[groundattack]

We go Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. June 19 was our last practice and the kids are out until July 14th. That is an extended time off the players were given some activities they can do at home to assist them in staying in shape.

[pjdoug]

DEAD on.
This is right on the money. I loved football when I was in school. It was my favorite thing to do. But practicing 5 and 6 times a week, twice a day, in 90+ heat made me hate it. It wasn't the sport I hated, it was the practice. We could have done several things without being outside in dangerous heat, but that was always accepted as the thing to do. You can go out and hit and run all you want, but doing things the kids enjoy at least some of the time is what separates having a good time and hating it. Theres no question practicing like we did made us a pretty good team, but we had that philosophy for every year, and if that was what was making us better, we should have won games every year.
In other words, practicing like idiots in 90 degree heat with 2 water breaks in 3 hours (wish it was like the kids got it now) is just ridiculous. I do think if any kid ever ask for water he should get it. I don't know why adults thought for so many years that water breaks were for rewarding. I liked what I see a couple of teams do over there years of having a piece of pipe with water holes constantly squirting out of them for players to drink. We never had that luxury, and im not sure what schools do now.

they taught us how to run ourselves to death instead of how to play the game lol