Política meteorológica
Our goal is to practice and play anytime it is safe to do so. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, ice/snow, lightning, and rain, can put our players, coaches, and spectators at risk. For your safety and those around you, please review and be familiar with our inclement weather policies below.
Inclement Weather
Player safety on and off the field is our priority, and we use a catalog of resource to help inform our decisions to adapt to weather changes, suspend, and/or cancel when needed. A few resources include:
US Soccer’s Recognize to Recover has guidelines to protect players related to heat, cold temperatures, on-field conditions, hydration, lightning, sun protection and more.
National Athletic Trainers Association, which houses position statements and guidelines for safe athletics, including related to heat illness
The heat of the summer is of particular concern for our players as we navigate summer storms that pop-up and extreme heat.
Our staff, including Jason Bailey (Head Athletic Trainer), Bryan Bachelder (Director of Administration), Paul Forster (Director of Soccer), and others are all involved in the decision-making process – whether that’s to cancel or suspend a session because of heat or lightning, adapt sessions to include more water breaks, or any other measure deemed necessary for the safety of our players.
Provided NCFC Youth allows for games to continue, the referees make the final decision on whether the conditions are safe or not for play at the game.
Inclement Weather Communication
Our goal is to communicate cancellations as soon as a decision is made, and we strive to make a decision by 3pm during the week and 6:30am on the weekend. This affects carpool schedules and long commutes so we will do our best to stick to this schedule.
A menudo esperamos hasta estas horas para tomar una decisión con la esperanza de que las condiciones mejoren y nos permitan jugar. La mayoría de nuestros campos alquilados están regulados por otras entidades (por ejemplo, el Ayuntamiento de Cary y la Ciudad de Raleigh), que determinan si los campos están abiertos o cerrados, y estas entidades a menudo no nos informan de las decisiones hasta después de las 14:30.
Nos basamos principalmente en PlayMetrics para comunicar cancelaciones o cualquier información relacionada con el clima. Cada director de programa se encarga de comunicar la información a las familias correspondientes. Asegúrese de tener activadas las notificaciones de PlayMetrics por correo electrónico y SMS para recibir alertas en cuanto se notifiquen cancelaciones o retrasos.
Field Status
We update the field status on this website and Playmetrics as soon as a decision is made. Fields are marked “closed” if weather conditions are not safe for players, and we cancel soccer related activities. No one is allowed to play on a “closed” field.
WRAL Soccer Park Lightning Rule
El equipo juvenil de NCFC adquirió e instaló el sistema Perry Weather en el Athletic Lab Fitness Center del WRAL Soccer Park. En el parque, se escuchará una bocina de 15 segundos que indica que hay rayos en la zona y que NO ES SEGURO jugar ni estar en los campos. El sistema continuará monitoreando las tormentas y activará una luz amarilla intermitente.
Si llega a los campos y ve una luz estroboscópica amarilla parpadeando, NO PUEDE ingresar. Solo podrá regresar al campo después de tres toques de bocina, cuando la luz estroboscópica amarilla deje de parpadear.