Staff Admin Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 There appears to be an uptick in the construction of indoor practice facilities for high school teams. What are your thoughts on these? Are they worth the costs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Staff Admin said: There appears to be an uptick in the construction of indoor practice facilities for high school teams. What are your thoughts on these? Are they worth the costs? I think so; can use year round, extends the life of equipment from weather Edited March 26, 2022 by Horsefly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 I'm all for them as long as every other sport can also benefit from it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 My man these are all over Texas and it’s not something new happening - schools here starting building these roughly 20 + years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Texasball said: My man these are all over Texas and it’s not something new happening - schools here starting building these roughly 20 + years ago! I believe he was talking in the southeast region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Admin Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 8 hours ago, Texasball said: My man these are all over Texas and it’s not something new happening - schools here starting building these roughly 20 + years ago! I don't doubt you at all, but it is still a newer concept for most of the country. Are they worth the expense, and do they produce championships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Staff Admin said: I don't doubt you at all, but it is still a newer concept for most of the country. Are they worth the expense, and do they produce championships? Are they worth the expense, I’d say, ”yes” but it would be hard to quantify if they produce championships. either you’re championship caliber or not (regardless of access to indoor facility) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Why do they build them in states where the weather is nice year-round? Like TX, FL, CA, GA, etc.? Makes more sense in cold weather states where it snows lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Why do they build them in states where the weather is nice year-round? Like TX, FL, CA, GA, etc.? Makes more sense in cold weather states where it snows lots. Probably true in those other states too, but in Texas the weather is not “nice” year round: extreme heat, humidity, wind and rain. The climate controlled facilities help with that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pied Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 56 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Why do they build them in states where the weather is nice year-round? Like TX, FL, CA, GA, etc.? Makes more sense in cold weather states where it snows lots. Few different reasons imo. One, because “everyone else has them” lol. Second, it can be used 365 days a year. Heat through ~September, rain anytime, cold snaps from ~mid October through March. Granted, the weather may be perfect anyone during that stretch, but may not as well. They are used for all kinds activities from band/cheerleading/drill team as well as PE/etc. I’d add that I would be appalled if a school/district used only football Championships as the criteria. There is SO much more a school should build an indoor facility than for one sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 8:47 PM, Horsefly said: Probably true in those other states too, but in Texas the weather is not “nice” year round: extreme heat, humidity, wind and rain. The climate controlled facilities help with that Plus, it can get pretty darn cold here! most have batting cages and everything else that is needed by outside sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pied Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 32 minutes ago, Texasball said: Plus, it can get pretty darn cold here! most have batting cages and everything else that is needed by outside sports. Thought of that, but with all the games being done mid-December, and very few teams (relatively speaking playing past mid-November) I'm not sure the cold is as much a factor as some other conditions. Seems like it may be more beneficial for other sports for the cold. Not saying it doesn't get cold in October/November, but is usually fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDE769 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Not sure if any in Ca. I maybe wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, pied said: Thought of that, but with all the games being done mid-December, and very few teams (relatively speaking playing past mid-November) I'm not sure the cold is as much a factor as some other conditions. Seems like it may be more beneficial for other sports for the cold. Not saying it doesn't get cold in October/November, but is usually fine. Trust me they are using them during the season, especially playoff teams. Schools that don't have them sometimes use others in the area just to get good practice on bad weather days during the playoffs. I just looked at article from 2016 and it was saying over 60 in the area back then. There has been many built since then! DFW and East Texas have most of them. Not very many in the Houston area...Barbers Hills built one recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pied Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 40 minutes ago, Texasball said: Trust me they are using them during the season, especially playoff teams. Schools that don't have them sometimes use others in the area just to get good practice on bad weather days during the playoffs. I just looked at article from 2016 and it was saying over 60 in the area back then. There has been many built since then! DFW and East Texas have most of them. Not very many in the Houston area...Barbers Hills built one recently. I hear you and am certain they are used. I'm just offering that it's not the end of the world to have to practice in November. The week of the first round the highs were 72/73/75/66/66 and 63 on game day. Saturday 11/20 the high was 72. Saturday 11/28the high was 57. Saturday 12/4 the high was 73 Saturday 12/11 the high was 52 The week of the State title game it got up to 84. Now those could be VERY different, just making the case that it sometimes is pretty perfect practice weather in football season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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