Nation,
I've been trying to agitate some of my readers in previous posts regarding whether or not A and B teams in a city should practice together. Breaking conventional wisdom is hard.
Here's a quote that really caught my attention
"Practice Time is Limited"
Strong statement, let's try and look at the rough numbers.. Over the course of the year, you probably practice as follows:
6 months * two practices a week* 4.3 weeks per month* 2 full hours of practice minimum = 103.2 hours of practice for the average frisbee team.
Then add the offseason sessions: 4 months of one practice a week, 2 hours per practice= 34.4 hours of practice..
So, your average team spends 103.2 + 34.4 hours of practice time during one year.. about 137.6 hours of practice time.
137.6 hours is a lot of time. You have time for a lot of integration. In fact, with 137.6 hours of practice time, the issue might be complacency more than getting specific team plans rolled out and mastered.
With proper attendance (which should be a given) you really have no excuses about a lack of practice time. Oh... that's right.. practice attendance is always an issue for "elite" teams in ultimate.
So, how many hours of the practice time you spent with your team was efficiently used, in your opinion? See the poll on the right?
