I don't think any of the sports coaches I played for would have cared if practice took until 6pm. Sometimes it did take that long (or longer, until dark) except

I don't think any of the sports coaches I played for would have cared if practice took until 6pm. Sometimes it did take that long (or longer, until dark) except that after the state-limited amount of practice time an "optional" senior-led workout was what we told everyone we were attending. If we had more time before school, our light conditioning could have been a full-blown practice.