USYS Return to play guidelines (yikes)

To clarify, here are the guidelines AFTER an area makes it to stage 3:


Phase 3: Public health authorities allow small group activities.
Below are suggested criteria for participation in permitted small group training sessions (includes athletes, coaches and staff).
 No signs or symptoms of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and have no known exposure to someone that has been ill in 14 days.
 Live in training location/community and have not travelled for 14 days prior to beginning training.
 Have no above normal temperature readings; temperature checks should not be conducted by staff but by players and their families prior to attending training.
 Upon arrival to training, coaches or staff should ask each athlete if they are experiencing any signs or symptoms of COVID-19. If the athlete has any signs or symptoms of COVID- 19, they should be sent home and instructed to contact their healthcare provider as soon as possible.

 Appropriate infection prevention supplies should be present in multiple targeted areas (e.g., hand sanitizer, facial tissues, facial coverings, hand wash stations, etc.).
 Small group training sessions should take place outside in an area where social distancing can be maintained.
 Participants should use their own equipment and properly sanitize the equipment after every training session.
 Participants should use their own water bottle, towel and any other personal hygiene products.
 Avoid any activities that may require direct or indirect contact (e.g. bumping) between athletes.
 Establish a cleaning schedule/protocol for equipment with the proper use of disinfectant before, during, and after training.
 Ensure participants are wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, (gloves, face mask, etc.)
 While coaching can occur onsite, coaches must maintain social distancing from all participants.
Introduction of Principles and Responsibilities Club Responsibilities:
 Create and distribute protocols to members.
 Contact insurers to ensure all coverages and communicate that information to
participants prior to commencement of initial training.
 Have an effective communication plan in place.
 Identify strategies for working with public health officials to notify adult leaders, youth
and their families if the organization becomes aware of a participant or adult leader has
developed COVID-19 and may have been infectious to others while at a youth activity.
 Maintain participant confidentiality regarding health status.
 Be sensitive and accommodating to parents who may be uncomfortable with returning
to play at this time.
 Have an action plan in place, in case of notification of a positive test result.
 Train and educate all staff on protocols and requirements, including state and local
regulations, CDC recommendations and other necessary safety information.
 Be prepared to shut down and stop operations.

 Develop plans for temporary closure of indoor facilities and cancellation of outdoor activities or camps for proper disinfection.
 Provide adequate field space for social distancing.
 Provide hand sanitizing stations and waste receptacles at fields for individual participant
use.
 Develop a relationship and a dialogue with local health officials.
Coach Responsibilities:
 Ensure the health and safety of the participants.
 Inquire how the athletes are feeling. Send home anyone you believe acts or looks ill.
 Follow all state and local health protocols and guidelines.
 Ensure all athletes have their own individual equipment (ball, water, bag etc.)
 Ensure coach is the only person to handle equipment (e.g. cones, disk etc.); do not enlist
parental or attendee assistance.
 All training should be conducted outdoors and compliant with social distancing per state
or local health guidelines.
 Always wear a face mask, even when not actively coaching.
 Coaches should maintain social distance requirements from players based on state and
local health requirements.
 Have fun, stay positive – players and parents are looking to you for leadership.
 The use of scrimmage vest, or pinnies, is not recommended at this time.
Parent Responsibilities:
 Ensure your child is healthy, and check your child’s temperature before activities with others.
 Consider not carpooling or very limited carpooling.
 Stay in car or adhere to social distance requirements, based on state and local health
requirements
 When at training, wear a mask if outside your car.
 Ensure child’s clothing is washed after every training.
 Ensure all equipment (cleats, ball, shin guards etc.) are sanitized before and after every

Wow! I see these guidelines as great for the near future, but am hopeful that by fall we will be able to play games and do limited contact in training sessions. I understand that we can expect to see some resurgence in cases but other countries have managed to get it under control like Germany and South Korea. The US needs to work hard on contact tracing and quarantining infected and exposed individuals and then this can actually settle down. We need our public health departments to be ORGANIZED!!!

Yikes is right... coaches and parents need to wear masks even if socially distanced (like the kids will be)? What a circus tryouts will be. I really feel for the clubs trying to manage through this.

But glad all these details are coming out now...BEFORE tryouts and BEFORE anyone signs up for next season...

I applaud the optimism and hope like hell the kids will be able to play in the fall. However, my primary concern is a precedent has been set and these govt officials have the power to shut down everything whenever they feel it is warranted. Will they ever go back to a complete shutdown - even if we hit a true second wave in the fall? Probably not given the massive economic damage already incurred and societal pushback that seems to be growing. But in our world, it doesn’t require a complete shutdown to cause our games to stop - far from it. And I can most certainly see partial shutdowns being issued in the future. So then what are we willing to sign up for come mid-June? I don’t think I can pull the trigger without some “if a shutdown occurs” contract provision....

I for one would gladly pay for this program.

Demo that we did last weekend

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