Return to Swimming at Ensworth Natatorium

• Fill out the Covid-19 questionnaire prior to entering the building for each practice session.  Parents must fill out the questionnaire for anyone 18 & younger for every single practice session.
  
  
• Arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before scheduled practice time and depart no later than 5 minutes following the conclusion of practice
  
  
• Wear face-covering until swim practice begins and put it on once practice is over
  

• Athletes must enter the facility through designated entry areas (exterior balcony to west entrance by Coach Bahr &  Goeken office) while maintaining appropriate physical distancing.
  
  
• Athletes must exit the facility from the door on the southeast corner of pool deck, adjacent to the new parking area.
  
  
• Doors will be propped to prevent/minimize touching common surface
  
  
• We will have signage to direct swimmers to the correct entry and exit points
  

• Locker rooms will not be accessible.  All athletes must arrive and leave wearing bathing suits.  Changing in the building is strictly prohibited.
  
  
• There will be access to restrooms connected to large locker rooms during practice sessions.  Athletes are expected to wash hands for at least 20 seconds after using restrooms.
  
  
• Athletes must bring their own filled water bottle for each practice. 
  
  
• Athletes will place backpacks and equipment on marked spaces on the pool deck that are measured to ensure adherence to physical distancing protocols 
  
  
• Athletes must bring all practice equipment home following the conclusion of each practice (mesh bags)
  
  
• Any equipment left on deck will be collected immediately following a practice. Any unclaimed belongings will be donated or thrown away every two weeks beginning Monday, June 15.
  
  
• Athletes with equipment at the pool will be able to clear that equipment out on the first day they return to the facility
  
  
• There will be no access to shared equipment (kickboards, pull buoys, fins).
  
  
• Parents are not permitted in the facility at this time
  
  
• Coaches for athletes 10 and younger will accompany athletes to parking lot area for pick-up
  
  
• Parents are welcome to wait in their cars during practice sessions
  
  
• Do not congregate in the parking area in violation of physical distancing guidelines either before, during, or after practice
  
  

• All Natatorium Staff members will take Covid-19 questionnaire prior to entering the facility and adhere to the Mayor’s guidelines during applicable reopening phases
  
  
• All staff members will wear face masks
  
  
• A staff member will be doing temperature checks for all athletes entering the facility.  Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will not be permitted into the facility and should contact their health care provider and consider self-quarantine.  A staff member will immediately contact the parents of an athlete if the athlete’s temperature is 100.4 or higher.
  
  
• Coaches will take attendance at each practice to help with contact tracing should the need arise
  
  
• Staff members will sanitize common touch areas after each practice session.  These include door handles, pool ladders, and flagpoles.
  
  
• The facility will be sanitized daily by a professional janitorial services company
  
  
• All staff will enforce physical distancing before, during, and after all practice sessions
  
  
• Coaches will escort athletes under 10 years old into the parking lot area following the conclusion of their practice sessions
  
  
• Staff Members will only use the Staff Locker Room or Family Changing Room.  Staff will NOT use athlete restrooms