Roughly 50 more days until the start of baseball practice (officially). Whats your high school baseball player doing in December to get ready?

Gees...Start of baseball practice?

We're waiting for the start of winter and the first major amounts of snow to fall...and, a White Christmas.

We'll be in the Midwest over the holidays - boy are my kids hoping for snow! Some of them have only seen it on TV.

Kind of sad, but true!

We had the first round of Varsity "tryouts" last week! Winter, "what's that?"

You don't suppose that the "new" NCAA recruiting 'quiet time,' which has been imposed (enforced remains to be seen...) for Nov. 28 through February 28th, was not done so to level the "playing feld" for the rest of the US?

HS has a conditioning program (weights 3x week, running on opposite days). Informal long toss and BP with his friends everyday after school when it's not raining. Christmas camp. Crossing days off the calendar...

The High School Baseball Season is the greatest. I can't wait till it starts. Good Luck to everyone this year.

Why would anybody stop playing baseball? We've had tournaments every weekend since Nov 1. My son can't waite for High School baseball so he can cut down to a couple games a week.

Coconuts:
I know every time somebody says that they have had Varsity try outs in the fall somebody asks "how can you?". I'm asking "How can you?" If you are in Cal CIF rules forbid this, do they not?

We're starting winterball with a select number of wantabes Varsity players but the Varsity coach is not allowed to be there. hhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm

Well... For us in So Cal.. (CIF San Diego Section) Offical Baseball practice can not begin until Feb 21... So thats over 80 days away in my counting.

My son has just shut it down for a well deserved Break.. He's been playing full bore since last Jan... So for the next MONTH.. until day after Christmas... No baseball whatsoever...

But he is doing conditioning and agility workouts... and his HS will probably start pitcher's workouts soon...

But he also has an SAT test coming up so he'll be quite busy.

February 21? Wow! Did you mean January 21? Our first game will be about February 21.

Justbb,
How many games will you get in during HS season?
In the NW, we cannot start the season until Feb 21 either, league sanctioned.

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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Famer

24 games plus 2 "official" scrimmages. Only "guaranteed" games count...so if you enter a tournament with only 2 games guaranteed, but you're winning and playing 5 or 6, only the first 2 count against the 24.

Playoffs begin around May 15.

justbball ...

If I remember correctly, CIF SS (Southern Section) also restricts official practices till after winter sports have finished regular season. Unless my memory is failing, our Esperanza team never had official (i.e., after school) practices till around "Presidents' Day" in Feb ... seemed they always started that Saturday in mid- to late Feb ... some of the new players couldn't understand why the coach expected them to be available on that Monday holiday and they would have to make decisions about traveling with family, etc. on the 3-day week-end.

Of course, those boys who had made the team(s) during the December (6th period) try-outs, were still working out with the team in 6th period "phys ed" class.

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C'mon guys ... let me out !!!
I just wanna see a game !!!
H-mom
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We learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp; some are dull; some are pretty;
some have weird names; all are different colors.
And they all have to learn to live in the same box.

Thats interesting. In Northern California, we often start the season (games) with key players missing because they're still in winter sports playoffs. I had no idea that it was so different.

And you guys have better weather!

I believe we can have practice (even now) as long as either 1) its not required practice, or 2) no coach is supervising or 3) no "equipment" is being used. #1 is usually used to start practice, but everyone knows you should be there if you want to be on the good side of the coach.

Are these rules set up by section? Thats the only way I can explain it.

justbball ...

As I understand it from my years involved in high school sports, each CIF section can make its own rules. For instance, in the Southern Section, a high school coach of a governed sport cannot participate with any of his players in that sport other than at school. So, we don't have high school coaches involved with any "club" programs in volleyball, etc. For baseball, except for the part of summer when American Legion and the like are in "season", I do not know of any other time that baseball coaches can work with their players. I believe it is similar in other sports.

It is confusing, but I guess since there isn't any true "state championship" in most athletics (I believe cross country would be one exception), we don't have to worry about a "level playing field" with different practice seasons, etc. Many people involved in the Southern Section believe that there are too many rules and that our CIF-SS needs to "back off", especially since these items don't seem to be an issue with other CIF sections.

Wierd, huh?

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C'mon guys ... let me out !!!
I just wanna see a game !!!
H-mom
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We learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp; some are dull; some are pretty;
some have weird names; all are different colors.
And they all have to learn to live in the same box.

The Southern Section has a lot of rules, and most of them are actually good, and some are bad, but the season is approaching and that is a great thing.

I also remember that last year, we started practicing in about the first week of February.

In the CIF-SS oficial baseball starts Fe. 16, 2003. Our first scrimmage is Feb. 28 and the first game, Loara Tournamnet is Mar. 1. Coach held tryouts at lunch time for the fall spaorts guys and will do the same in Jan. I beleive you are authorized 2 official tryout periods. It can be after school, but then the kids need official paperwork and physical. We do it at lunch so that need is eleiminated, unless of course they make the team.

North Coast section rules are posted at North Coast section rules Basicly it sets the first day of the "season of sport" and if you look around pages 8-11 there's a lot of restrictions on what can't be done in the "off" season. IIRC this year the start date is Feb. 9

D'oh!

our team has 1st semester practice and weight training but REAL season practice starting january 21'st or something because our field is being rebuilt and we have to travel to another school every day. No complaints! We're still gunna make it to CIF

Dont Try..
You Already Lost..

Don't be counting your wins just yet. This is the sport of baseball, and anything can happen any year. But anyway, good luck.

Some snow would be nice, but oh well. Our son's are usually throwing long toss, lt.weights, alot of running etc. They are a little ticked off at mom for cutting out 99% of the junk food in this house) They go hit with their friends. I make sure there are alot of other things for them to do also. They get alot of down time too!!! Gotta love it!! fpsmom