Anonymous
11/15/2018 21:11
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Doesnt matter the age, usage and clumping of specialized activity in an oversaturated system destroys the grass. it cant cope.
Of course age matters. Don't be obtuse.
Kids of all ages play on the grass fields, fwiw. And 100 kids of any age playing soccer in cleats on a wet grass field over the course of a day are going to cause damage.
open the fields for the 5/6/7 year olds. what kind of damage do you expect from this crowd beyond normal wear and tear?
When the ground is wet "normal wear and tear" will kill the grass in a single day. If you kill it in the fall it won't grow back until early summer. Until the grass grows back the field is at risk for erosion.
Anonymous
11/10/2018 17:53
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Doesnt matter the age, usage and clumping of specialized activity in an oversaturated system destroys the grass. it cant cope.
Of course age matters. Don't be obtuse.
Kids of all ages play on the grass fields, fwiw. And 100 kids of any age playing soccer in cleats on a wet grass field over the course of a day are going to cause damage.
open the fields for the 5/6/7 year olds. what kind of damage do you expect from this crowd beyond normal wear and tear?
Anonymous
11/10/2018 16:08
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Doesnt matter the age, usage and clumping of specialized activity in an oversaturated system destroys the grass. it cant cope.
Of course age matters. Don't be obtuse.
Kids of all ages play on the grass fields, fwiw. And 100 kids of any age playing soccer in cleats on a wet grass field over the course of a day are going to cause damage.
Anonymous
11/10/2018 16:02
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Doesnt matter the age, usage and clumping of specialized activity in an oversaturated system destroys the grass. it cant cope.
Of course age matters. Don't be obtuse.
Anonymous
11/10/2018 09:35
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Doesnt matter the age, usage and clumping of specialized activity in an oversaturated system destroys the grass. it cant cope.
Anonymous
11/09/2018 18:39
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It happens. I just saw that DC was one of the rainiest cities in the US this year. It's not common. September is usually beautiful.
If the rain bothers you, then don't sign your kid up for baseball. At least 1/2 of those games will be rained out.
But that's what's so frustrating...soccer is supposed to be an "anything but lightning" sport.
You don't expect so many soccer rain outs, even with so much rain.
Arlington County is VERY protective of its fields. I doubt that will change. They don't want them to get ripped up because they are expensive to fix. Travel is on turf if you want to go that route.
I just don't see how 5/6/7 year olds 'rip up' the field. Older kids have games on turf but not the youngest groups.
Anonymous
11/09/2018 16:19
Subject: Season of rainouts
Anonymous wrote:More turf fields.
Period.
Yep. There's going to be no other way. We're turning into Seattle.
More heat --> more evaporation --> more rain.
Welcome to climate change. It's not just the coasts who'll suffer.
Anonymous
11/09/2018 16:17
Subject: Season of rainouts
Find a club that uses only turf. Our club is small and uses turf for both rec and travel practices and games. We have hardly had any rainouts this entire season.