Question about Texas High School

[candcdad]

Can high school players play on their summer team during the high school season in Texas.

[Bleacher Creature]

Can high school players play on their summer team during the high school season in Texas.

If the coach lets them or He/She (coach)does not find out.

They always seem to find out. the kid sitting the bench behind her WILL tell!

[Bleacher Mom]

UIL does not prohibit playing on travel team during High School season. Some High School coaches will not allow it, some don't care.

[softballrulznut]

My question is....how many HS coaches are going to bench their "stud pitcher" even if they do find out they played travel ball the previous weekend?

Lets say little Ms. Sally Stud is the number 1 pitcher on her HS team who is state ranked in class 5A and little Ms Sally Stud is just a freshman and decides to go play a 14u tournament on a off weekend. Is her HS coach really going to sit her down or kick her off if she continues to participate in travel tournaments?

[Aglove&Aball]

If a player decides to go play in a tournament since they have no HS games, most coaches will encourage for them to go. This will only keep the player on their toes. It is not against UIL rules, however, I believe it is up to the HS coach.

[hit4power]

I think two issues are injury risk and rest days. DD tried to play some TB her freshman year (her HS didnt explicitly prohibit it) but we quickly found that she really needed the days off for rest. HS ball was 5 days a week, and sometimes weekends, and the wear and tear was too much to do both. There is also the risk of injury, and I wouldn't want to be explaining to the HS coach how my DD got hurt over the weekend and won't be playing HS ball for the next two weeks...

[Aglove&Aball]

Yes hit4power, I believe that is one very important issue. There are some players that play HS and with their travel team at the same time and you can see the toll it takes on them..I believe the player should rest and maybe, I said maybe, allow them to participate in tournaments that are significant enough, for instance, HOF qualifiers and etc. Other than that all other tournaments are basically playing time for the teams.

[softballrulznut]

When did kids start getting "tired". We use to play and or practice seven days a week and I don't remember getting "tired".

Kids are babied too much now days in my opinion. They don't ever truly get in shape, hence why you see so many more injuries in today's game. Just MHO

[hit4power]

Kids are babied too much now days in my opinion. They don't ever truly get in shape, hence why you see so many more injuries in today's game. Just MHO

I will somewhat agree with you, but I never had to practice to the extent that I see kids being pushed today. We never played HS sports on weekends, and club sports, travel ball, etc just weren't as demanding as they are today, at least not where/when I grew up. I played on a club soccer team when I was in middle school and the first two years of HS. We had either one practice or one game on a weekend and that was it. Yep, we played around on our own a lot, but I don't think it was at the same level as what you see today.

Speaking only for my DD, she is in shape, but a rest day or two per week is critical to staying in shape, and being able to maintain your fitness/strength level. In a recent week, she had 4 HS practices of 3 hours each, private hitting and pitching lessons 2 hours total plus warmup time and a two day tournament of 6 games during which she threw nearly 250 pitches. Come Sunday, she was worn out and needed the off day mentally, and physically. I never had a schedule like that when I was that age...