So our team is in Florida and we've been practicing each week by paying for fields. We just joined the league and i found out they do not give us practice time on the fields. Every field we go to in South Florida charges a fee to use. Is this standard? if so what do you guys do?
Where do you practice?
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oilslick58
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Find a Church with a yard and a backstop................Im cheap, I aint payin for practice.EVER
What area in FL do you play?
What area in FL do you play?
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"Its easy to talk about, its easy to sum it up when you just talk about practice. We sittin' in here, I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talkin' about practice. I mean listen, we talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We talkin bout practice. Not a game, not a, not a, not the game that I go out there and die for, and play every game like its my last. Not the game. We talkin' bout practice, man. I mean how silly is that? We talkin' bout practice. I know I'm supposed to be there, I know I'm supposed to lead by example. I know that, and I'm not shovin' it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know its important, I do. I honestly do. But we talkin' bout practice, man. What are we talkin' bout? Practice? We talkin' bout practice man. We talk... We talkin' bout practice. We talkin' bout practice. We ain't talkin' bout the game, we talkin' bout practice, man. When you come into the arena, and you see me play, you see me play, don't you? You see me give everything I got, right? But we talkin' bout practice right now. We talkin' bout practice. (crowd laughs) Man look, I hear you, its funny to me too. I mean, its strange, its strange to me too. But we talkin' bout practice man. We not even talkin' bout the game, the actual game, when it matters. We talkin' bout practice."
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NoNameJames
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Never pay to practice. We go to a small 230' fenced field. Our goal is to keep it in and try to keep it as low as the 10' fence. Helps on placing base hits and infield gap shots. I noticed when we play on bigger fields, its people just go for the long ball. It's been very effective.
brewcitydude25
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I can think of at least 8 fields within a 15 min drive that have 300 ft fences that are open most of the time. It's hard now with youth teams practicing but after July those are done.
Redman
Active Member
I'd pay for a beautiful lit field every week. Naw everyone thinks their hot **** so no one really practices on my teams. They do the quarterly Bp session when they're sucking nutts but that's about it.
I personally have a few good fields close to me that are normally open for the weekly/biweekly bp with a buddy or two.
I personally have a few good fields close to me that are normally open for the weekly/biweekly bp with a buddy or two.
MarlSrSoftball
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That is the joy of being retired. Fields are always open in the morning. You have to get a permit but our Rec dept doesn't charge for practice times.
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Whitey0817
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I've got a very well kept city park nearby that's hardly ever in use by any little league teams. 4 diamonds, groomed regularly, grass cut, and plenty of room in the outfields...no fences but who cares, and its located right in the middle of where most guys on my team live
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Every time I have a practice only 3 of my 14 players show up. I gave up having practices.
scottydoesnt
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You don't have local community ball parks ? The only 'problem' we have is getting playing time during the season on the fields with deeper fences. We've only got like 2-3 fields that have 300ft fences. All others are only 265-285. We don't have warm weather all year like you, so we are forced into cages during winter.
exccsracer
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I must be very fortunate. I live within 5 minutes of 2 major fields(Pine Grove and Oak Grove) where tourneys are going on at least every other week. There are also several smaller fields(250' & 275') 10 minutes away which have the light switches readily available. If those are taken we have more than a few churches in SC so a ball field can be found fairly easily. Oh, and if it's raining there are several indoor batting cages that have tunnel rental for about $25/hr. Just bring your own pitcher and balls.
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torrey pines turf field
show up ass early (630ish) sunday morn
nobody there, get 3 rounds of bp in with my peeps
show up ass early (630ish) sunday morn
nobody there, get 3 rounds of bp in with my peeps
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WTF is checking? If they show up and ask for $$$ just walk...
GrinningBear
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Soccer fields behind my apartment during the day or after soccer and the sports the high school doesn't find important enough to have their own fields (lacrosse, rugby) are done and leave. I usually get about 45 minutes of dusk and gather up the balls by flashlight.
Tons and tons of fields within 20 miles and all but a couple of the grounds crews let me use as long as I stay off the chalk.
About half will give you a permit--free, you just have to fill out a form--so you can tell the dad and his four year old to git and city officials you have a printed sheet of leave me alone. Some will even give you the lights at no charge. Some want to charge. Usually the crappy ones.
Tons and tons of fields within 20 miles and all but a couple of the grounds crews let me use as long as I stay off the chalk.
About half will give you a permit--free, you just have to fill out a form--so you can tell the dad and his four year old to git and city officials you have a printed sheet of leave me alone. Some will even give you the lights at no charge. Some want to charge. Usually the crappy ones.