By Alex Frank, Head Coach, Dartmouth College @DartmouthWLax On March 11, 2020, the Ivy League Presidents announced their unanimous decision to cancel all spring athletics practices and competitions through the remainder of the academic year. When I think about that day, I had two immediate thoughts: how are we going to be there for our players, and will the other conferences follow the lead of the Ivy League? As we all know the next day, all spring seasons came to an end and we watched the start of the Covid-19 pandemic unfold. During the next five months, we became more familiar with Zoom, FaceTime, Milanote, and any other platform to stay virtually connected with each player and the team. With each day that passed, we tried to remain hopeful that September would bring us back together and we would all have the opportunity to return to the field together as a team. Unfortunately, as fall approached, we were informed that we were going to continue to operate virtually which had become the new normal. Dartmouth College selected a hybrid method, allowing students to be on campus during specified quarters and learn remotely for others. Under this constraint, if we were allowed to practice in-person during the fall, we would only have a portion of our team on-campus, namely the freshmen class and one junior goalkeeper. Our other student-athletes would be expected to train remotely. As a result, Zoom became our primary method of communication for weekly meetings, virtual challenges, team competitions, and film sessions.