Swimming Pool Area Closures

1. Close bathrooms (except to coaching staff)
   • Will be sanitized after any use
2. Close showers
3. Close drinking faucets
4. Not allow use of pool furniture and bleachers
5. Close storage room
6. Close kids pool

Cleaning

1. Checklist will be provided for all areas to be cleaned before, between, and after practices.
2. Gloves will be provided for cleaning.
3. 15 minutes between practices will be allow for cleaning.
4. Check with pool cleaning company regarding chlorine level (2.0 PPM).

Practices

1. At the beginning of each practice session, a coach will be at the main gate to allow kids to come in.
   • Swimmers must arrive no more than 5 minutes before practice start and must be picked up no later than 5 minutes after practice ends.  Late arrivals will not be allowed in.  If you are late to pick up your swimmer, he/she will have to wait outside of the pool area.  Supervision will not be available.
   • Swimmers must enter from the west gate and exit through the east gate; parents/guardians need to remain in vehicles
   • The coach will ask each swimmer as they enter the pool if they are feeling well and perform a temperature scan.
   • Any swimmer that is not feeling well or shows ANY symptoms of illness will be sent home.  Each swimmer must have TWO emergency contacts that are available to pick them up if needed.
2. There will be cones, tape, etc to mark appropriate distance when on deck and waiting to enter the pool.  Anyone who does not follow these distancing guidelines will be asked to leave.
3. COVID-19 and spacing protocols will be posted at pool.
4. There will be a coach at both ends of the pool.
5. Staggered starts and opposite ends will be used to ensure proper spacing while in the pool.
6. The maximum people per lane will be 4.
7. No parents or spectators will be allowed on the inside the gated areas.
8. Swimmers will not be allowed to enter the pool area until all areas have been sanitized.
9. Swimmers waiting for practice will do so outside of the pool area and will ensure 6 ft of social distancing.

Equipment

1. No loaner equipment will be provided; you must bring any caps, goggles, towels, water bottles, etc. for yourself and may not share with other swimmers.
2. All equipment left after practice will be thrown away (no lost and found).

Monitoring

1. Any coach, swimmer, etc that is not feeling well or shows any symptoms of illness (coughing, sneezing, runny nose, fever) will not be able to attend practices.
2. Any coach or swimmer must have a physician note and be cleared for training if they have been diagnosed or suspected of having COVID 19 or any other communicable illness.

These policies and procedures will be strictly enforced and any swimmer or parent/guardian who fails to adhere to these expectations will be removed from the team without warning.

These hour-long practices will focus on skill training and not distance.  Swimmers should have solid foundations in all four strokes.  There will be no interaction between athletes and distancing will be required at all times.  Zero-tolerance policy.

Coaches will also adhere to social distancing regulations, therefore if a swimmer is not able to swim for an hour long practice without needing assistance or impeding the practice space of others, this is not an ideal program for them.  No 1^st time swimmers should be allowed.