While the Governor of Louisiana isn't exactly a Commie... he is decidedly left. I have my differences with him (as I do with some who are decidedly right as well) but I have to give credit where credit is due. I think that, overall he did the best that could be expected during the COVID-19 crisis particularly when you consider how hard this State was hit. I haven't heard of anyone being fined or arrested for daring to not follow what is essentially advisory information to flatten the curve. This is in contrast to the power grabs seen in some other States. Sure, people were advised to follow the guidelines when they were seen not complying, but they weren't treated like subjects. We have been in phase 1 reopening for a while now, and it's looking good to move into Phase 2 in a couple of weeks. There was a brief spike in cases, but it quickly went to even lower numbers than before the lifting of the stay at home orders.
As soon as the order was lifted my daughter's softball team began intensive practice and did so safely by breaking the team into smaller groups and buying a pitching machine. I'll say one thing, the mental health of those girls improved dramatically as soon as they were allowed to practice again. In terms of performance, the individual practice that her coaches had each player's family helping them do during the stay at home order seems to have helped a LOT. The rust came off pretty quickly and they were in Championship form quickly.
They played their first tournament since winning the USSSA Spring Opener before the lock down. There were some guidelines in place that made things a bit weird, but it seems to have worked pretty well. There were issues due to weather and the guidelines that made our team have to wait for 5 hours to begin their first of four back to back to back to back games yesterday and that made for a VERY long day for them. They advanced to the Championship game but were simply out of gas. They still put up a Hell of a fight losing 5-2 to a very good older team. It sure was nice to see her happy again. Exhausted but happy.
As soon as the order was lifted my daughter's softball team began intensive practice and did so safely by breaking the team into smaller groups and buying a pitching machine. I'll say one thing, the mental health of those girls improved dramatically as soon as they were allowed to practice again. In terms of performance, the individual practice that her coaches had each player's family helping them do during the stay at home order seems to have helped a LOT. The rust came off pretty quickly and they were in Championship form quickly.
They played their first tournament since winning the USSSA Spring Opener before the lock down. There were some guidelines in place that made things a bit weird, but it seems to have worked pretty well. There were issues due to weather and the guidelines that made our team have to wait for 5 hours to begin their first of four back to back to back to back games yesterday and that made for a VERY long day for them. They advanced to the Championship game but were simply out of gas. They still put up a Hell of a fight losing 5-2 to a very good older team. It sure was nice to see her happy again. Exhausted but happy.
I'm thinking just because he doesn't want to add to his family's legacy, his father was the last Prime Minister to use it.
