2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative

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Originally Posted by Tom Line

I'm fairly shocked at that. It sounds like we were spoiled here in the Michigan. Our practice fields were 1/3 fields that had pyramids, goals, and were surrounded by batting-cage style hanging nets that made it safe for everyone. Perhaps First-In-Michigan builds the practice fields and moves them around with the competition fields. That would explain their relatively high-quality. They were laminated plywood bolted together, all built in a folding style so they could be packed away.

Practice fields, IIRC, are built and maintained by regional committees. FiM used their practice fields over a dozen times while DC would only use theirs once, so building them better makes sense; people will actually get stuff out of them...

Point 1 for districts. For those of you keeping score at home, that's:
Districts: 5469
Traditional Events: 1 (because they tried)