Prepared by the Local Empowerment Advisory Panel (LEAP)
Organized Youth Sports PRACTICE ONLY
Mandatory* Recommended Best Practices*
● Training sessions shall be timed to allow at least a 30 ● Parents or guardians should be discouraged from
minute break between the finish and start of subsequent attending practice, but if they must, coaches and facility
sessions, to allow for departure and arrival without crowding. operators must require 6 feet of social distancing except
● Players and coaches will be asked to arrive no earlier than for members of the same household.
General 15 minutes prior to a session and depart no later than 15 ● Coaches/adult leaders and players should check their
Guidelines minutes after completion. temperatures before participation in soccer activities and
● Participants should pick up their own trash at the
ask/administer screening questions about symptoms in
conclusion of all practices and activities. Extra trash bins
participants or their household members.**
should be provided, and more frequent dumping should
occur. ● Players are strongly encouraged not to travel with other
● All requirements must be shared prior to the practice with members of the team and only members of their
all players and coaches. immediate households.
● Limit sports activities to those in which participants can ● Post informational signs regarding social distancing,
maintain social distancing or close contact is limited and brief. facial coverings, and what to do if symptomatic.
Examples include golf, baseball, softball, cycling, swimming, ● Promote healthy hygiene practices, such as hand
diving, dance, tennis, disc golf, horseback riding, track and washing as feasible.
field, figure skating, curling, running, and pickleball. ● Provide hand sanitizer stations.
● For sports activities in which participants cannot maintain ● Coaches and team managers should ensure that
social distancing and close contact is frequent or prolonged players are following COVID-19 related prevention
(e.g., football, competitive, cheer, lacrosse, basketball, measures included herein.
wrestling, rugby, water polo, and hockey), activities should be
limited to conditioning, drills, and practices in which dummy
players, sleds, punching bags, and similar equipment are
used.
● All coaches and managers are required to wear face
coverings. Players should wear face masks except while
playing or exercising (e.g. on the sidelines).
● Players’ personal items and equipment should be spaced ● Encourage social distancing through increased
out at least 6 feet apart. spacing, small groups, and limited mixing between
● Players should use their own equipment as much as groups, and staggered scheduling, arrival, and drop
Team/Players possible.
off, if feasible.
● Players must bring their own water/beverage to consume
during and after practice. No shared drinking fountains or ● Promote healthy hygiene practices, such as hand
coolers. washing wearing a cloth face covering, as feasible.
● No shared/communal snacks. ● Facility, the team, and/or coaches should have
● Conduct daily symptom assessments.** bottled drinks on hand, in case a player forgets his or
● No touch rule- no high fives, handshakes or other physical her water bottle.
contact. ● Players should bring their own snacks; if snacks are
● No spitting or eating seeds, gum, or other similar products. provided, they should be individually packaged.
**Daily symptom assessments
*These recommendations were compiled by the LEAP based on guidance from the CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Nevada OSHA, and other relevant
should include monitoring for agencies for the industry and public health officials, including state licensing boards. The information provided is only intended as general information to the public. Following
fever, cough, and trouble these guidelines does not constitute, and is not a substitute for, compliance with all laws and regulations applicable at any particular time. Individuals and businesses are
breathing. responsible to ensure that they comply with all laws and regulations that apply to them, including, but not limited to, federal and state health and safety requirements. Additionally,
compliance with these regulations does not ensure against the spread of infections from COVID-19 or any other cause.
Mandatory* Recommended Best Practices*
● Ensure social distancing for all practice activities. ● Where feasible, adjust activities and procedures to
Coaches/ ● Coaches must clean and disinfect shared equipment limit sharing of items such as toys, belongings,
before and after each practice and games. Use disinfectants supplies, and equipment.
Parents outlined on EPA List N. ● Train all coaches on health and safety protocols.
● Parents must remain in their cars or drop off and pick ● Balls shared during practice should be changed out
players up afterwards. every 30 minutes with cleaned and disinfected balls.
● Enforce no touch rule – no high fives, handshakes or other
● Before and after practice, teams should wash their
physical contact.
● Stay up-to-date on the latest guidance issued by the CDC, hands for 20 seconds. If no handwashing station is
state and local health authorities. available, then an appropriate hand sanitizer should be
used.
● Require medical clearances from those that had ● For individuals with pre-existing medical condition,
previously tested positive for COVID-19. written clearance from their physician should be
● For individuals who have experienced a known COVID- provided. The written clearance should note that the
Medical 19 exposure in the past 14 days, home quarantine for 14 player can participate fully, and the activity is
days is required. A medical clearance is required to return recommended.
Clearance to practice following the home quarantine.
● Report the onset of any new symptoms immediately.
Conduct daily symptom assessments.**
● Players should contact their physician and follow the
recommendations, if they have any symptoms.
● Any player feeling unwell should not practice and
immediately notify their coach/team manager.
● Any (or their family member) player presenting
symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, trouble breathing,
etc.) should notify their coach and team manager
immediately. All activities should be suspended until
testing is complete.
● Any player (or their family member) who tests positive
will require all team activities and practices to be canceled
for 14 days.
● Immediately isolate and seek medical care for any ● Work with local health department to identify
individual who develops symptoms while at the event and potentially infected or exposed individuals to help
Confirmed follow CDC guidelines. facilitate effective contact tracing/notifications.
● Contact the local health district about suspected cases ● Once testing is readily available, test all suspected
Cases or exposures and employers should maintain the infections or exposures.
confidentiality of employee health information. ● Following testing, contact local health department to
● Shutdown any facility for deep cleaning and disinfection, initiate appropriate care and tracing.
if possible.
● Use disinfectants outlined on EPA List N.
*These recommendations were compiled by the LEAP based on guidance from the CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Nevada OSHA,
**Daily symptom assessments
and other relevant agencies for the industry and public health officials, including state licensing boards. The information provided is only intended as
should include monitoring for general information to the public. Following these guidelines does not constitute, and is not a substitute for, compliance with all laws and regulations
fever, cough, and trouble applicable at any particular time. Individuals and businesses are responsible to ensure that they comply with all laws and regulations that apply to them,
breathing. including, but not limited to, federal and state health and safety requirements. Additionally, compliance with these regulations does not ensure against the
spread of infections from COVID-19 or any other cause.
