BSCA advice to members on how to best alleviate potential spread of COVID-19 within the swimming programmes and Clubs
Posted on March 17, 2020
We suggest such bodies consider doing the following:
- Coaches ensure that they maintain appropriate distance from colleagues, staff, swimming members and make good use of alternative safe communication means
- Coaches ensure they do not have any physical contact with swimmers
- Coaches should not share hand held equipment such as stopwatches, clipboards or whiteboard pens, with colleagues or others
- Parents / guardians do not attend or observe training or swim sessions
- Coaches, Swimmers and Parents to not congregate in hallways and corridors outside of the pool hall or reception of facilities
- Parents to wait in open areas of facilities or on car parks in their vehicles
- Swimmers shower with soap before and after training
- Any swimmer who has a new cough or a temperature does not train or compete for 14 days
- Any swimmer who lives with a parent or sibling who is ill does not train or compete for 14 days
- Any swimmer with an underlying health condition does not train / swim
- Any swimmer with a sibling or parent / grandparent who lives with them, with an underlying health condition should not train or compete.
- Any swimmer or a family member who lives with them, who is confirmed as having COVID -19, should confidentially advise their club to allow contact tracing to take place
- Clubs should have accurate attendance records for each session to ensure the above is being adhered to.