Return to Play Safety Information
has updated our Covid 19 Policies as of April 11, 2021. We will be following the directives of our local and state officials. All coaches will be educated and informed on SFFA Guidelines, Protocols, and Safety Measures as it pertains to the new training environment. Local and state guidelines will be executed in order to maximize the safety of all participants. The club will stay in accordance with the CDC recommendations regarding sanitizing, social distancing and any other safety precautions.
All visiting teams and coaches playing at Loggers Run Park are not required to wear masks at all times. This applies to the Park and the Soccer Fields. (Unless players are in the game)
Parents are being allowed on the fields 20 minutes before game time
Boca United FC
PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure the child is healthy, check your child’s temperature prior to any training session.
- Limited or no carpooling.
- Parents must remain in their cars during training sessions.
- Ensure child’s clothing is washed after every training session.
- Ensure all equipment, cleats, ball, shin guards, etc. are sanitized before and after every training.
- Notify the club immediately if your child becomes ill for any reason. Parents MUST notify the club registrar bufc_registrar@gbysa.org or sffa_registrar@sffada.com and the club Director of Coaching eichmann88@yahoo.com as soon as their child tests positive.
- They need to communicate the date the test was taken and the date the child started to show symptoms.
- Upon receiving notification that a child tested positive, an email will go out to the entire club.
- The player will be put on notification and NOT be allowed back on the fields for 10 Days, on the 5th Day you can get a PCR Test (NOT RAPID TEST). IF negative test results you will send a copy to bufc_registrar@gbysa.org and you will be allowed to return to practices / games. IF POSITIVE RESULTS WAIT 3 days to be tested again
- INTER-LEAGUE games – If a player from another team tests positive after a game with GBYSA, Boca United or SFFA a letter will be sent to the entire club. This email will state the GBYSA, Boca United, or SFFA team who may have been exposed.
- Be sure your child has necessary sanitizer with them at every training.
- Submit the COVID-19 Daily Questionnaire google form before each session.
- Submit the Protocol/waiver form before initial training.
PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Wash hands thoroughly before and after training.
- Bring and use your own hand sanitizer at every training.
- Encouraged to wear a mask before and immediately after all training.
- Do not touch or share anyone else’s equipment, water, snack, or bag.
- Practice social distancing, place bags and equipment at least 6 feet apart.
- Wash and sanitize all equipment before and after every training.
- Each player is required to bring their own water bottle.
- No group celebrations, no high 5’s, hugs, handshake, etc.
COACH RESPONSIBILITIES
- Submit the COVID-19 Daily Questionnaire google form before each session.
- Coaches will wear masks during all sessions.
- Ensure the health and safety of the athletes by ensuring the daily required assessment form is filled out by parents.
- If the athletes are feeling or looking ill, they will be sent home.
- Follow all state and local health protocols.
- Ensure all athletes have their individual equipment (ball, water, bag, etc.).
- Coach is the only person to handle cones, discs, etc.
OUR CLUB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and distribute protocols to its members, including but not limited to waivers and self check assessments.
- Ensure that all players have returned the Protocol/waiver prior to the first session.
- Ensure that each player has submitted COVID-19 Daily questionnaire google form before each season.
- Have an effective communication plan in place; identify strategies for working with public health to notify adult leaders, youth, and their families if the organization learns a participant or adult leader has developed COVID-19 and may have been infectious to others while at a youth activity, while maintaining confidentiality.
- Be sensitive and accommodating to parents who may be uncomfortable with a return to play, too quickly.
- Have an action plan in place, in case of a positive test.
- Train and educate all staff on protocols and requirements, including state and local regulations, CDC recommendations, and other necessary information.
- Be prepared to shut down and stop operations. Develop plans for temporary closure of indoor facilities or outdoor activities or camps to properly disinfect and ensure other adult leaders or youth are not infected.
- Provide adequate field space for social distancing.
- Develop a relationship and a dialog with local health officials (identify Risk Tolerance).
