By Ethan V.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many group sports have been postponed because of the risk of infection. But some sports are beginning to come back and you might wonder about how safe the different sports are. The safest way for teams to get back to playing is to only practice individual drills, but together as a team. The highest risk for most sports is full competition between two teams from different areas.
Personally, I play for the San Diego Sharks Basketball Team and they have been trying to get us back to do individual drills but haven't gotten a permit to be allowed to. I haven't played with my team since March and COVID-19 cases in San Diego are still high, so I only expect to have to wait longer until I can play basketball again.
One of the safest sports to play during the COVID-19 pandemic is Tennis. Izzy and I went to a Tennis camp during COVID-19 and saw that there are very few ways to spread the virus from playing the game. One reason it is safer is because you use your own racket. Also, if you are playing singles you are a lot more than 6 feet apart and on opposite sides of the court. Another good thing is that the only object you and your opponent both touch is the tennis ball, and as long as you use hand sanitizer and wash your hands you should be safe.
It's too bad that Jiji isn't around because we could play tennis with him.
Sorry that you can't play basketball yet but happy that you can do tennis.
ReplyDeleteDo you also play table tennis? You should practice that so that JiJi can have a partner to play with next time you come. I know that he would teach you a lot of tricks he's learned from being a champion both in Japan and in Missouri when he was a student there.
I do like table tennis but I'm not very good because I have way to much power but it would be very fun to play with Jiji.
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