Youth club sports are going on here in MD. There have been lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, baseball, and softball tournaments going on since late June. The tournaments have had lots of restrictions in place such as spectators must wear masks and social distance, only one adult allowed per athlete, athletes must wear masks when not playing, and no team tailgates.
School sponsored sports are still up in the air though. They haven’t outright cancelled fall sports in my district (like several neighboring districts have done), but they have pushed the fall sport start date from August to September. Our HS Marching Band has cancelled all activities for the summer/fall.
Their band drill has them at least 6' apart on the field. No parades, so not next to each other there. They are only outside and the director is insisting on social distancing and masks whenever they aren't playing. It seems pretty good to me. I don't know how indoor band class will work once school starts though.
Kris
We are in Wisconsin too. I haven’t checked (it’s been a very busy weekend)- aren’t there any recommendations for school sports? Now that our state has a mask mandate I figured they would say something about the sports....
Our school is private and I see emails with information about sports starting up. We don’t do fall sports so it’s not a concern. All 4 of my kids do a lot of Boy Scout stuff in the fall and their troops are continuing with troop and PLC meetings via zoom. Tent camping allows only family members together in the same tent unless 2 families agree to share. I saw pictures from
summer camp and the kids were all required to wear masks except when eating. Most activities were outdoors.
Dd’s ballet school is offering in-studio and online classes. They’ve cut their class sizes in half and opened up the rooms so their girls have more than 10 feet around them. They are taking temperatures, requiring masks and allowing kids who need to be absent to zoom into their classes and practice from home. I’m so impressed with all the precautions they are taking that I’m allowing Dd to take some in-studio classes this fall even though we are keeping all our kids home to virtual learn. If their private school was taking these precautions maybe I would let my kids attend in person.
All 4 kids downhill ski and we are praying our little local hill doesn’t shut down their business. The kids could easily distance there outside. But the chalet is always packed and that’s what I’m worried about. Maybe if the kids promised to keep their snow gear on inside the chalet when their pass is scanned, I’d be ok with them skiing. We will see what happens
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In CA, all youth sports for watchlist counties are supposed to be shut down. Any type of team sport that is doing training even if it is called a camp shouldn't be happening. However, I know many teams aren't following these rules. Volleyball, water polo, softball, soccer, and I'm sure many more. Several teams are practicing in more hidden places, including a private school that is out of the way and a very exclusive country club.
DS1 is on a very high level high school sports team. The coaches are holding training up in our local mountains and daily training locally depending on the group. We are keeping ds1 out, but I fear he is losing status with the coach because he is not practicing with the group ... even when none of them should be practicing.
CA high school sports have been postponed until at least Dec/Jan. Our local ayso fall soccer and winter basketball leagues have been cancelled. Just waiting to see when the cancel the club soccer league.
Football and volleyball and band are allowed fully in my state. There's rules like no spitting, try and socially distance, bring your own water, face masks at certain times, etc. The news lists several football players that are leaving their states to come to our state and play out their senior year here. Ugh.
I think rec fall soccer is on as normal, club basketball and baseball has been going on all summer. We got all the huge tournaments that were cancelled in Chicago, etc. There were several huge dance competitions in the state over the summer.
Marching band is practicing in separate groups on separate days, outside.
I'm super dubious about the whole thing, but the state did allow high school baseball / softball and over 95% of the state's teams played their whole seasons without having to cancel due to positive tests. Watching the news footage of the games though, parents just did NOT do any social distancing or wear masks. Our state's numbers ain't at all low though, but I would blame the general laissez faire attitude that allowed all the sports rather than just the sports themselves.
My DD's volleyball teammate was one here in PA who tested positive and had to quarantine. And yet we didn't find out about it until 12 days later because it took that long for test results to come back. VB is a contact sport and yet they are proceeding as of right now. SMH
Yeah, it feels icky. There isn't even a ruse of out of state relatives.
It started with the large private Catholic school that is known for sports recruiting, I mean cherry-picked full scholarships to students who happen to be gifted athletes. But, then came plenty of out of state kids going to its public school rival.
The players' states are saying their seasons will be winter or spring. I wonder if the kids will be able to go back and play at home after they play here for fall?