The state of California on Monday released guidelines for youth sports and community-sponsored programs, which include private clubs and leagues. The new guidelines allow physically distant outdoor practices, skill building and training for many different sports and activities to continue with changes to be made to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19. This applies to all districts. Sports allowed depend on the county level, but people in each county can now practice, exercise, and exercise regardless of regional stay-at-home orders, whatever you can and cannot do in California’s COVID Animal System has announced that youth sports will be continued in order to reduce the transmission of the novel coronavirus. The organizations involved in these new guidelines include the California Interscholastic Federation and the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts. The guidelines classify different sports and activities according to the amount of contact. However, according to state officials, competitions in the state will not be allowed until January 15, 2021 at the earliest. Early January transfer rates are also taken into account when considering a date for the competitions to resume. “Despite the difficulty of doing this for so many months, now more than ever, it is imperative that we all follow public health guidelines by staying at home and not mingling with other households,” said Dr. Erica Pan, Acting State Health Commissioner. “As a parent and athlete, I know the importance of exercise in maintaining physical and mental health, and we encourage members of the same household to engage in physical activity together and outdoors until the current and alarming surge is over. We need everyone to take seriously their responsibility to protect their entire community. In the meantime, we can all look forward to these activities that we can resume in 2021. “Below are the following activities that are permitted at each level. The full guidelines can be found here. Widespread Animal (Purple) Outdoor Low Contact SportsArcheryBadmintonBikingBocceCorn holeCross countryDance (no contact) Disc golfGolfIce and roller skating (no contact) Lawn bowlingMartial arts (no contact) Physical exercise programs (e.g. yoga, Zumba, Tai Chi) Pickleball (singles) Rowing / Crew (with 1 person) RunningShuffleboardSkeet ShootingSkiing and snowboardingSnowshoeingSwimming and divingTennisTrack and fieldWalking and hikingSubstantial animal (red) Outdoor sport with moderate contactBaseballCheerleadingDodgeballField hockeyGymnasticsKickballLacrosse with soccer volleyball men / people more) Polo soccer ball, soccer men / women, kickball or more -Contact-SportsBadmintonCurlingDance (no contact) GymnasticsIce Skating (individual) Physical trainingPickleball (singles) Swimming and divingTennisTrack and fieldVolleyballMinimal animal (yellow) Indoor sports with medium contactCheerleadingDance (intermittent contact) DodgeballKi ckballPickleball (doubles) RacquetballSquashIndoor High-Contact SportsBasketballBoxingIce HockeyIce Skating (couples) Martial ArtsRoller DerbySoccerWater PoloWrestling
The state of California on Monday released guidelines for youth sports and community-sponsored programs, which include private clubs and leagues.
The new guidelines allow physically distant outdoor practices, skill building and training for many different sports and activities to continue with changes to be made to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19. This applies to all counties
Sports allowed depend on the county level, but people in each county can now practice, exercise, and exercise regardless of regional stay-at-home orders.
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The California Department of Health said it wanted to allow youth sports to continue in order to reduce the transmission of the novel coronavirus. The organizations involved in these new guidelines include the California Interscholastic Federation and the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts.
The guidelines classify different sports and activities according to the amount of contact. However, according to state officials, competitions in the state will not be allowed until January 15, 2021 at the earliest. Early January transfer rates are also taken into account when considering a date for the competitions to resume.
“Despite the difficulty of doing this for so many months, now more than ever, it is imperative that we all follow public health guidelines by staying at home and not mingling with other households,” said Dr. Erica Pan, Acting State Health Commissioner. “As a parent and athlete, I know the importance of exercise in maintaining physical and mental health, and we encourage members of the same household to engage in physical activity together and outdoors until the current and alarming surge is over. We need all who take their responsibility to protect their entire community seriously, and in the meantime we can all look forward to these activities that we can resume in 2021. “
Below are the following activities that are allowed at each level. The full guidelines can be found here.
Widespread Tier (Purple)
Sports with little contact outdoors
- Archery
- badminton
- To go biking
- Boccia
- Corn hole
- Cross country
- Dance (no contact)
- Disc golf
- golf
- Ice and roller skating (no contact)
- Lawn bowling
- Martial arts (no contact)
- Physical training programs (e.g. yoga, Zumba, Tai Chi)
- Pickleball (Singles)
- Rowing / crew (with 1 person)
- To run
- Shuffleboard
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Skiing and snowboarding
- Snowshoeing
- swimming and diving
- tennis
- athletics
- Walking and hiking
Essential level (red)
Exercise with moderate contact outdoors
- baseball
- Cheerleading
- Dodgeball
- Field hockey
- gymnastics
- Kickball
- Lacrosse (girls / women)
- Pickleball (double)
- Soft ball
Moderate level (orange)
High contact sport outdoors
- basketball
- Soccer
- ice Hockey
- Lacrosse (boys / men)
- rugby
- Rowing / crew (with 2 or more people)
- Soccer
- volleyball
- Water polo
Indoor sports with little contact
- badminton
- Ice stock sport
- Dance (no contact)
- gymnastics
- Ice skating (individual)
- Body training
- Pickleball (Singles)
- swimming and diving
- tennis
- athletics
- volleyball
Minimum level (yellow)
Indoor sports with moderate contact
- Cheerleading
- Dance (intermittent contact)
- Dodgeball
- Kickball
- Pickleball (double)
- Racquetball
- To squeeze
High contact indoor sports
- basketball
- Boxing
- ice Hockey
- Ice skating (couples)
- Martial arts
- Roller derby
- Soccer
- Water polo
- Wrestling
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