Preparing for youth sports this summer

Preparing for youth sports this summer

Some youth sports teams in the med city are preparing to take to the diamond ?

"* the catch... they're heading to iowa to play ball.

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"*t ne sports director ?

"* kaleb gillock ?

"* joins us with what the ballpark might look like this summer.xxx katie and george ?

"* school shutdowns ?

"* the stay at home order ?

"* and social distancing have kept a lot of kids apart since march... so many of them are eager to get back on the diamond with their closest friends.xxx well for one it allows them to get out with their friends and do things because they were cooped up all spring with school work and doing things at home so they weren't even able to connect with their friends.

If it were a normal june.... players ranging in age from nine to 15 years old from the rochhester youth baseball assocation would be traveling the state enjoying america's pastime... dreaming of playing in the big leagues someday.

Instead... ballparks have remained empty... until recently ?

"* when teams were permitted to hold practices.

They practice in groups of no more than 25 players... rotating stations and using hand sanitizer between them.

Corey dahl ?

"* president elect of the league ?

"* says it has been a frustrating experience.

Starts and stops.

Proposals that don't come to fruition, this time now we're hoping that we can start getting games in july nd maybe go through mid?

"*august.

The organization prepared to hit the diamond ?

"* by holding a development camp this month.

Families jumped on the opportunity.

We had a pretty good response from all our 240?

"* some travel parents.

We got around 200 families that opted to come in for the development program in june so we're excited about that.

So for those of you who plan on heading to the ballpark for travel games this summer, what should you expect?

There will be plenty of space between fans and players will be spread out both in and outside of dugouts.

And a few of the ballpark favorites won't be allowed.

There probably won't be any sunflower seeds, gum, discouraged spitting ?

"* things like that.

Kids will have to make sure they have their own water bottles.

There will be a lot of hand sanitizer and but other than that, games in addition to all of the other precautions already in place ?

"* different age groups have also been split up ?

"* to practice throughout the week.

Thank you kaleb.

The rochester youth baseball association has approval from both the city and state to