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re: Parents attendance at youth vs high school sports, away games are cool to miss?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:20 am to Salmon
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:20 am to Salmon
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e worst
you just sit around for seemingly hours and then all of sudden you got to run as hard and fast as you can after you just ate 2 orders of nachos
I threw shot and ran the 200 (before I got too fat), no matter what they seemed to be the first and last events
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:20 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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Mine is only starting middle school and I’m already dreading this day. I enjoy it so much watching him play.
It goes by faster than you think.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:21 am to Salmon
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you just sit around for seemingly hours and then all of sudden you got to run as hard and fast as you can after you just ate 2 orders of nachos
As a parent, this was how swim meets were for my kids. I decided to become a referee so I didn't have to sit around waiting for their next race. Made the meets go by much faster and I didn't have to make boring small talk with other parents.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:21 am to Salmon
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you just sit around for seemingly hours and then all of sudden you got to run as hard and fast as you can after you just ate 2 orders of nachos
But that short period of running was fun as hell
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:22 am to Gaston
If your kid is playing, you go.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:22 am to Vood
I’ll never miss a football game, if I can help it...but this track meet this weekend, man I’m just not feeling it. 6+ hours of driving (round trip) for watching 53 seconds of running...
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 9:24 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:23 am to DemonKA3268
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But that short period of running was fun as hell
I ran the 400 and the 800
I wouldn't describe either as "fun"
"vomit inducing" is the more accurate description
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:23 am to Tyga Woods
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If your kid is playing, you go.
meh, not all parents can drop everything and be at every single extracurricular activity of their kid(s)
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:24 am to The Spleen
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As a parent, this was how swim meets were for my kids. I decided to become a referee so I didn't have to sit around waiting for their next race. Made the meets go by much faster and I didn't have to make boring small talk with other parents.
That was smart.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:27 am to Salmon
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I ran the 400 and the 800 I wouldn't describe either as "fun" "vomit inducing" is the more accurate description
I usually ran the 100, 200, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay.
Couple times I ran the 4x400 relay when not running the 200. Frick that crap, hated it.
Yes, your runs sucked balls
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:29 am to Salmon
What did you get your 400 time down to?
Right below 50 seconds, or 50 flat is what it’s going to take to win this meet...my son’s best is just inside 54. Their 4x team goes just inside 3:42...which may be good enough for 3rd in the state meet, we’ll see.
Right below 50 seconds, or 50 flat is what it’s going to take to win this meet...my son’s best is just inside 54. Their 4x team goes just inside 3:42...which may be good enough for 3rd in the state meet, we’ll see.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:30 am to Gaston
A parent organization could always organize a charter bus or rent some 15 passenger vans. Everyone chips in and it's rather cost effective.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:31 am to Niamey Vice
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watch them play the Xbox
I never let the kids get into the gaming very much but that does remind me of one time when my son was a tyke, he had some sort of little electronic football game that he wanted me to watch him play, had to tell him(after I watched for a minute,) sorry son, that's not a spectator sport, I'll wait till you start playing real footballPosted on 4/30/21 at 9:32 am to Gaston
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What did you get your 400 time down to?
I was in the 51-52ish range
good enough to make it to the State meet, but never good enough to place
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 9:34 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:33 am to Gaston
Hey 53 seconds for a 8th grader is very respectful. If he stays with track through high school 46-48 is very attainable. And that would be elite high school speed.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:39 am to TigerFox
Yea, he needs more muscle. He’s 6’1+” and just lacks a bit of drive in the final 60m. Football workouts are everyday from here on out, so if we can get him proper nutrition...he should put on some muscle.
He wants to go D1 as a place kicking specialist.
He wants to go D1 as a place kicking specialist.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:55 am to Gaston
My parents usually didn't come to games like that, where we are bussing out 2+ hours, though that only happened a few times. They came to pretty much everything else, or at least one did.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:58 am to Gaston
Man, this thread has me in my feelings. My dad past away a few years ago, man came to almost every game I played in from t-ball through high school baseball and basketball, missed maybe 6 or so games because he couldn't get off. The few he missed, he was there to pick me up from school and would ask me about the game. Never was the one yelling at umpires or refs, but always cheering for our teams. I never got to ask him why he was always there, but hearing yall talking about going just so your kid knows you're supporting them is making it dusty in here.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:07 am to Gaston
My parents did the best they could. Mom was a teacher, so she was always at the games on-site. Dad came to the ones that he could. The "daytime" baseball type games weren't really doable for him. Track meets, tennis, golf, of course... no parents except those driving typically went. There were 3 of us, and sometimes you can't be in 3 places at once.
I'll do the same, one or both of us will try to be there when it makes sense, but the kid also needs to know that if we miss a game, it's not the end of the world. Daughter plays soccer right now, and I often have to miss a game due to having kids in other activities, but I make it up by going to practice or swapping with mom for a game, etc.
I'll do the same, one or both of us will try to be there when it makes sense, but the kid also needs to know that if we miss a game, it's not the end of the world. Daughter plays soccer right now, and I often have to miss a game due to having kids in other activities, but I make it up by going to practice or swapping with mom for a game, etc.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:13 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:10 am to concrete_tiger
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My parents did the best they could. Mom was a teacher, so she was always at the games on-site. Dad came ones that he could. The "daytime" baseball type games weren't really doable for him. Track meets, tennis, golf, of course... no parents except those driving typically went. There were 3 of us, and sometimes you can't be in 3 places at once.
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the kid also needs to know that if we miss a game, it's not the end of the world
this, right here
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