RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY II CONI - FIT - UISP PROTOCOL

 

In light of the various provisions that have taken place regarding the protection of health and the elimination of epidemiological risk, the CONI protocol issued on 7 May 2020 is reformulated. The new guidelines are issued for the activities carried out by tennis players, beach tennis, padel, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair padel. As recipients of this protocol, other sports operators and affiliated clubs must be added to the players. All the aforementioned subjects are required to read the guidelines published by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers

 

- Office for sport of 19 May 2020, issued pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decree of 17/05/2020 art. 1 letter f), in order to scrupulously follow the provisions contained in the document, in order to allow the resumption of sports activities, in compliance with the priority health protection needs related to the risk of spread from Covid-19. All sports clubs are required to:

- Always strictly apply the provisions of the Government and Local Authorities regarding the prevention of Covid-19, in particular with regard to interpersonal distancing.

- Publish clearly, on the company's website and on special posters posted inside the facilities, the list of provisions to be observed, giving particular emphasis to the obligation to respect the spacing of at least two meters between the players, during all game phases including training and lessons.

- Increase the use of staff to assist users as much as possible. - Install a hydroalcoholic gel dispenser at the entrance to the club and in the main rooms and prepare appropriate signs to highlight their location and any other installations where it is possible to wash your hands.

- Provide the staff with latex gloves and masks.

- Provide for the complete cleaning of the accessible areas of the club before it opens and, as far as possible, for the disinfection of the health facilities and the main contact points to be carried out at least once a day.

- Clean all surfaces several times a day.

 

- Enforce in any case the rule of the minimum interpersonal distance of one meter between people in the absence of physical activity and the use of a mask by anyone present in the club other than the players who play on the field.

- Allow the use of showers and changing rooms, if permitted by the provisions of the government and local authorities. In this case, the shower must be done one at a time, and the possibility of taking it at home must in any case be privileged. In the changing rooms, the interpersonal distance must be at least two meters.

- Always remove or keep in open position all doors and gates, including those for access to the fields, in order to avoid having to touch them to open them.

- Make sure that the activities of tennis, padel, beach tennis, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair padel are always carried out by reservation. - Inform the players, when they enter the field, that they must always respect the distance of at least two meters between them, during all phases of the game including training and lessons which, in the latter case, must be limited in the number of students.

- Reduce the hours of use of the fields in order to leave an interval between one game session and the next, and possibly program the reservations of the fields at different times to avoid overcrowding.

- Organize entry and exit from the facility with paths and signs in order to maintain safety distances.

- Use online booking systems and, where applicable, possibly providing a payment system for the rent of the field without the use of cash.

- Block access to all areas that could favor gatherings.

- Make available to the players on each court: a hydroalcoholic gel dispenser, a disinfectant cleaning product, disposable paper and a basket with a plastic bag to allow the cleaning of benches, chairs and net.

- Access to the facilities cannot take place until 10 minutes before the start of the sporting activity.

- Identify within its organizational structure one or more contact persons on the subject of prevention measures from contagion from Covid-19, to whom sports operators can contact for any need (request for information or need for communications).

- Ensure that field operators strictly avoid touching the game balls with their bare hands. Although there is no scientific evidence of the specific ability of the virus to be transmitted through them, it is known that infected "droplets" can survive for many hours on the surfaces they come into contact with.

- Try to get each user group to use new balls or disinfect them with a sanitizing spray before each game session.

- For individual lessons, suggest that each student always use only balls brought by himself. All athletes are required to:

- Respect the state, local and club regulations. - Sanitize their game material.

- Wash or disinfect your hands before entering the field.

- Always keep a distance of two meters from the other players.

- Bring your personal water bottle into the field and drink from it only.

- Do not touch the fences before entering the field.

- Wear a glove on the non-dominant hand or disinfect the hands with hydroalcoholic gel frequently, and in any case at every change of field.

- Do not touch your face with your hands.

- If possible, play with new balls and always use your own racket.

- Use benches on opposite sides.

- Greet and thank using only the racket.

- After playing, immediately change the racket overgrip if possible.

- After playing, wash or disinfect your hands.

 

CONES AND ITALIAN TENNIS FEDERATION

Rome, 22 May 2020