I've always wondered why the desire for programs to have IPFs. If you play your games outdoors IPFs don't help prepare for weather conditions.

Expecting to play in cold rainy conditions Arizona head coach Rich Rod had his players practice outside early morning with the sprinklers on so they could get used to those conditions. It was 36 degrees at practice time.

There are some benefits to having IPF, but why practice indoors with 65 degree temperatures when that's not how you're going to play the game?

To practice through thunderstorms and snowstorms

It's a smallish fib meant for recruiting purposes: the recruits when they see it think they won't be practicing in the rain or cold. This is NOT the reality that they'll find, only if it's crazy/nasty/hurricane/blizzard conditions. What it will do is let the guys/gals practice all yr. round if they want to... So 86% recruiting imho and a B I G surprise come the first rainy day for the kids!

If you saw our practice field you would understand why.

(11-22-2014 03:50 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  I've always wondered why the desire for programs to have IPFs. If you play your games outdoors IPFs don't help prepare for weather conditions.

Expecting to play in cold rainy conditions Arizona head coach Rich Rod had his players practice outside early morning with the sprinklers on so they could get used to those conditions. It was 36 degrees at practice time.

There are some benefits to having IPF, but why practice indoors with 65 degree temperatures when that's not how you're going to play the game?

You make a good point and I think at times teams should practice in the elements but I know at ECU late in the season we tend to have some very cold, wet, and rainy weeks. That is where it kills you, one day is fine but when you have 3 or 4 days of poor weather it makes it difficult to get in the proper prep for the upcoming game. Coach Logan used to say that not having an IPF probably caused us to lose one game a year.

They may be warranted in some parts of the country and I've heard some UTEP fans say we should have one. IMHO having an ipf in El Paso would be a colossal waste of money. Bad weather can happen but it is very infrequent. If UTEP ever has one it should be of the cheaper blow-up kind. Maybe not even that, just issue the players wind-breakers.

(11-22-2014 03:50 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  I've always wondered why the desire for programs to have IPFs. If you play your games outdoors IPFs don't help prepare for weather conditions.

Expecting to play in cold rainy conditions Arizona head coach Rich Rod had his players practice outside early morning with the sprinklers on so they could get used to those conditions. It was 36 degrees at practice time.

There are some benefits to having IPF, but why practice indoors with 65 degree temperatures when that's not how you're going to play the game?

So you think Marshall's new IAC was useless. In the voice of Bugs Bunny "What a maroon"....

In some parts of the country during the spring they have thunderstorms and lightning storms (Huntington is a good example), neither which you are allowed to practice in. Also once you set your schedule for spring and fall practice you are not allowed to alter the schedule and can't have make up days. We had not missed 1 in 2 years but in 2011 Marshall had 5 spring practices canceled because of rain or lightning and 4 fall practices lost for the same thing.

*Shakes head at such a dumb thought*

Another issue is you only have so many hours on the field to get your work done. You can't be as efficient with practice in foul weather.

It also benefits more sports than just football. It benefits every athletic team perhaps except for basketball, golf and swimming. Baseball, softball, all running sports, etc can get use from it.

You can't be of the mindset that it's a football facility as it is an athletic facility.

In the south, when it's hot, lightning is a huge issue. Afternoon thunder showers can happen almost daily. Plus if it's a rainy week but not suppose to rain on game day it would be nice to not risk injury on a wet field all week. Heat index is also a safety issue come camp time. We have had to have several practices postponed to night time because the heat index is just too high. Also the players can have unguided voluntary workouts anytime. They more likely to do that in Jan/Feb if they don't have to be in 20degree weather.

(11-22-2014 09:50 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(11-22-2014 03:50 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  I've always wondered why the desire for programs to have IPFs. If you play your games outdoors IPFs don't help prepare for weather conditions.

Expecting to play in cold rainy conditions Arizona head coach Rich Rod had his players practice outside early morning with the sprinklers on so they could get used to those conditions. It was 36 degrees at practice time.

There are some benefits to having IPF, but why practice indoors with 65 degree temperatures when that's not how you're going to play the game?

So you think Marshall's new IAC was useless. In the voice of Bugs Bunny "What a maroon"....

In some parts of the country during the spring they have thunderstorms and lightning storms (Huntington is a good example), neither which you are allowed to practice in. Also once you set your schedule for spring and fall practice you are not allowed to alter the schedule and can't have make up days. We had not missed 1 in 2 years but in 2011 Marshall had 5 spring practices canceled because of rain or lightning and 4 fall practices lost for the same thing.

*Shakes head at such a dumb thought*

So spending millions on a facility used maybe 20 times a year for it's primary purpose is good? Especially when coaches choose to practice outside to replicate expected game day conditions. I don't call people names usually but this shows ignorance so I guess that makes you ignorant.

I never said IPF were useless, I simply questioned their need if coached wants to practice in conditions that replicate the weather expected on game day.

Finally even as a Marshall fan I know the world doesn't revolve around Marshall. Where in my original post DID I SAY Marshall's IPF is useless?

(11-23-2014 03:12 AM)ThunderingHerdFan Wrote:  It also benefits more sports than just football. It benefits every athletic team perhaps except for basketball, golf and swimming. Baseball, softball, all running sports, etc can get use from it.

You can't be of the mindset that it's a football facility as it is an athletic facility.

This is a thread I started in another site: Agree/Disagree?



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concerning the Miners missing so many easy layups.

This is the way I see it: While having a practice arena does wonders for prestige, perception and an eye opener for recruits does it really harm the Miners during home games? I think that maybe it does. It seems (I don't know for a fact) that the Miners do all their practicing in their practice arena and when they play at the Don it's tantamount to it being a neutral court for them. This gives the other teams the added advantage of the neutral court as well.

I don't really see the advantage of a practice arena. Why? While it's good for football teams that it takes them out of the elements what good does it do a basketball team when they always play inside a field house?

Could this be one of the reason we're so atrocious at shooting those EASY layups? Or is it because we're just atrocious at shooting easy layups. Oh, and free throws.