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COVID-19 SPORTS PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS <br />Important risk considerations <br />Level of contact in a sport <br />Consider the risk associated with that sport in terms of COVID-19 being spread between players. <br />✓ The more physical or close contact that occurs the greater risk there is in spreading illness. <br />✓ A sport or training that takes place indoors is riskier than if the activity is done outdoors. <br />Resources for risk categorization of sports: <br />National Collegiate Athletic Association COVID-19 Coronavirus (www.ncaa.org/sport-science- <br />institute/coronavirus-covid-19) <br />United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Coronavirus Updates <br />(www.teamusa.org/Coronavirus) <br />Under the "Return to Training and Sport Event Planning" tab, select Sport Event Planning. <br />National Federation of State High School Association's Guidance for Opening up High School <br />Athletics and Activities (nfhs.org/media/3812287/2020-nfhs-guidance-for-opening-up-high- <br />school-athletics-and-activities-nfhs-smac-may-15 2020-final.Ddf). <br />Know before you play <br />There may be an increased risk of COVID-19 when participating in sports, and COVID-19 activity may be <br />different in different regions of the state, also contributing to a possible increase in risk. <br />Traveling out of state or to different regions of the state to participate in sports activities is strongly <br />discouraged. However, if people or teams are considering traveling to other regions or states to <br />participate in sports, they should be aware of COVID-19 activity in that area to inform their decision. <br />Additionally, the Governor's Executive Order recommends people quarantine upon return from out of <br />state travel. Effective Feb. 2, 2021, masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of <br />public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs <br />such as airports and stations. For more information see Requirement for Face Masks on Public <br />Transportation Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs (www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- <br />ncov/travelers/face-masks-public-transportation.html). <br />For Minnesota: <br />Situation Update for COVID-19 (www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html) <br />Governor's COVID-19 Dashboard (mn.gov/covid19/data/covid-dashboard/index.*sp) <br />For the broader United States: <br />Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: COVID-19 United States Cases by County <br />(coronavirus.ihu.edu/us-map) <br />CDC: COVID Data Tracker (www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in- <br />us.html <br />14 of 18 <br />