its not that hard. nov., dec. jan. and feb would be plenty. most teams start practicing in oct and nov anyways.
maybe i need a tutor, please explain how i read this wrong.
we don't start practice until nov. and that's just the kids who are going to early tourneys Tulsa Kickoff, etc.
the majority of the kids start in dec., we encourage breaks throughout the season, and low and behold, we still have 35 kids ready for subs, and 6u state.
i'm not saying that this is for everyone, again all kids are different. but it seems to be working.