Maybe as coaches we don't want kids to get hit by cars and trees. I care more about what might happen to my athletes than any legal implications.
I try to weigh the benefits of a regular training run with the potential safety problems.
I am dealing with that right now as I type this. I am likely cancelling practice for tomorrow morning. In anticipation they had a hard training session today.
Find an open field unencumbered with trees. Oh, and grow a pair.
Maybe as coaches we don't want kids to get hit by cars and trees. I care more about what might happen to my athletes than any legal implications.
I try to weigh the benefits of a regular training run with the potential safety problems.
I am dealing with that right now as I type this. I am likely cancelling practice for tomorrow morning. In anticipation they had a hard training session today.
Find an open field unencumbered with trees. Oh, and grow a pair.
This, because nobody drives to practice. They just all communally live in open fields together.
The OP is correct. They shouldn't have cancelled. They should have held practice and told everyone that they didn't have to participate if they thought it was dangerous. Nobody is going to have a tree blow over on them while they're running. There's a better chance one of them will win the Powerball. We need to stop catering to irrational people at the expense of everyone else.
Sounds like you're not the leader. If you were the leader, the club would be doing what you wanted. It appears that the "leader" title is just a participation trophy someone decided to hand you to make you feel good about yourself despite the fact that you lack the charisma and sway to actually get anyone to follow you.
Huh??? Didn't you just start a thread about how you couldn't sleep b/c you were worried about getting nuked by Putin?
I'm pretty sure the glass houses/stones and pot/kettle theorems mean you shouldn't be mocking other people for not being able to think clearly about low probability events.
Since you've got a healthy curiosity and lots of time and energy, you would probably enjoy Kahneman's Thinking... book. It's full of examples of how poorly we deal with risk and uncertainty.
Maybe as coaches we don't want kids to get hit by cars and trees. I care more about what might happen to my athletes than any legal implications.
I try to weigh the benefits of a regular training run with the potential safety problems.
I am dealing with that right now as I type this. I am likely cancelling practice for tomorrow morning. In anticipation they had a hard training session today.
Well, I called practice for the morning. Here is what happens with our team as a result:
- Kids get extra sleep after a big run today. - Varsity runners will wait for later in the day to run when there is a break in the weather at a time we cannot predict right now. - Our JV runners will likely not run but most did not run much over the summer so they can probably use the rest anyway. - Nobody gets into a car accident trying to drive to practice. - Nobody gets hit by a car, branch, or tree while at practice. - We don't end up having a practice in torrential downpours and heavy winds which will not help their training anyway. - Parents will be happy with the decision.
Huh??? Didn't you just start a thread about how you couldn't sleep b/c you were worried about getting nuked by Putin?
I'm pretty sure the glass houses/stones and pot/kettle theorems mean you shouldn't be mocking other people for not being able to think clearly about low probability events.
Since you've got a healthy curiosity and lots of time and energy, you would probably enjoy Kahneman's Thinking... book. It's full of examples of how poorly we deal with risk and uncertainty.
Is that the book about system 1 and system 2?
I'm terrified of nuclear war because it seems likely. My unconscious routine tells me to live my life. But when I actually sit down to analyze the risk objectively, I am terrified. Since you seem like you're responding in good faith where do you put the odds of nuclear war?
I'm a leader of a NIRCA club in a state affected by hurricane Ian. It's been raining all day, and it's pretty windy. There has been no thunder or lightning. The other club leaders have chosen to cancel our usual official practice today because of the weather. They say it's too windy because one of them was knocked over while carrying an umbrella. I don't like the precedent this sets--that it's okay to give up because conditions are tough. I know I will be running. How can I convince the other club leaders that this type of weak behavior is not acceptable?
The federal government in DC shut down due to strong winds one day (in March 2018) while Trump was president. To my knowledge, never happened when Obama was president.