Section V Athletics

General Information:
• No hugging, shaking hands, high fives or fist bumps.
• Equipment will be cleaned before and after practice.
• Social distancing will be practiced while waiting for a turn on the apparatus or
moving from one event to another.
• Everyone will wash/sanitize their hands upon entering and exiting Gymnastics
Facilities for practice or meet.
• Season is 7 weeks long.
• Gymnasts will need to have 12 practices before they can compete in their first
competition.
• Only gymnasts competing will travel to meets.

Gymnasts:
• Should tell the coach immediately if they are not feeling well.
• Are responsible for letting the coach know if they will be late or if they will not be
at practice.
• Will wash/sanitize their hands before rotating to the next event.
• Will practice social distancing while waiting for a turn on the apparatus or moving
from one event to another at practice and meet.
• Will wear masks if they cannot social distance 6 feet apart at practice.
• Will wear face masks at all times unless it is their turn on the event or they are on
deck to compete at a meet.
• Bring your own water bottle. Absolutely no sharing water bottles.
• Come to practice dressed to participate in gymnastics.
• Have your own gallon size bag with your name on it and with your own chalk in it.
Coach will provide chalk. (No shared chalk bucket).
• Have your own supplies in your bag when not in use. Bag will be sanitized each
day (inside and outside).

Coach:
• Communicate all guidelines in a clear manner to students and parents.
• Keep attendance records for gymnasts, staff and parents who attend practice or
meets in case contact tracing is needed.
• Some districts and/or gyms will require a coach to take a gymnasts temperature
when they walk in the door for practice.
• Will wear a mask during practice unless they can socially distance 6 feet.
• Can spot gymnasts if the gymnasts needs to be spotted, coach has mask on.
• Will wear a mask at meets for the duration of meet.
• Will properly sanitize/wash hands.
• Will send scores to parents/Athletic Directors/Newspapers after each meet.

Parents:
• Will pick up gymnasts from practice in the parking lot.
• Will help their daughter to sanitize their gym bag and clothing each day.
• If you need to speak to the coach; do it either through a phone call, text or email
first. If you need to speak to the coach face to face, arrange a time after practice
or at the conclusion of a meet.
• Are allowed to have two spectators at a meet per gymnasts unless the facility
being used does not allow for two spectators. (Coach will let everyone know
each meet).
• Will follow all proper protocols for social distancing and mask wearing.

Meets:
• All seniors will be recognized the first weekend of competitions.
• Meets will be run as warm up, compete this year.
• No presenting before an event to judges this year.
• Only gymnasts competing in a meet will be allowed to come to the meet. (May be
able to use the girls not competing as runners/score flashers/timers/videoing at
home meets though!)
• Runners/score flashers/timers must remain at least six feet away from
judges/events. Runners/score flashers/timers will remain with the same
judges/events throughout the competition. They must wear a mask at all times.
• Gymnasts will wear face masks at a meet except when it is their turn on an event
or they are on deck to compete.
• Will wash/sanitize their hands before rotating to the next event.
• There is no improper uniform deduction for wearing a face covering if you choose
to do so.
• Top 20 gymnasts in Section Von each event advance to Sectionals. Top 2
scores on each event will be averaged to obtain top 20 gymnasts.
• Sectionals at this time is a closed event with a live stream for parents to watch.
More to be determined at a later date.