Outdoor and Professional Sports Organized Sports Training

AIM

To provide guidance on how best to facilitate the safe and gradual resumption of organized professional and amateur sports and have effective measures in place to protect the health of athletes, staff and supporting personnel by reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission during organized sports training sessions as much as practicable.

PHYSICAL DISTANCING

Organized training (professional and amateur) in large indoor arenas should be limited to 40 people and not exceeding 30% capacity (whichever is less), while complying with physical distancing precautions).
Organized training (professional and amateur) outdoors should be limited to 80 people while complying with physical distancing precautions). Outdoor training sessions are better ventilated than indoor sessions and thus impose less risk of transmission.
A safe distance of 2 meters should be maintained between people when exercising.
Indoor venues should reduce capacity to allow at least 2 meters distance between athletes (16 m2 per person).

FACILITIES

An isolation room/space identified to hold any symptomatic person found at the venue while awaiting patient transport to a medical facility is necessary.
Having medical post and designated personnel on-site is advisable to help assess cases and potentially other illnesses.

VULNERABLE GROUPS

Special considerations made for vulnerable groups to keep them safe and protected.
Vulnerable groups are advised to stay at home.

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Regular testing for employees as per MOPH guidelines.
Masks to be worn by all staff and athletes while not training.
Distribute hand sanitizers at multiple locations in the training facility and accommodation.
Ensure good hygiene and other measures signage is distributed across all venues, changing rooms, training facilities, etc.
Athletes and employees are advised to avoid touching surfaces and their nose, eyes, or mouth.
Towels recommended for use once only.
Avoid physical contact, e.g., hugging, handshakes, etc.
Cleaning and disinfection of sports equipment is mandatory.
Players should use their drinking bottles and not share with others.
No spitting on the field of play.

EDUCATION & AWARENESS

Provide athletes and employees with advice on cough etiquette and hand-hygiene practices.
Provide athletes and employees with information on physical distancing.
Provide athletes and employees with information on the use of face coverings and medical masks.

PRE-TRAINING

Ensure the capacity to isolate suspected cases.
Provide disposable gloves to staff handling laundry, towels, etc.
Make tissues and containers to dispose of used tissues with lids available on all buses and in all facility changing rooms
Consideration of provision of individual prevention packages for athletes containing:

Small personal packs of disposable tissues and plastic bags for tissue disposal.
Small laminated prevention card with key reporting information.
Medical mask to be worn by anyone who show symptoms (including fever, cough, or shortness of breath).
Small packages of an alcohol-based hand wipes.
A small package of disposable plastic drinking cups.
Thermometer should be available.
Hand sanitizer should be available.

Due to participating in training, anyone who feels ill should not come to the venue and be advised on the designated contact online or by telephone.

AT END OF TRAINING

Wash hands with soap and water. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water not available. Hand sanitizer stations should be available throughout the training facility.
Athletes should not share clothing, bar soap, or other personal items.

REGULATING ENTRY AND EXIT

Regulate entry to ensure training premises do not become overcrowded and maximum capacity should not be exceeded.
Thermal screening of employees and athletes (entry prohibited for those with temperature of 38 degrees or higher).
Ehteraz App to be downloaded by all employees and athletes, and check that the status is green to allow entry.

TO REMAIN CLOSED

COVID-19 Services Assistant خدمة المساعدة الخاصة بكوفيد-19