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All participants MUST sign the above waiver and give to your coach before you are able to practice

UPDATE AGAIN

Plan is to start practice June 1st and games after June 18th.  Check back for details regarding return to play policy.  We hope to have it posted by the end of the week.  

Please read the return to play and COVID prevention plan we have put in place.

Softball Return to Play Guidelines 

If any player, coach, or parent spectator does not feel well DO NOT attend practice or games.  Wash hands frequently. We highly encourage coaches to appoint a team parent to help with social distancing rules, ‘crowd’ control, and such.   

 June 1 practices can start. Rules for practices 

Dugout use will not be allowed. Players’ items should be lined up against the fence at least six feet apart. 

Parents must remain in their cars or drop off and pick up players afterwards. No sitting in bleachers watching practices.  

Players should use their own gloves, helmet and bats as much as possible. 

Coaches are responsible for ensuring social distancing is maintained between players as much as possible. This means additional spacing between players while playing catch, changing drills so the players remain spaced out, no congregating the players while waiting to bat. 

Players must bring their own water/beverage to consume during and after practice. No shared drinking fountains or coolers. 

Players must bring their own snacks to consume during and after practice. No shared communal snacks. 

Coaches must sanitize shared equipment before and after each practice. 

No sunflower seeds will be allowed during practice.  

No sharing of sweat towels or cooling rags.   

Girls will use hand sanitizer before practices begin. 

June 18 Games can start. Rules for games 

Same guidelines as above for softball practices. 

No pregame meetings, no fist-bumps, line up exchanges to be done with limited contact.  

Use of dugouts is permitted during games only. Only essential items in dugout – bats, glove, helmet.  Bags should still lined up outside the dugout.  

Bleachers located between the dugout and home plate should also be used to spread out players. Players should have designated spots to place their personal items. Coaches must designate an adult who is responsible for ensuring players are seated on the benches, unless they are actively participating in the game. For example, when a team is at bat, batters at the bottom of the lineup can sit spaced apart on the bleachers, outside of the dugout to allow for increased spaced in the dugout.  

Only coaches and players in dugouts.  No score keepers, no parents, no one else is allowed.   

Players should use their own gloves, helmets and bats as much as possible. Shared equipment (catchers gear) will be sanitized after use. Players will use hand sanitizer before taking the field and when returning to bat.  Fielding team will bring clean balls to the field and sanitize again in between innings.  

Fan attendance is limited to household members of the players on the team. No use of bleachers for fans. Fans must bring their own chairs or stand. Fans should keep six feet of social distance between different household units. No fan seating or standing is allowed in the area from behind home plate to six feet past the far end of each dugout. 

Teams to play next must be provided designated areas for player warm-ups that provide for necessary social distancing. 

Post-game handshakes or interaction between teams are prohibited. 

When games end, the leaving team must sanitize the dugout area. No postgame talks at the field are permitted. Fans and players must leave the playing area and return to their cars immediately after the game. 

The team to play next must remain in their designated warm up area until the prior team has finished sanitizing and is completely out of the dugout. 

Fans for upcoming games must remain in their cars during player warmups. They will be permitted to come to the field once the team they are there to watch enters the dugout area. 

Players must bring their own water/beverage to consume during and after practices and games. No shared drinking fountains or coolers. 

Players must bring their own snacks to consume during and after practices and games. No shared communal snacks. No sunflower seeds during games or practices.   

Coaches must sanitize shared equipment before and after each practice and game. Dugouts and bleachers must be sanitized at the end of each game.  Bathrooms need to be sprayed down and sanitized at the end of each game. 

Concession stands are not allowed to be open.