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Phase 2: General Guidelines

Be smart: if you are sick, stay home. This applies to everyone: players, coaches, and parents.
No spectators will be allowed on the fields at training sessions
Sanitize: have hand sanitizer available and encourage hand washing before and after all activities.
Group play: all activities must be limited to groups of 5 and will remain with same groups through out phase 2.
No players may handle equipment.
No high-fives, handshakes, or hugs: as much as we want to physically connect, this is not a safe practice for anybody right now.
Masks: coaches and spectators should wear a mask before, during, and after practice. Players should wear a mask when not actively practicing.
Drop-off/pick-up: if possible, parents should remain in car for drop-off and pick-up. All spectators must remain 6 feet apart.
Water bottles: to minimize accidental sharing of water, players must keep their water bottles in their own bag when not in use.
No use of pinnies during phase 2.
Training sessions will be staggered to allow for groups to arrive and leave.

Distribute these protocols to your members.
Have an effective communication plan in place, identify strategies for working with public health to notify adult leaders, youth, and their families if the organization learns a participant or adult leader has developed COVID-19 and may have been infectious to others while at a youth activity, while maintaining confidentiality.
Small group sessions need to maintain the same group of players. This helps with contact tracing and limits exposure.
Have a written action plan in place, in case of a positive test. If a person is diagnosed with COVID-19, the entire group must return to self-isolation until symptom-free for 14 days.
Distribute your written action plan to administrators, coaches, managers, and parents, electronically or otherwise.
In your action plan include both a communication chain for team personnel, including volunteers and managers, as well as triggers for executing the action plan.
Be prepared to shut down and stop operations. Develop plans for temporary closure of indoor facilities and cancel outdoor activities or camps to properly disinfect and ensure other adult leaders or youth are not infected.
Provide adequate field space for at least six feet of social distancing per player.
Develop a relationship and a dialogue with health local officials. (identify Risk Tolerance)

Ensure the health and safety of your players. Inquire how the athletes are feeling, send them home if they act or discuss feeling ill.
Follow all established federal, state, and local protocols.
Ensure all athletes have their individual equipment (ball, water bottles, bag, etc.) and prohibit them from sharing anything. Equipment placement should be spaced at least 6 feet apart.
The coach is the only person to handle cones, disks, etc.
All training must be outdoors and coaches must strictly enforce social distancing per the current phase guidelines.
Coaches must always wear a face mask per current phase protocol and social distance from players when required.
Wash and sanitize your own equipment after every session.
The use of scrimmage vests/pinnies is not recommended.
Increase your communication with parents, they need to know what you are doing as a coach and club to maintain their safety.
Have fun, stay positive – players and parents are looking to you to stay calm, supportive, and caring during this time.

Take temperature daily.
Wash hands thoroughly before and after training and any contact outside your home.
Bring and use hand sanitizer with you at every training session. Especially at the beginning and end of sessions.
Limited or no carpooling.
Wear mask before and after all training sessions. This protects others in the event that you are unknowingly carrying the virus.
Do not touch or share anyone else’s equipment.
Bring your own ball to training, label it as your own.
Practice social distancing and place bags and other equipment at least 6 feet apart from your teammates’ equipment during sessions.
Wash and sanitize all equipment before and after every training session.
No group celebrations with players closer than six feet, no high fives, hugs, cheers, etc.
Stay in assigned group of 5 through out phase 2.

Ensure athletes are healthy, check their temperature daily.
Limited or no carpooling.
Stay in car or social distance when at training, wear mask at all times if outside your car.
Ensure child’s clothing is washed after every training session.
Label your child’s equipment to guard against cross-contamination.
Ensure all equipment, cleats, ball, shin guards etc. are sanitized after every training.
Notify club immediately if your child becomes ill for any reason and do not bring them into contact with coaches or other players.
Do not assist coaches with equipment before or after training.
Be sure your child has necessary sanitizer and cleaning supplies with them at every training.
When traveling, take responsibility to sanitize hotel rooms.