You can start with that a mouth guard is not obtrusive and does not hang off your face. From the input received from my players yesterday helicopter parents are part of the problem. I have noticed that the same evangelizing found in posts on DFP can be heard at the ball field. In the middle of a practice when Sally transitions from OF to IF and a parent yells "Sally, make sure you go get your mask." you just contributed to the stigma. Now add a "discussion" between the parent and the player when the player protests the parental directive from the stands and things go from bad to worse. You just became "that parent" and your kid is now "that player". Worse yet all the other players wearing masks are now guilty by association. Maybe a bit more discretion and tact is in order. Nagging a young lady in front of her peers about a mask is akin to a baseball mom yelling "Billy, are you wearing your cup?" - a memory that will hopefully fade by the time they graduate from college. Masks are a useful piece of gear but it is not life or death.
Over the weekend at a Fall Ball game saw a 14U Rfer' completely misplay a liner and on the hop took it off the face, right between the eyes. Busted her open, but nothing broken...bet she wishes she was wearing one.
Yeah, she probably wished she had a mask on when you misplayed the ball.So a player in RF misplayed a ball and got busted up. You surmise that she probably wishes she had worn a mask and not been injured.
Yeah, I know I would be wishing that.I imagine that people in a plane crash wished they taken a bus or stayed home.
Again yeah.Most likely people in a hospital wish they were not sick
I'll have to take you're word on this because I'm an....And going out on a limb, but people in hell probably wish they had ice water.