Which summer swim clubs are opening (nova)

[Anonymous]

I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah these guidelines are maddening. So many ways to interpret. We laughed about a pool dividing up the pool with ropes into 12 sections and each family using one. LOL then sitting together on deck.

I really thought there would be a difference between indoor and outdoor. Are the Rec centers even allowed to open? Did you see the guidelines on gyms? It’s also silly.

And if pools can open indoors, why do club teams need to use the outdoor pools?

Where are the families all sitting with each other on decks?

Our pool has decent deck space. we can sit in small family groups 10’ apart, especially if we do a sign up to restrict the attendance to 50 people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah these guidelines are maddening. So many ways to interpret. We laughed about a pool dividing up the pool with ropes into 12 sections and each family using one. LOL then sitting together on deck.

I really thought there would be a difference between indoor and outdoor. Are the Rec centers even allowed to open? Did you see the guidelines on gyms? It’s also silly.

And if pools can open indoors, why do club teams need to use the outdoor pools?

Where are the families all sitting with each other on decks?

Our pool has decent deck space. we can sit in small family groups 10’ apart, especially if we do a sign up to restrict the attendance to 50 people.

Yes. Easily. We could have 11 or 12 tables 30’ apart with no problem. The tricky part is figuring out what people are allowed to do in the water.

[Anonymous]

You said families sitting with each other, which means at least 2 families sitting together. Otherwise you’d say “families sitting apart.”

[Anonymous]

Was this the thread where someone was posting about kids swimming in the dirty creek water?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

-1

Disagree. It’s written so social distancing can still occur. Some don’t like how that affects their family. FWIW, it affects mine also but I can understand why it says what it says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

-1

Disagree. It’s written so social distancing can still occur. Some don’t like how that affects their family. FWIW, it affects mine also but I can understand why it says what it says.

You mean socially distant in the pool? That’s what is tricky. Adults can stay apart but kids can’t do that so easily. But again, what’s the risk of a kid splashing and swimming pass you? I don’t know. I’m ready to be fine with it. 50 people in the pool, signed up for an hour or two block and swimming all over. Not all 50 people would even get in except to cool off a bit. A lot of people like to lay out and relax. I think it’s possible to interpret to the most flexible way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

-1

Disagree. It’s written so social distancing can still occur. Some don’t like how that affects their family. FWIW, it affects mine also but I can understand why it says what it says.

You mean socially distant in the pool? That’s what is tricky. Adults can stay apart but kids can’t do that so easily. But again, what’s the risk of a kid splashing and swimming pass you? I don’t know. I’m ready to be fine with it. 50 people in the pool, signed up for an hour or two block and swimming all over. Not all 50 people would even get in except to cool off a bit. A lot of people like to lay out and relax. I think it’s possible to interpret to the most flexible way.

I just sat through a webinar with the VDH. They are requiring pool use to be structured exercise or lap swim. Seems silly to me since they are concerned about people exerting and breathing hard, but that’s what they are requiring. They aren’t allowing recreational swim at outdoor pools because they believe it is just too difficult for the facility to determine who would be “allowed” to be within 10’ of each other.

One good thing is diving is allowed and does not have to be structured or instructional.

I sat through 1.5 hours of it and have 2 pages of notes, so feel free to ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

-1

Disagree. It’s written so social distancing can still occur. Some don’t like how that affects their family. FWIW, it affects mine also but I can understand why it says what it says.

You mean socially distant in the pool? That’s what is tricky. Adults can stay apart but kids can’t do that so easily. But again, what’s the risk of a kid splashing and swimming pass you? I don’t know. I’m ready to be fine with it. 50 people in the pool, signed up for an hour or two block and swimming all over. Not all 50 people would even get in except to cool off a bit. A lot of people like to lay out and relax. I think it’s possible to interpret to the most flexible way.

I just sat through a webinar with the VDH. They are requiring pool use to be structured exercise or lap swim. Seems silly to me since they are concerned about people exerting and breathing hard, but that’s what they are requiring. They aren’t allowing recreational swim at outdoor pools because they believe it is just too difficult for the facility to determine who would be “allowed” to be within 10’ of each other.

One good thing is diving is allowed and does not have to be structured or instructional.

I sat through 1.5 hours of it and have 2 pages of notes, so feel free to ask.

So what’s recreational? In phase 2 can we sign up for a lane and just stand there? Do we have to keep moving? Can we talk to the person next to use while standing in the lane? Can kids bring dive toys to use by themselves in the lane?

So a pool can have the dive well open and rope off sections?

It’s all so stupid!!! But thanks for the input!

[Anonymous]

And I can understand why some pools won’t open. Too much to deal with.

Also, will The pool company be making sure these rules are being followed? Or who is going to be managing this? And can Fairfax county health department make separate decisions?

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile in Ohio, their outdoor water parks can open on June 19th. And we’re over here wondering if we can even hang out outdoors at the pool with less than 50 people from our community. I hate this place sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they wrote these to make sure waterparks
didn’t open and weren’t thinking about neighborhood pools at all.
There are hundreds of them in Virginia but I guess they didn’t get a seat at the table with the big money lobbyists.

I agree. For whatever reason ($$$), neighborhood pools were not heard during this process.

-1

Disagree. It’s written so social distancing can still occur. Some don’t like how that affects their family. FWIW, it affects mine also but I can understand why it says what it says.

You mean socially distant in the pool? That’s what is tricky. Adults can stay apart but kids can’t do that so easily. But again, what’s the risk of a kid splashing and swimming pass you? I don’t know. I’m ready to be fine with it. 50 people in the pool, signed up for an hour or two block and swimming all over. Not all 50 people would even get in except to cool off a bit. A lot of people like to lay out and relax. I think it’s possible to interpret to the most flexible way.

I just sat through a webinar with the VDH. They are requiring pool use to be structured exercise or lap swim. Seems silly to me since they are concerned about people exerting and breathing hard, but that’s what they are requiring. They aren’t allowing recreational swim at outdoor pools because they believe it is just too difficult for the facility to determine who would be “allowed” to be within 10’ of each other.

One good thing is diving is allowed and does not have to be structured or instructional.

I sat through 1.5 hours of it and have 2 pages of notes, so feel free to ask.

So what’s recreational? In phase 2 can we sign up for a lane and just stand there? Do we have to keep moving? Can we talk to the person next to use while standing in the lane? Can kids bring dive toys to use by themselves in the lane?

So a pool can have the dive well open and rope off sections?

It’s all so stupid!!! But thanks for the input!

Anything other than lap swim or organized exercise with structure is considered recreational swim. You are not supposed to just stand. Kids can’t bring dive toys. It has to be structured like a water aerobics class.

Yes, silly, I agree.

What really seems silly to me is they are requiring 10’ of distance even between family members because they are concerned that when you exercise you breathe more heavily and with those exhales there is a higher risk, yet they are requiring people to exercise. They are also set on the idea that it is just too difficult to monitor who should be with who if a family was allowed to get closer than 10’.

They may tweak it a bit and allow a parent to assist a child like a baby and me class. I have received two questions about assisting children with disabilities. One from a current member and one from a prospective member. They want to know if they can assist with exercise and by the rules I have to tell them no.

[Anonymous]

Another note. Pools are not limited to 50 on deck. You do have to maintain at least 10’ between table groupings. You are only limited to 50 for social groups. She defined that as one group that is there for the same purpose such as being spectators or for something like a birthday party.

[Anonymous]

So is phase 3 open for regular pool swimming? They didn’t really change the rules at all between phase 1 and phase 2. People are allowed to self police everywhere else in the world but while in the pool surrounded by chlorine?