Will FCPS open its fields and gyms for youth sports in June?

[Anonymous]

So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

[Anonymous]

I can’t put my hands on it now, but doesn’t Phase II allow larger gatherings (50 or less)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

Yes, coaches and parents count toward the total. But most guidance I’ve read, suggests parents only drop off for practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t put my hands on it now, but doesn’t Phase II allow larger gatherings (50 or less)?

Yes. Phase 2 is really when sports can begin. at least locally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

Our baseball team is starting practice next week. I don’t think field permits have been issued, but since fields are open, practice is starting. The practice will be in small groups (not the full team) until the 10 person limit is lifted. So instead of practicing twice a week like they would normally, 6 kids will attend practice on Monday and the other six will attend on Thursday, with both coaches going to both practices. Parents are not allowed to stay, except one parent will sign up to stay and be responsible for pointing out if kids are getting too close and giving out hand sanitizer. So that’s how they’ll get under the 10 person limit.

We’ve been told that the governor has a group working on guidance on how to return to youth sports, and that that plan will be released Tuesday. Our program is concerned that games won’t even be allowed during Phase 2 (even though Phase 2 allows gatherings of up to 50 people), but who knows.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

Yes, coaches and parents count toward the total. But most guidance I’ve read, suggests parents only drop off for practices.

Coaches have been training group of five kids or less in the Mclean area at places like Mclean HS, Long Fellow MS, Cooper MS and Franklin Sherman ES since March. The police or school security saw that but said nothing. The HS school track was opened on 05/22 but the athletic field remains closed; however, I see coaches give training to group of five or less kids on the football field at both Langley and Mclean HS football field. Again, police and school security saw that but did nothing. These coaches are from very reputable clubs. How do I know this? One of those kids on the field is mine. He never stops training with coaches in person during the pandemic since March at those fields.

Very happy that starting today, they can train together with less than 10 kids on the athletic field. They might train at either Spring Hill Rec Center, Linway Terrace or Lewinsville Park today.

Go out and have fun kids.

[Anonymous]

Phase 2 is tenatively scheduled for the whole state on June 5th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

Yes, coaches and parents count toward the total. But most guidance I’ve read, suggests parents only drop off for practices.

Coaches have been training group of five kids or less in the Mclean area at places like Mclean HS, Long Fellow MS, Cooper MS and Franklin Sherman ES since March. The police or school security saw that but said nothing. The HS school track was opened on 05/22 but the athletic field remains closed; however, I see coaches give training to group of five or less kids on the football field at both Langley and Mclean HS football field. Again, police and school security saw that but did nothing. These coaches are from very reputable clubs. How do I know this? One of those kids on the field is mine. He never stops training with coaches in person during the pandemic since March at those fields.

Very happy that starting today, they can train together with less than 10 kids on the athletic field. They might train at either Spring Hill Rec Center, Linway Terrace or Lewinsville Park today.

Go out and have fun kids.

Nice to have such privilege to be out there in Phase 0!

[Anonymous]

Reputable? Assuming you intended to mean a good reputation, it is clearly not well deserved. No coach with a good sense of priorities would be defying the law. Setting aside the danger of transmission, the messages the coach (and the parent) communicates to the kid are (1) the rules are for others to follow, not us, and (2) getting better at this game is so important that it’s worth the risk of infection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reputable? Assuming you intended to mean a good reputation, it is clearly not well deserved. No coach with a good sense of priorities would be defying the law. Setting aside the danger of transmission, the messages the coach (and the parent) communicates to the kid are (1) the rules are for others to follow, not us, and (2) getting better at this game is so important that it’s worth the risk of infection.

+1. And no parent should be bragging that they allowed their child to participate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reputable? Assuming you intended to mean a good reputation, it is clearly not well deserved. No coach with a good sense of priorities would be defying the law. Setting aside the danger of transmission, the messages the coach (and the parent) communicates to the kid are (1) the rules are for others to follow, not us, and (2) getting better at this game is so important that it’s worth the risk of infection.

+1. And no parent should be bragging that they allowed their child to participate.

I am bragging about it. Why do you think neither the school security nor the police enforce the law?

The number of covid-19 cases in VA is still going up and not enough testing, and yet, they open the athletic today. What change between last week and this week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if a team is comprised of 10 or more players, they won’t be allowed to play or obtain a permit? Do coaches and parents count towards the total?

If the bars start to open, then the fields and courts should be fully open , no restrictions! Why punish kid sports?

Yes, coaches and parents count toward the total. But most guidance I’ve read, suggests parents only drop off for practices.

Coaches have been training group of five kids or less in the Mclean area at places like Mclean HS, Long Fellow MS, Cooper MS and Franklin Sherman ES since March. The police or school security saw that but said nothing. The HS school track was opened on 05/22 but the athletic field remains closed; however, I see coaches give training to group of five or less kids on the football field at both Langley and Mclean HS football field. Again, police and school security saw that but did nothing. These coaches are from very reputable clubs. How do I know this? One of those kids on the field is mine. He never stops training with coaches in person during the pandemic since March at those fields.

Very happy that starting today, they can train together with less than 10 kids on the athletic field. They might train at either Spring Hill Rec Center, Linway Terrace or Lewinsville Park today.

Go out and have fun kids.

Nice to have such privilege to be out there in Phase 0!

Beware, our McLean coach had confirmed covid this month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a chance of what?

Not a chance of keeping social distance when practicing on field for soccer or football for example. Wearing masks if physical distancing can not be maintained. It’s going to get hot and humid quick. Who is going to be responsible if a person has a hard time breathing and passes out. How will aid be rendered and by whom? That involves touching or more. What liability will the coaches and counties be accountable for?

[Anonymous]

I think there are some activities that can’t be done with social distancing. People will have to decide for themselves whether they want to participate or not. Even schools won’t be able to social distance.z

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reputable? Assuming you intended to mean a good reputation, it is clearly not well deserved. No coach with a good sense of priorities would be defying the law. Setting aside the danger of transmission, the messages the coach (and the parent) communicates to the kid are (1) the rules are for others to follow, not us, and (2) getting better at this game is so important that it’s worth the risk of infection.

+1. And no parent should be bragging that they allowed their child to participate.

I am bragging about it. Why do you think neither the school security nor the police enforce the law?

The number of covid-19 cases in VA is still going up and not enough testing, and yet, they open the athletic today. What change between last week and this week?

Are you proud about sending your kid out to practice during the height of a pandemic? Proud that back in March when the entire country was being asked to stay at home, you sent your kid out on a regular basis to practice? Proud that you taught your kid that rules don’t apply to him and that he doesn’t need to listen to government orders?

Really, you have nothing to brag about. But I’m sure you will.