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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition - October 14-15, 2020 7B
Hall, City rec basketball registration now open
BY NATHAN BERG
nberg@gainesvilletimes.com
For many parents of children in grades
K-8, the squeaking of sneakers on hardwood
and echoing of bouncing basketballs have
become common components of the winter
season, and this year will be no different.
Rec basketball registration for Hall County
Parks & Leisure opened on Monday, and
sign-up for Gainesville Parks & Recreation
basketball has already been open for a
few weeks. It is the first indoor sport being
offered by either department since start of
the COVID-19 pandemic, and both the Hall
County and Gainesville City parks and recre
ation organizations have implemented new
protocol to keep players and spectators safe.
Here are some of the changes parents
should be aware of before signing up their
kids to play.
What’s new for athletes
Although registration for both organiza
tions remains open until this Friday for
Gainesville City and until the end of October
for Hall County, Gainesville Parks & Recre
ation director Kate Mattison said COVID-19
has definitely affected registration numbers,
which are down from a year ago. Hall County
Parks & Leisure athletics coordinator Wayne
Briscoe said it was still too early to tell what
the numbers would be compared to a typi
cal basketball season in Hall County, but
fall baseball registration was down 20%
this year, and Briscoe acknowledged that he
wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar trend
happen with basketball.
To address the drop in participation, Mat
tison said the two departments are keeping
the option open to merge basketball leagues
in case either is unable to field enough play
ers to have a season.
“Last year, we did not have to do that
because we had enough teams, so hopefully
this year we will too,” Mattison said. “But we
do know that this year our numbers are being
a little bit impacted by COVID in general.”
Briscoe said Hall County would be decreas
ing team sizes, which will serve the dual
purpose of creating more teams in case reg
istration takes a bigger than expected hit and
also cutting down on the number of people
gathering in gyms for games.
Hall County has also chosen to push the
start of the season back from late November
to the beginning of January, a move that Bris
coe said was “handed down from higher up.”
Mattison said Gainesville City is still planning
to start its season in November, but that could
be pushed back and registration extended if
not enough players sign up in the next week.
Outside of differences in registration and
start date, protocols for athletes playing in
both departments are largely the same.
“We have kind of tried to work with the
county to figure out what parameters do we
want to put in place, what parameters are
they putting in place,” Mattison said. “That
way we’re kind of mirroring each other.”
Both organizations plan to encourage
coaches to avoid close huddling during
practices and while explaining drills, as has
already been the case for rec baseball. Com
munity water jugs are being eliminated, and
all athletes are required to bring their own
water bottles to practices and games. Gyms
where both Gainesville City and Hall County
games are being played will be sanitized
nightly during the basketball season.
What’s new for spectators
In an effort to cut down on people gath
ering in gyms, Hall County Parks & Leisure
has decided on a spectator limit of two per
athlete, according to Briscoe. Mattison said
Gainesville City Parks & Recreation is also
considering a spectator limit, but has not
made a final decision on that yet.
Spectators for games put on by both
departments will be asked to socially dis
tance in bleachers, and parents will be
asked to leave immediately following their
child’s game to make room for those com
ing to watch subsequent contests. Spectators
will also be asked to wear masks at all times
while inside gyms.
Mattison said Gainesville City is also doing
away with selling tickets for games at the
gate, opting instead for a system of online
ticket purchases to eliminate the exchange
of cash. At Hall County games, Briscoe said
gyms would have clearly labeled and sepa
rated exits and entrances, so parents and
athletes would not be running into each
other during transitions between games.
With the first games not scheduled to
begin for several weeks still for either
department, Mattison said Gainesville City
is still working on finalizing its rules for
spectators and will be communicating any
changes in protocol as soon as those deci
sions are made.
“We’re just trying to figure out how to
make it as customer friendly as possible
while still being as safe as we can,” she said.
Times file photo
Rec basketball registration for Hall County Parks & Leisure opened on Monday, and sign-up
for Gainesville Parks & Recreation basketball has already been open for a few weeks.
JOHN R0SEM0ND
www.rosemond.com
How to set
good discipline
for your child
Q: Our first child, a
boy, just turned 2. Per
your advice, he is toilet
trained and eating what
ever I serve. Before he
was born, we determined
that we were not going to
raise a picky eater.
Our problem isn’t our
son; it’s my sister-in-law,
who has three kids, the
youngest of which is 4.
She insists that my hus
band and I say “no” to
our son way too much. Is
that even possible?
Our son is very active
and determined to get his
own way. Your advice
would be greatly valued.
A: First, I congratulate
you on getting off to such a
good start. These days, it is
the rare child who is toilet
trained on time (before
24 months) and equally
rare for a 2-year-old to be
eating whatever is put in
front of him. Those are
hardly accidents of genet
ics or “luck of the draw.”
They testify to parents
who understand the need
to set good disciplinary
precedents early in a
child’s life.
Now, to the matter of
your sister-in-law. I’m not
there — on the ground,
so to speak— to make an
on-site assessment, but she
may be correct. Most tod
dlers, especially boys, are
“very active and deter
mined” to get their own
way, so it’s easy for par
ents to fall into the habit of
over-using “no.”
The problem is, the
more parents say “no”
to a young child, the less
effective it becomes over
time. As its effectiveness
wanes, the tendency is
to say it more often, and
around and around go all
concerned. Under the cir
cumstances, discipline can
quickly devolve into war
fare, setting the stage for
increasingly nonproduc
tive parent-child battles
over everything from soup
to nuts.
Micromanagement, no
matter the specific issue,
is always driven by anxi
ety, and anxiety is com
mon to first-time parents.
In my public presentations
(brought to a virtual halt
by the pandemic), I often
talk about the pitfalls of
micromanaging discipline,
the invariable result being
ever-worsening behavior
and evermore frustrated
parents.
The key to avoiding
that trap with a toddler is
childproofing. Go through
the area of your home to
which your son has daily
access. Remove or put out
of his reach anything you
don’t want him handling.
Put childproof latches on
forbidden cabinets. Put up
sturdy gates to rooms that
are off-limits.
Create a play space in
which he can explore, cre
ate, and yes, even destroy
(magazines he can rip to
pieces, for example), to
his heart’s content with
minimal supervision from
you. The more freedom
you give him, the more
peace you will have.
Your sister-in-law may
not be the most diplomatic
of self-appointed parent
ing “experts,” but she just
may have done you a huge
favor that will yield an
abundance of blessings in
the long run.
Family psychologist
John Rosemond answers
parents’ questions online
at www.rosemond.com
or via email questions®
rosemond.com.
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