Face masks

[NVfishing]

I was speaking to a D1 coach and had my DD present. My DD noticed a face mask and told the coach she had one but hasn't been using it. D1 coach said they feel girls that wear them are looked down upon and it's a red flag for recruiting.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

I can't believe that a coach would pass on a Traina, Esposito, etc. just because she wore a mask. Move on. Check this college off the list.

 

[obbay]

there are a lot of crappy D1 schools - what school was it?
remember that article written by the Georgetown coach that flaunted their ignorance? that's a good school but I've never seen their softball team on television.

the fact that a school would consider a mask as a red flag would be a red flag to stay away from them.

 

[softballphreak]

I love it when the HS parents insist on their DDs wearing masks. I'm quick to criticize any player or coach, for that matter, who attempts to put a player down for wearing safety equipment. During our early talk sessions I encourage the use of masks. We had 4 players this year wearing them in practice and in games.

 

[fourts]

Really? Check that college off the list, how many face masked did you see at the WS? Most don't even wear mask on their batting helmet!

 

[softballphreak]

Really? Check that college off the list, how many face masked did you see at the WS? Most don't even wear mask on their batting helmet!

Anytime I think about helmet masks I think about that Florida slapper last year that got hit square in the helmet cage as she ran towards the slap. Glad she was smart! And she probably has the video to prove it!

It's so much better to say I'm glad I had a mask on than to wish you would have!

My son still hates seat belts but he wouldn't be here to hate seat belts if it weren't for seat belts.

 

[softballphreak]

Heck, there was a time when major leaguers didn't even wear helmets.

 

[chinamigarden]

Heck, there was a time when major leaguers didn't even wear helmets.

Or gloves

Or batting gloves

Or cups...

 

[Amy in AZ.]

Heck, I never wore a batting helmet. Uof A's catcher nailed herself in the face, while batting and she had such repercussions, that she threatened to take her own life. I really don't understand the ones that don't wear a mask on their helmet. It has been a HS rule since at least 2006.

 

[MTR]

Obbay: Where's the logic in your argument? If she "liked" masks or recruited players with masks her team would win--that's what's keeping them down? LIke it has nothing to do with the tough classes and nursing majors...I don't see a whole lot of masks on tv, so the opinion is shared and there aren't enough kids with masks to test that theory. And I don't think Georgetown is ignorant or even knows or cares about what the coach thinks about masks. They got basketball to worry about.

I read his argument as coaches discounting a player for using what has, at least IMO, been determined a valid and valuable piece of safety equipment. Could be wrong, but that's what I thought was being stated.