How late is too late - sports practice

Heck yeah. I'm mildly annoyed that my 7th grader's practice doesn't end till 8:15. I would not be happy with an 8:00 practice at any age, but especially that young.

Way too late!! I would be asking questions, sharing my opinion, and then seeking a team change. When my DSs were in first grade their bedtime was 7:30.

That's way too late for a 1st grader. Mine were in bed by 7:30 at that age. I remember being surprised when we had 7:30 practice times, thinking that was a late start, but the kids were much older (6ht/7th grade).

I think it is too late too. I will say that at least around here, what happens is that we are penned in on the one side by the very late elementary school release times (kids taking the bus home aren't usually home until 4:30) and in the middle by the fact that the more "advanced" teams get the prime 6:00 type spots. I know a lot of our coaches had to really battle not to have 7:30 and 8:00 start times (and it probably just meant some less battle-y coach's team got that spot). Hopefully you can get it moved.

Whoa, that's way too late for such a young kid!

My kid wouldn't be going.

too late to start practise for any age but especially for a 1st grader. My 2nd grader is in bed by 730 on school nights

I agree, that is way too late to begin sports practice.

that's crazy. There is no way my children would have been playing on that team - they were in bed by 7:30 at the latest until they were about 8.

Two of my kids play hockey. Ice time is always at a premium, but ice time is usually allocated by age group. My dd is now a peewee (11-13 year olds - same designation in USA and Canda) and she will occasionally have a practice that starts at 7:50 and I hate it.

Generally the ice is allocated as follows, but there are exceptions and figure skating practices to fit around this:

immediate after school hours - learn to skate lessons
5-6 - Mites (Novice in Canada - 7 and 8 year-olds))
6:10-7:10 - Squirts (Atoms in Canada 9 and 10 year-olds)
7:20-8:20 - PeeWees - 11-13 year-olds
8:30 and later - Bantams (14 &15) and High Schools
10:30 and later - adult leagues

Practice is almost always an hour and there is a 10 minute break between the end of one practice and the beginning of another so they can zamboni the ice. You know from the beginning in this sport that practices will get progressively later as your child gets older and as much as I hate when my dd doesn't get home until 9pm I understand why and better the kids her age than the much younger kids.

3 or 4?  Most kids are still in school then and if it is baseball, that is in the heat of the day and isn't good for them.

OP, is practice starting at 8?  I'd have a problem with it at that age.  We've had many practices that end at 8, 8:30 or 9, but we usually start by about 6 or 6:30/

Hockey is a different story, there is not enough ice for practice and games, so their practice times are really wonky.

That schedule seems like a bigger problem to me.   Is the teacher scheduling all of these things on the same day for a reason?

I was getting out of school at 2:30, that's what I am basing my schedule on.

Out of curiosity, if all practices started at 3 or 4, how do the kids with working parents get to practice?  Also, who is coaching these teams?    I can't fathom that it would work.