Texas clubs are scrimmaging and playing now. And cases are “exploding” in Texas. This is all political bull crap. Crap science, crap leaders, and crap school administrators that are just puppets of the Newsome regime. Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing when possible, and let your kids play! If they don’t put out guidelines, we do it our own way. And we won’t stop, just like protesters don’t stop. ElleJustus, I feel you and I’m with you. Let the kids play, or we will do it our way!
Nobody is stopping families from setting up their own arrangements for soccer training. I know of one local coach that has a track record of helping girls play high level D1 soccer who has regular training sessions. I go my community park with my soccer kids to get fresh air, and I watch them train as if there is no COVID-19. Go do your thing. God bless you. I want no part of it for my family.
My wife and I also go to work and see the impact that COVID-19 is having in the community and in the hospital. It is getting worse every day. It is getting worse every day.
We are not taking our kids to non-essential club soccer group activities. We are avoiding you because we do not want to catch the disease or give your family the disease through club soccer training. Importantly, my situation is likely not that different from yours except that I have access to PPE to care for patients, and I assume that everyone is COVID-19 positive.
This is not a theoretical problem. The pandemic is real, and my hope is that we can all work together to salvage as much as possible of the life that we knew before.
If you need to come here to vent, fine. If you really don’t see what is happening, try to get a different perspective so you can see more.
This disease is going to spread until herd immunity is achieved. The only question is, how fast? The difference between fast and slow is the difference between a plane crashing and a plane landing.
All this talk about “outdoor activity” and “kicking the ball around” doesn’t square with our experience with youth soccer. My kids love to be close to their teammates on the sidelines between drills. If my kid wasn’t in your kid’s face for 90-minutes during games, especially on corner kicks, we would be talking about it on the ride home.
Not every family is the same. If your family really needs this to avoid household violence, please find it. Not everyone can go to a vacation home to surf or cycle.
If you have a choice but just don’t want to accept the new reality, you will regret seeing me in the hospital - not because you are seeing me but because I am seeing you.
Best of luck to all. Please be kind and safe.