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The Games Must Go On. . . . - cardcrimson - 11-17-2020
Interesting article from SwimmingWorld magazine. Clubmates of my daughter played in the tournament in Utah, and apparently, it came off without a hitch. Shouldn't be hard to implement similar procedures across college, high school, and youth sports. . . .
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/the-games-must-go-on-water-polo-tournaments-in-florida-texas-and-utah-fill-age-group-competition-gap/
RE: The Games Must Go On. . . . - BobK - 11-18-2020
Stanford men and women Held a non scoring meet over the last weekend
So yes it works
RE: The Games Must Go On. . . . - Papa John - 11-18-2020
Reports around the world say no demonstrated transmission of Covid-19 in the pool, on the pitch, on the field, on the court, at practice, when keeping score, etc., which is great news, of course.
My 8th-grade son has been playing club baseball, but with temperature checks, mask-wearing in the dugout, intrasquad scrimmage/clinics instead of tournaments. It would be great to have our county come up with a plan to OK intersquad competition, but I know that it's not going to happen as long as we are in the purple tier.
In California, high school football games are supposed to start on January 8, basketball on March 12 and baseball/softball on March 19. We'll see if high schoolers can keep their noses clean enough for the competitions to take place, but I'm guessing there will be lots of postponements and cancellations like with this college football season.
RE: The Games Must Go On. . . . - teejers1 - 11-18-2020
(11-18-2020, 11:32 AM)Papa John Wrote: Reports around the world say no demonstrated transmission of Covid-19 in the pool, on the pitch, on the field, on the court, at practice, when keeping score, etc., which is great news, of course.
My 8th-grade son has been playing club baseball, but with temperature checks, mask-wearing in the dugout, intrasquad scrimmage/clinics instead of tournaments. It would be great to have our county come up with a plan to OK intersquad competition, but I know that it's not going to happen as long as we are in the purple tier.
In California, high school football games are supposed to start on January 8, basketball on March 12 and baseball/softball on March 19. We'll see if high schoolers can keep their noses clean enough for the competitions to take place, but I'm guessing there will be lots of postponements and cancellations like with this college football season.
Let the kids play! (Keep the adults out, if need be).
And adults, especially at-risk ones, need to be smart and ultra-careful, respectively.
RE: The Games Must Go On. . . . - cardcrimson - 11-18-2020
Kids have been in "camps" for at least 6 months so far in Contra Costa, and have done so safely and successfully. Some sports seem like no-brainers to start competition, like swimming, golf, tennis, track and field. An Italian study listed water polo as the safest team sport, and my daughter's club has been holding full contact scrimmages within their cohort with no issues (her high school is still no contact at this point).
The lockdowns and remote learning have been hard enough, the kids need an outlet. Sports, when managed appropriately, are needed for their physical and mental health. Why not give competition a shot, without spectators. Most of the kids don't like having the parents watching, anyway.
(11-18-2020, 11:32 AM)Papa John Wrote: Reports around the world say no demonstrated transmission of Covid-19 in the pool, on the pitch, on the field, on the court, at practice, when keeping score, etc., which is great news, of course.
My 8th-grade son has been playing club baseball, but with temperature checks, mask-wearing in the dugout, intrasquad scrimmage/clinics instead of tournaments. It would be great to have our county come up with a plan to OK intersquad competition, but I know that it's not going to happen as long as we are in the purple tier.
In California, high school football games are supposed to start on January 8, basketball on March 12 and baseball/softball on March 19. We'll see if high schoolers can keep their noses clean enough for the competitions to take place, but I'm guessing there will be lots of postponements and cancellations like with this college football season.
RE: The Games Must Go On. . . . - Papa John - 11-18-2020
I agree with many of the sentiments above, although I think the risks regarding competition would have more to do with the visiting team's activities outside of the actual athletic competition, especially if the visitors need to spend one or more nights, as would happen with a lot of youth sports tournaments. My wife and I would not allow our son to participate in such an event, at least not now.
Still, it would be nice if our county would allow teams from the same geographical region--e.g. a 10-mile radius--to compete with as many safety precautions as can be reasonably applied. But, like I said before, we are in the purple tier, so that's not happening, and I fear things will get worse with the holidays coming up.