Before you travel to the Y
- If you are sick STAY HOME.
- Err on the side of caution.
- Anyone who has a temperature 100.4 or over must be fever free for 72 hours before returning to the Y
- Bring your face covering.
- Wear your suit to the Y.
- Make sure you have your goggles and cap (if you wear one).
- Coaches CANNOT give you either.
Entering the YMCA
- Everyone entering the Y MUST be a member or enrolled in a program as a member or non-member.
- Parents of House swimmers can enter the Y and watch practice, more details below.
- It will be a self check-in process at the front desk, NOT the check-in desk to the left as you walk in.
- Before entering you will be need to stop at a kiosk to answer questions about your health.
- Everyone will enter and exit the Y through the same front double slider doors, but there will be directional arrows showing which way is the entry lane and which is the exit lane.
- Anyone who enters the Y MUST sanitize/wash hands upon entry and exit.
- Anyone who enters the Y MUST wear a face covering and keep face covering on while in the facility.
- Anyone who enters the Y MUST must maintain 6 feet of social distance at all times except with household family members.
Entering/While on Deck
- House swimmers will enter the pool through the Special Needs/Family locker room and exit through the lobby door.
- Everyone will move around the deck in a counter-clockwise manner, there will be arrows on the pool deck showing direction.
- Face coverings will be worn as long as possible before practice and put on as soon as possible after practice.
- Swimmers will not be permitted to use the All Ages Locker rooms before or after practice.
- Plan to arrive in your suit and leave in your suit.
- Swim bags will be brought on deck and stored up against the wall behind the lane and at the end of the pool you are starting.
- We will assign lanes when kids get to the pool.
- Please pack light.
- No sitting in chairs or bleachers. Basically touch as little as possible.
- Towel service is suspended. You must bring your own.
- Always maintain 6 feet of social distance except for siblings and households.
Practice
- There will be only 2 swimmers per lane starting at opposite ends.
- No equipment will be used at first, we may phase in personal equipment bags as the summer progresses.
- Bathrooms are for emergencies only.
- Swimmers will wear face coverings for as long as possible before they start practice and put it on as soon as possible after.
- See “Practice Schedule” header below for practice details.
- Swimmers CANNOT use the water fountain. Please your own water bottle.
- NO sharing of anything of any kind except between siblings and households.
- Always maintain 6 feet of social distance except for siblings and households.
Spectators
- Parents will be allowed to watch/enter the Y regardless of membership.
- All Parents MUST adhere to all the above protocols for entering and patronizing the Y; questionnaire, distancing, face covering, etc.
- Every time you enter the Y.
- If entering, we ask that only one adult per household watch/enter the Y for pick-up/drop-off.
- No seating in the lobby will be available, standing room only.
Coaches/Staff
- All staff has taken/attended on-line Covid-19 safety and sanitation training.
- All staff will go through same Y entry protocol as members.
- All staff will wear face coverings while coaching on deck and in all areas of the Y.
- All staff will help sanitize/clean pool after each practice.
- Coaches CANNOT hand out caps or goggles or anything for that matter.
- All staff will maintain 6 feet of social distance, always.
House/Clinic Schedules
- See House page for more details.
- House webpage
- Clinic webpage