Any word on the new NVSL rules for the summer?

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Anonymous wrote:I was just laughing about masks at swim practice last night. Our team reps have decided that kids need to wear masks to swim practice. So they wear a mask to walk over to the team area, remove their masks before getting in the pool then spend all of swim practice congregating at one of the pool or even on the deck while getting instruction all without a mask. Then they are expected to put their mask on when they gather their stuff and leave that pool deck. At which point they go to other areas of the pool without masks and interact with all their other friends at the pool. It all makes zero sense.

I have not heard what will be required at time trials, but again parents hang out all the time at the pool without mask so requiring them at time trails seems silly.

Hey I am a team rep and we have a similar policy - the reason, is that we know some of the pools we swim against have very different rules. Although our pool really is acting like 2019 a number of pools are not. So we keep masks on the table so when we tell everyone we will all be wearing masks it isn't a shock. I don't like it, but that is the reason. We have already heard from several teams that they will be strict on masks.

We are doing the same for the same reason - we aren't really enforcing it but we are saying it.

Will you not allow a kid to swim if they refuse to wear a mask?

DP
Why not just follow the rules of the pool?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was just laughing about masks at swim practice last night. Our team reps have decided that kids need to wear masks to swim practice. So they wear a mask to walk over to the team area, remove their masks before getting in the pool then spend all of swim practice congregating at one of the pool or even on the deck while getting instruction all without a mask. Then they are expected to put their mask on when they gather their stuff and leave that pool deck. At which point they go to other areas of the pool without masks and interact with all their other friends at the pool. It all makes zero sense.

I have not heard what will be required at time trials, but again parents hang out all the time at the pool without mask so requiring them at time trails seems silly.

Hey I am a team rep and we have a similar policy - the reason, is that we know some of the pools we swim against have very different rules. Although our pool really is acting like 2019 a number of pools are not. So we keep masks on the table so when we tell everyone we will all be wearing masks it isn't a shock. I don't like it, but that is the reason. We have already heard from several teams that they will be strict on masks.

We are doing the same for the same reason - we aren't really enforcing it but we are saying it.

Will you not allow a kid to swim if they refuse to wear a mask?

DP
Why not just follow the rules of the pool?

My kids will but I know some families who might not…

[Anonymous]

The NVSL is leaving it up to the pools to decide. Isn’t that what most people wanted? It seems some of you want the NVSL to tell them they can’t require masks, and that’s not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Will you not allow a kid to swim if they refuse to wear a mask?

DP
Why not just follow the rules of the pool?

My kids will but I know some families who might not…

If I had to guess the coaches and clerks of course will help enforce. Our team has junior coaches who mostly are in the team area making sure kids are where they need to be. The 11&U kids will almost definitely be reminded to put masks on.

PP questions like this make it seem like you or others are looking for a fight. I'll be telling my children to comply, even if I think it's dumb, because I don't want to have them removed from the team for non-compliance. As part of sign up we all agreed to abide by the rules, this is one of them at certain pools.

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Anonymous wrote:I was just laughing about masks at swim practice last night. Our team reps have decided that kids need to wear masks to swim practice. So they wear a mask to walk over to the team area, remove their masks before getting in the pool then spend all of swim practice congregating at one of the pool or even on the deck while getting instruction all without a mask. Then they are expected to put their mask on when they gather their stuff and leave that pool deck. At which point they go to other areas of the pool without masks and interact with all their other friends at the pool. It all makes zero sense.

I have not heard what will be required at time trials, but again parents hang out all the time at the pool without mask so requiring them at time trails seems silly.

Hey I am a team rep and we have a similar policy - the reason, is that we know some of the pools we swim against have very different rules. Although our pool really is acting like 2019 a number of pools are not. So we keep masks on the table so when we tell everyone we will all be wearing masks it isn't a shock. I don't like it, but that is the reason. We have already heard from several teams that they will be strict on masks.

We are doing the same for the same reason - we aren't really enforcing it but we are saying it.

Will you not allow a kid to swim if they refuse to wear a mask?

At meets it will be whatever the two pools agree to and in that case absolutely the kid will not be allowed to swim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was just laughing about masks at swim practice last night. Our team reps have decided that kids need to wear masks to swim practice. So they wear a mask to walk over to the team area, remove their masks before getting in the pool then spend all of swim practice congregating at one of the pool or even on the deck while getting instruction all without a mask. Then they are expected to put their mask on when they gather their stuff and leave that pool deck. At which point they go to other areas of the pool without masks and interact with all their other friends at the pool. It all makes zero sense.

I have not heard what will be required at time trials, but again parents hang out all the time at the pool without mask so requiring them at time trails seems silly.

Hey I am a team rep and we have a similar policy - the reason, is that we know some of the pools we swim against have very different rules. Although our pool really is acting like 2019 a number of pools are not. So we keep masks on the table so when we tell everyone we will all be wearing masks it isn't a shock. I don't like it, but that is the reason. We have already heard from several teams that they will be strict on masks.

We are doing the same for the same reason - we aren't really enforcing it but we are saying it.

Will you not allow a kid to swim if they refuse to wear a mask?

At meets it will be whatever the two pools agree to and in that case absolutely the kid will not be allowed to swim.

+1

[Anonymous]

So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

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Anonymous wrote:So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

I’m hoping our division is all cool without and there doesn’t need to be a discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

No. When there are meets at our pool we aren’t enforcing mask wearing. The coaches and volunteers for the other team are welcome to try to enforce wearing for their swimmers if they want to for some reason. When we go to other pools we will abide by their rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

Yes, but I'm not sure what people are expecting. A mask mandate by the league was removed, which seemed to be a logical (and popular) decision. So now we go by the rules and expectation at the host pool.

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Anonymous wrote:So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

No. When there are meets at our pool we aren’t enforcing mask wearing. The coaches and volunteers for the other team are welcome to try to enforce wearing for their swimmers if they want to for some reason. When we go to other pools we will abide by their rules.

18:26 here. Thanks. That is true if the pool isn't requiring masks. Good point.

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Anonymous wrote:So between every A and B meet all season, the two teams will have to agree on mask rules or non-rules? what a PITA

I’m hoping our division is all cool without and there doesn’t need to be a discussion.

As far as I know, all of our division is good without. All the team reps have talked and we are on the same page. We will now talk w the team reps of our B meets. We will tell them we won’t enforce or change our distancing in clerk of course for when we host them. We have to talk to the pools that are hosting us. We will abide by their rules.

[Anonymous]

Is there a reason why we are not naming names about pools that are requiring masks? I have been checking several pool websites and I can’t find anyone that appears to be requiring masks.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why we are not naming names about pools that are requiring masks? I have been checking several pool websites and I can’t find anyone that appears to be requiring masks.

I believe Laurel Hill is, but I can't find any info on the website.

[Anonymous]

I’m about to pull my two out of summer league because they are the only kids seemingly capable of distancing or masking, and they are both under 12, so unvaccinated. Could someone explain to me why you are so comfortable - nay, hell bent! - to not have your kids wear masks at crowded events? Outdoor or indoor, crowded is clearly a risk. I am not okay with my kids getting COVID. It’s not hard to enforce a little distance or a mask when distancing is hard.

The science is pretty clear - unvaccinated people need to mask or distance. Why are we abandoning it?