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This is from an OC in 4A D2 in Region 4

This is from an athletic trainer lol

I'm actually surprised by a lot of these responses I just assumed coaches would jump on the chance to practice more lol

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This is a text from a 4A D1 head coach in Region II who graduated from Columbia..incredibly smart guy "I think that most upper level coaches would tell you that they would practice as much as possible, as often as possible. It's the 'ole "if your trucks not in the parking lot, someone is out working you." BS. Given the current 1hr summer guidelines, we don't need two-a-days. I would be up for starting a week earlier or lengthening the non contact/non padded parts of preseason. Good friends at the college level still see a lack of fundamentals from high school kids. And with 10 days from "Hello" to first scrimmage in August, TXHSFB coaches don't spend enough full team time on fundamentals. Low Socieoeconomic schools don't get the benefit of summer practices. Most of my kids are working. I won't get them full time til August. The rich get richer."

Here's a text from a 4A D1 head coach in Region III attachment was too big so could not paste the screen shot "No way. It is not needed anymore. Football has become almost year around. It has taken some of the luster of fall camp away. I loved back in the day, when kids showed up to fall camp like it was Christmas Day. Kids haven't done any football since mid to late May, and fall camp got here was exciting. With the spring, then straight into to summer, we get plenty of ball. We have even tapered back some in the summer with skills. Especially becomes year around when you play til Christmas. You get January thru March to focus on some weaknesses in off season, a little break from ball. Then April hits and you are back doing ball again til Christmas."

Here's a text message from a current 5A D1 HC in Region II

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But let's get some coaches takes on it and see what they think [Hidden Content]

Of course some won't agree it serves their interests to have more time... But it is interesting that even though schools have the option to do 2 practices after Day 5 (and not on consecutive days, the vast majority choose not to do it..

PNG had a great gameplan to slow Liberty Hill down last year....it was the best job anyone had done against that offense since SOC in the 2021 state game....if Liberty Hill had their two running backs maybe its a little closer, but still think PNG wins that game comfortably

There's a burn in period now....I dont think back in the day you could go full pads until the first day of contact (Day 6)....now you can go shoulder pads/shells on Day 3, just no contact....

kids in general aren't out in the heat more than back in the day....but I do believe today's football players on average are out in it just as much as kids back in the 80s for example....most kids in the 70s and 80s weren't working the fields etc.... I think its also worth noting it is hotter on average now that it was 40-50 years ago as well...although nothing has topped the summer of 1980

Football coaches always want more practice time...they want all the extra summer work plus 2-a-days, plus whatever else they can get...thats just their nature...what I'm saying is its not needed now because of the changes to the calendar and the development of a year-round nature of the game. And remember they do get time to run plays in the summer now with the sport specific time

screen shots live forever...people talk too much these days lol

I think kids back then just did stuff on their own or worked....kids these days are out in the heat a lot, its just in more organized settings, summer workouts, 7on7, private 1v1 training etc....its different but most HS Football players are on campus 3-4 hours a day much of the summer, lifting, running, doing sport specific work etc...that more than adds up for the time "lost" not doing two-a-days