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Unread 28-04-2014, 21:16
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Re: 2014 Lessons Learned: The Negative

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Originally Posted by Brandon_L View Post
I think you're missing the 6 hour unbag time in the week leading up to the event which is supposed to replaces the practice day. The first day is supposed to just be a load-ing/unbag/inspect and at some events practice is thrown in. I've been to events where we were allowed to practice Day 1 (Bridgewater) and events where we weren't, and practice was a couple hours at the beginning of day 2 (Chestnut Hill, Lenape 2013).

Of course, the 6 hour unbag time can't really replace true on-field with other team practice time. The issue with having a full practice day, at least in MAR, is probably the fact that the MAR events run Friday-Sunday in a highschool gym which would involve invading a high school during school hours.
Also at all NE Events (at least the ones I went too), we held a firm no teams in until 5 pm on Day 0. Out of the 4 district level events I went too, only one had the field ready for practice matches on Day 0, and that was because we started set-up on Thursday (what we called Day -1). So for us, we've kept the time teams spent on Day 0 significantly less to the old Thursdays at regionals up here.
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