CECAA850 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 When I played adult league, it was always Sunday afternoon but everything under 18 was always the AM. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Lawn or Boat....hummmm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) what is soccer? we pretty much just walk around being awesome; but, when the time comes we just play sports out here. You know, football, basketball and baseball…oh yeah, and golf … and darts … and horseshoes … and curling … and chugging pots of hot coffee (to toughen us up). Edited April 2, 2015 by BigStewMan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I don't know. Youth athletics depend on "Daylights Savings Time". It had to help when you were involved with soccer Carl, right? Good question. Soccer here is mostly in the summer months when the days are longer. All our fields were lit as well for evening practice so I'm not sure how much we'd be affected. Games were Saturday and Sunday mornings so no issue there. As a kid ours was between football and baseball seasons. Games were in the mornings on weekends. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Come on guys. Most kids are practicing sports on unlit fields after school. We have a least 3 "events" a week (maybe two practices and one game). Our kids start practice at 5pm on a park baseball field without lights. Take away DST and those couldn't happen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Morning gang 70s+ for next few days. Skeeters are lite this week, likely they know it's tax time and unclesam has left no blood for them. Lawn attacked, and yeah two little carpet panels still to go in the Boat. today, dammit, today! Tarheel, those vent(s) they installed, top peak of the roof? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. Hell yeah. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Yep duder that practice schedule sounds a bit rigorous. Mark I originally had two gable end vents and one power vent. I took out the power vent and went to ridge vents a passive system on the peak of the roof. Air intake through the soffit and gable vents brings in cool air that forces the warm air out through the ridge vents. Roofers are finished though I asked them to reroof the tool shed if they had spare shingles....so all roof coverings will match. Pictures today. Took pics of LF in action on the tennis court that I need to load. Going home today.....Jake is a little homesick even with the treats he is getting here. Bike riding, pool time, and checking out the new roof on the agenda. Cheers Gents 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. Hell no! Not if he is enjoying the game. Not if it keeps him out of trouble. Not if it keeps him off the damn video games for a while! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Interesting opinions on baseball: My son gets one hour of video game time per day x 7 days = 7 hours per week. Baseball 3 days x 2 hours = 6 hours per week. School is 35 hrs. Sleep is 60 hrs. Those of you with kids, what do your kids spend their time doing? Edited April 2, 2015 by JL Sargent 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Yep duder that practice schedule sounds a bit rigorous. Mark I originally had two gable end vents and one power vent. I took out the power vent and went to ridge vents a passive system on the peak of the roof. Air intake through the soffit and gable vents brings in cool air that forces the warm air out through the ridge vents. Roofers are finished though I asked them to reroof the tool shed if they had spare shingles....so all roof coverings will match. Pictures today. Took pics of LF in action on the tennis court that I need to load. Going home today.....Jake is a little homesick even with the treats he is getting here. Bike riding, pool time, and checking out the new roof on the agenda. Cheers Gents Ridge vents was the word i was looking for, when i bought this place it just had a new roof put on it and that is what i was looking for, but the old owners went cheap and did not do it. So i installed a fan in the garage side wall vent, sucks air through the big attic and out through the lower garage roof, works great however i do leave it going 24/7 through summer. your vents are the wave of the future. Edited April 2, 2015 by minermark 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 No kids JL but Jake's routine is sleep/rest 22 hours/day, eat 1 hour, potty time 15 minutes, walk 45 minutes. No videos but dog park for play 1 hour on the weekend 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 No kids JL but Jake's routine is sleep/rest 22 hours/day, eat 1 hour, potty time 15 minutes, walk 45 minutes. No videos but dog park for play 1 hour on the weekend Sounds like my lifestyle..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. Hell no! Not if he is enjoying the game. Not if it keeps him out of trouble. Not if it keeps him off the damn video games for a while! Well if they were not in sports of some type, video games and gettin into trouble is not far off. I may not agree with the many hours spent but it does outweigh the option(s) big time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Come on guys. Most kids are practicing sports on unlit fields after school. Not around here. The schools have lit fields and the select club's fields are lit as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. Hell no! Not if he is enjoying the game. Not if it keeps him out of trouble. Not if it keeps him off the damn video games for a while! I agree, that's no where near excessive. Kids at that age aren't throwing curve balls 6 hours a week. They're basically learning the game at that point. Coaches are throwing a ton of batting practice. There's also a lot of standing and waiting your turn. It's great for the kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Let me ask. Do you think 3, 2 hour long practices is a lot for an 8/9 year old for baseball. Hell no! Not if he is enjoying the game. Not if it keeps him out of trouble. Not if it keeps him off the damn video games for a while! I agree, that's no where near excessive. Kids at that age aren't throwing curve balls 6 hours a week. They're basically learning the game at that point. Coaches are throwing a ton of batting practice. There's also a lot of standing and waiting your turn. It's great for the kids. I see the points made, but I guess my biggest problem is. That most practice start at 5 and go tell 7. I don't get off until 430-5. Ok so I will drop the complaint of having to dip out of work early. But even if he gets his home wiring done in kids club. When does he have time to do other things. Yes JL your right if he loves the sport he won't be worried about other things. But now I have to take into consideration of my other children. I need to get her to soccer practice and games as well. Plus cook dinner. By that time it's 830 ish and almost time for bed. I guess I just feel like the coaches have only one child and nothing else to do. We live a pretty busy life. Sometimes I just wish there is a better balance of time spent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Instead of the question being, "Don't you think 3, 2hour long practices are a lot for an 8/9 year old?" It should have been, "Don't you think 3, 2 hour long practices are a lot for an 8/9 year olds parent". When my 2 oldest children were into their activities, my wife was in charge of running them around. I don't know how she did it. I drive 22 miles one way to work. My wife worked in town and never left town all day and would put more miles on her vehicle in the course of a day than I would. Edited April 2, 2015 by CECAA850 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) Isn't it always about compromises though? A couple of years ago he played on a team that practiced once a week and went 1-9 for the season. Last year he played on a team that practiced 3 times a week and went 8-2. We prefer the latter. Sounds like your son's coach is competitive and wants to win some games? It's a year to year thing and my son chooses to play or not to play each year. He has always chosen to play and wants to put in the practice time it takes to win. edit: On Carl's point, it can be a real help to carpool with other kids/parents to practice and games. One year I drove 15 miles out of my way each practice so a single parents kid could play on the team. Surely there is some travel help available. Edited April 2, 2015 by JL Sargent 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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