Thoughts on Guest Playing During Covid?

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Aug 19, 2015
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Atlanta, GA
Yeah, it's been hard enough on the kids. They cannot help it if they have a parent who is high risk or a grandparent living with them. If the parents decide it's too soon to play, that decision should be respected (and I mean respected, not grumbled about behind their backs). The kid shouldn't be punished for that. Freeze the rosters until fall and then regroup.
 
Nov 22, 2019
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Minnesota, USA
Question for Coaches; would a parent saying they're not comfortable letting their DD play yet affect how you view/play that girl in the future (e.g., batting order, whether she's put in the field, or even whether she gets cut in the fall)? In other words, would you "punish" the girl when she does return for staying out while the team starts up again? Why or why not? What if the girl had an immediate family member in a high risk group?

Personally I would say it depends on if the player falls behind or not. Just because her parents don't want her playing right now doesn't mean she can't be practicing/training on her own. If the player puts in the work to continue advancing their skills then I see no reason for anything to change once the dust settles.

If the player sits at home and does nothing for 4 months and the parents and she expects to come back to the same exact position on the team then that is their fault.
 
May 7, 2015
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SoCal
I always get a smile from "optional, if you're not comfortable, etc.." To me, I tried to instill in my kids "never give a reason to the coach to find someone else"

Read up on the story of Wally Pipp!
 

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