Youth sports summer camps that are permitted to open on or after July 6, 2020

Youth sports summer camps that are permitted to open on or after July 6, 2020, must follow all applicable summer camp guidance, available here, in addition to these Standards for Sports Activities. 

Inter-team games, scrimmages, and tournaments are permitted for low-risk sports, such as golf and individual running events (a more complete list is available below).

Contact sports, which are defined as any sports categorized as medium or high risk (a more complete list is available below), must limit activities exclusively to no-contact drills, practices, and simulations of game situations as of June 22. By July 6, it is anticipated that traditional practices and competitions will be able to resume for medium-risk sports, such as baseball, softball, basketball, and soccer, and by July 20, it is anticipated that competitions will be able to resume for high-risk sports, such as football.

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