COVID-19 Community Tennis Guidelines

We all must take responsibility to minimise the effects and potential spread of COVID-19

Player Guidelines

Before you play

• Stay at home if you:
• Have been in contact with someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days
• Have been overseas or exposed to someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days
• Have flu-like symptoms
• If you are in a high risk health category, then you should not be administering or playing tennis at any time during this period. The Federal Government have listed the following as high-risk categories:
  • Persons with weakened immune systems
  • Any person aged over 60
  • Persons with diagnosed chronic medical conditions (such as lung conditions and kidney failure)
  • People with diabetes
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Very young children (Under 5) and babies

Attending tennis activities

• Wherever practical, clubs and venues should be manned throughout to ensure all social distancing protocols are observed and regular cleaning and hygiene can be observed.
• Only people core to playing or coaching should be on court or at the venue
• Arrive and leave as close as possible to when you need to be there
• In order to comply with relevant Child Safety guidelines, at least one parent/guardian should accompany younger children and continue to be present for the duration of the tennis activity.

Social distancing

Tennis holds a unique advantage as a sport which requires no direct contact between players. You can also:

•  Touch racquets instead of the regular pre or post match handshakes
• Keep 1.5 metres away from other people while watching or attending an outdoors tennis activity.

Behaviours

To protect against infection, you should:

• Wash/sterilise your hands before and after you play and avoid touching your face while playing
• Not share water bottles and bring your own full bottle
• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or hand-sanitiser when available, before and after eating, after going to the toilet, sneezing and coughing
• Cover your coughs and sneezes and dispose of any used tissue immediately
• Avoid touching your face
• Keep your distance from people who are obviously sick
• Be aware of what surfaces you touch.