hate it. Every other weekend would be plenty. Better yet: one evening game during the week to keep the weekends free.

If I were queen of the world, I’d institute a 90 min running clock for baseball.

The one-hour running clock for indoor lax was awesome!

I’m fine with the 9/10 am games. It’s the 1 pm games that totally kill my weekends.

Anonymous wrote:It’s not to make your life hard, it’s field availability. Rec sports, travel sports all sharing limited field space in our community. We have a 7pm game tonight.

This 100%

Maybe you could volunteer to coach and then (maybe) you'll have more say in the schedule.

I wish our games this year were earlier. 9 would be ok. We have some 1pms, some 9s, some 2s. We’re all over the place, and it blocks us from being able to much of anything else.

I learned to love it. I have so little one on one time with my now 17 year old that the morning sports are a special time (now he has AAU basketball early in the mornings).

sign your kid up for something else
- signed parent of HS Hockey player who has practice until 11:30 PM on a school night given when the team can get ice time.

It’s not to make your life hard, it’s field availability. Rec sports, travel sports all sharing limited field space in our community. We have a 7pm game tonight.

Why? Aren’t parents lives hard enough? Why does this happen. No I don’t need the rest of the day to do things - I need to actually rest my busted skeleton from the week and sleep.