YMCA Youth Sports COVID-19 Safety Information & Expectations

The YMCA will continue to monitor current state and local guidelines to ensure participant safety. We reserve the right to increase or decrease expectations based on the ever-changing information. The safety of your family is important to get kids active again.

Outdoor Sports:
 

1.  Symptoms screening will be posted for everyone to see if they exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19.

2. Effective Immediately: all spectators, Coaches, and Officials will be required to wear masks at all practices and games for the duration of the season. All individuals 10 and older by ordinance must wear a mask at all YMCA facilities.

   Kids will not be required to wear masks while actively practicing and playing in games.

3. Immediate family only will be able to attend games and practices.

Staff

• Will be required to attend the mandatory training on our COVID-19 guidelines and safety procedures.
• Staff who are not officials will be required to wear masks when engaging with families.
• Must check-in before each clinic, have their temperature taken, and complete a symptoms checklist.
• Officials will practice social distancing on fields when possible

Volunteers/Coaches

• Will attend seasonal coach meeting and be trained on COVID-19 safety in addition to seasonal sports training.
• Volunteers must report any coaches, kids, or parents that may be exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms to YMCA staff so we can handle the situation accordingly and follow up with steps for return/removal.
• Must maintain social distancing from officials and other teams when possible.

Equipment

• Kids will be required to bring their own water and not share.
• Kids are encouraged to bring their own equipment when possible.
• Hand sanitizer will be available at each field.

Parents

• Parents can attend but immediate family only. This is to limit the number of people at the facility.
• Parents and kids 10 years or older must bring a mask with them.
• Parents will be able to sit next to fields but must maintain social distancing of 6 ft. or more. Staff will be enforcing this, if 6 ft. isn’t possible then a mask is required.
• When arriving Parents must wear a mask until they can safely distance themselves from other parents.

Indoor Sports:
 

1.  Symptoms screening will be posted for everyone to see if they exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19.

2. According to state and local guidelines, individuals engaging in the form of an activity Indoors are not required to wear masks. This will include participants, coaches, and officials during games and practice.

3. Parents will be required to wear masks at all times Indoors. One Parent per child allowed at practice and games.

4. All individuals entering an indoor facility must be temperature checked and wear their masks until they begin their activity.

5. Teams will enter through one entrance and exit through another exit only. Waiting teams/games will not be allowed in the facility until the previous teams have exited.
    

Staff

• Will be required to attend the mandatory training on our COVID-19 guidelines and safety procedures.
• Staff who are not officials will be required to wear masks when engaging with families.
• Must check-in before each clinic, have their temperature taken, and complete a symptoms checklist.
• Officials will practice social distancing on fields when possible
   

Volunteers/Coaches

• Will attend seasonal coach meeting and be trained on COVID-19 safety in addition to seasonal sports training.
• Volunteers must report any coaches, kids, or parents that may be exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms to YMCA staff so we can handle the situation accordingly and follow up with steps for return/removal.
• Must maintain social distancing from officials and other teams when possible.

Equipment

• Kids will be required to bring their own water and not share.
• Kids are encouraged to bring their own equipment when possible.
• Hand sanitizer will be available.

Parents

• Only one parent per child will be allowed in attendance to keep the number of people on site low.
• Parents will be required to wear masks at all times indoors.
• When arriving at the facility all parents, kids, and staff must wear a mask.