Delaware Reopening Checklist: Youth Sports Activities

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FACE COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING

• ♦ Each sport participant (players/staff/volunteers/parents/spectators) must comply with face covering consistent with the State of Emergency order. This is especially important when social distancing cannot be maintained.

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• ♦ Each sport must comply with social distancing guidelines of 6 feet or more for all players, staff, coaches, officials and spectators to the greatest extent possible.

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• ♦ Individual skill building is preferred when social distancing is difficult.

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• ♦ Scrimmages within teams are preferred over competitions with other teams.

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• ♦ Limit the time players spend close to others by conducting full contact play only in game-time situations.

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• ♦ Organize/stagger player arrival and departure procedures to reduce mixing of teams and close contact.

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• ♦ Have players and spectators wait in cars before practice or between games.

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• ♦ DPH strongly recommends that practice, competition and tournament groups/teams be limited to 15 players plus staff. During competitions and tournaments, groups/teams should remain stable from one day to the next, meaning the same players and staff should make up one group/team. Players and staff should not switch between groups/teams, and interaction between groups/teams should be restricted as much as possible to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 between teams. Consider staggered scheduling by group/team.

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• ♦ Ensure adequate space between the water and personal equipment of each player so that physical distancing of at least 6 feet can be maintained during breaks.

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• ♦ Players should not gather in enclosed spaces, such as dugouts, unless they can maintain a distance of six feet apart.

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• ♦ Ensure social distancing during non-playing time: arrange alternate seating so that youth are not clustered together on bleachers.

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• ♦ Discourage unnecessary contact like high fives, hugs and post-game line-ups and handshakes with opposing team and officials.

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• ♦ Stagger use of communal spaces like locker rooms.

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• ♦ Any spectators must adhere to the gathering restrictions set forth in the State of Emergency Orders.

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COMMUNICATION

• ♦ Youth sports organizations must post extensive signage instructing participants and spectators about required face coverings, maintaining 6 feet distance, hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes and to stay home if they are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. Printable signs that will help you comply with signage requirements are available at de.gov/playsafelysign.

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• ♦ Identify a safety and hygiene manager who is responsible for COVID-19 screening and concerns. All coaches, staff, officials and families should know who this person is and how to contact them.

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• ♦ Coaches, staff, officials, parents and players must be informed and routinely reminded of team infection control measures.

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• ♦ Coaches, staff, officials, parents and players must be informed about the expectation to stay home when sick and are encouraged to contact the team safety and hygiene manager if they test positive for<br>COVID-19 and to inform DPH about possible exposures.

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OTHER

• •Each organization and facility must comply with all other state, county and local requirements.

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• • Athletes and staff/coaches considered vulnerable populations should continue to stay at home and are encouraged to obtain medical clearance for participation.

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• • Note that older players might be better able to follow directions for social distancing and take other protective actions compared to younger players.

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