Our league has been practicing for weeks
by faustfever (2020-06-21 10:25:35)

In reply to: We've been playing youth baseball for a couple of weeks.  posted by milhouse

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Game play starts tomorrow. We have guidelines in place. We keep the kids and their gear spaced out. Kids are not allowed to congregate in the dugout. Parents are asked to stay apart. It's actually been going about as well as it could and the parents are being cool when we "enforce" the rules.

I am on the Board of Directors and we have had to put an immense amount of pressure on the City to allow us to play this Spring (which is now summer). We have jumped through a lot of hoops--which is totally understandable during a pandemic recovery.

People who do not participate in the management of youth sports leagues are largely unaware of the financial peril many leagues are in right now. Many rec leagues and travel leagues are shutting down due to financial difficultly.

We spent rainy day funds on facilities improvements and field upgrades in anticipation of Spring registrations and were on track for our most successful Spring ever in the history of our league. 56 years.

We were lucky we had surplus funds and can/could weather the storm. Many leagues are not as fortunate.

I have been putting pressure on the State to provide COVID relief for youth sports organizations (and other youth oriented non-profits) and have largely gotten the Heisman.

Update: started gameplay
by faustfever  (2020-06-25 07:21:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

We started game play on Tuesday night. Everyone was very excited to play baseball games. I think the coaches were the most excited to see the kids out there.

Man--I missed baseball. The reward for coaching rec ball is seeing the kids learning, having fun, enduring the ups and downs of games.

Sports is so important to personal development. This was a nice reminder--if we are looking for a bit of sun peeking through the clouds on COVID.

That's good to hear.
by ewillND  (2020-06-21 12:45:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Our Sportvereins are slowly coming back to life. Tennis was first--G12 had her first set of matches yesterday. Lots of hand sanitizer, no handshake at the net, etc. But it seemed to go pretty well.

Soccer--whole teams can practice at the same time, but only in constant groups of 5 players. No one can touch the ball with their hands without a round of disinfection. Ditto headers. It's weird, but it's better than nothing.

Games will hopefully start as normal in September. Fingers crossed.