Health & Safety
The health and safety of our coaches and players is critical to a successful season. The COVID-19 global pandemic has introduced an entirely new dynamic to the existing protocols that our organization has in place.
Our board has developed Return to Play guidelines that will help us ensure a safe season for all. These guidelines are strongly based on recommendations provided by the U.S. Lacrosse Association, the sport's national governing body.
We require that each player have a Release for Communicable Diseases Including COVID-19 waiver on file with the club. This completed waiver MUST be on file before the player is permitted to attend any Lobo Lacrosse practice or game.
Finally, we have defined a COVID-19 Action Plan that is specific to our organization. This document details the guidelines and procedures that influence how our practices, skills sessions, and games are conducted.
Each of these documents can be downloaded below.
Practice & Game Procedures
Per our current Return to Play stage as detailed in our COVID-19 Action Plan, the following procedures will be followed for all events. These will be modified when governance guidelines change.
- One coach and/or parent volunteer will be dedicated to ensuring health protocols are being successfully implemented and followed.
- All Coaches should ensure the rules of the practice facility and state and locality/city are being identified and protocols are updated.
- All Parents and/or family members are to remain in or by their cars during practices or skill sessions. Social distancing protocols should be followed (6 feet distance and face masks)·
- One coach for each work group (<15 players) should assure the players are keeping the appropriate distancing between players and implementing all other hygiene and safety guidelines.
- Coaches must have hand sanitizer readily available for players and staff to use and all in attendance should be encouraged to wash their hands or use the hand sanitizer frequently.
- Players are recommended to bring their own hand sanitizer with them to practice.
- PLAYERS SHOULD BRING THEIR OWN WATER BOTTLES AND LABEL THEM FOR EACH PRACTICE/SKILL SESSIONS. There should be no sharing of water or food at the practices/skill sessions.
- Coaches and/or volunteer should consider buying a couple extra cases of water to practice in case a player forgets water.
- No clothing or equipment should be shared during practices or skill sessions by any participant.
- Every effort should be made to eliminate congregation of parents, coaches and players prior to and after workouts in any given area. Therefore, if possible, have players/parents enter into one area of the facility and exit in another so that congregation does not occur and individuals should remain six feet apart when exiting or entering the practice facility/premises.
- Players should wear gloves and helmets for each practice and skill sessions. No players are required to wear arm pads during noncontact practices/skill sessions
- After each skill session, each player should strongly consider wiping down their lacrosse shaft with disinfectant wipes along with washing their practice reversible and practice gear (gloves/helmets/shoulder pads/goggles).
- Coaches are required to wear face coverings during practice.
- All Players must wear face coverings when NOT ACTIVELY practicing or playing in a contest, unless an exception listed below applies.
- All Parents and visitors ten years of age or older are required to wear face coverings or face shields upon entry to an area where lacrosse activities are being conducted.
- FACE COVERINGS MUST COVER NOSE AND MOUTH.
- Players should pick up their own trash and empty water bottles after each practice or skill session. Players should be reminded NOT to pick up other participants items.
- Coaches will wear gloves if they are forced to pick up players trash.
- If a player/coach tests positive for COVID-19, wait at least 24 hours, if possible, to clean any areas they may have come in contact with.
- Players/Coaches should sneeze or cough into the inside of their elbows.
- There should be no high-fives or fist bumps.