COVID-19 Guidelines

Updated 9/2/2020

Facility Guidelines

• As you enter the building, you must check in with the desk staff. You must sign in adhering to MIS COVID-19 guidelines
• Everyone, including minors, wear masks in the lobby, bathrooms and on the way to courts, or moving from one place to another
• Plexiglass has been added to the front desk check-in area
• Please follow the social distancing markers on the floor
• If you have traveled to one of Connecticut’s restricted states, we ask that you quarantine for 14 days from leaving said state before returning to MIS. Or, if you get a COVID-19 negative test result and are asymptomatic, you may return. Please be considerate of other members and our staff!
• Thermometers maybe used and players/staff with 100.4°F or higher will be expected to go home
• Everything you bring with you into the building should leave with you or be thrown out
• Staff or members not feeling well or showing any COVID-19 symptoms will stay home
• Hand sanitizer available around the facility
• Staff will regularly sanitize entrances, exits and other high-touch surfaces
• Sanitization of MIS equipment will be done after each use
• Bar area will be remaining closed until further notice

USTA Tennis Guidelines

• Use new balls and a new grip, if possible
• Groups will leave 5 minutes BEFORE official end time to diminish chance of overlap traffic and give staff time to wipe down and sanitize
• If a ball from another court comes to you, send it back with a kick or with your racquet
• Tennis lesson groups limited in capacity; limited net crossing
• When playing doubles, coordinate with your partner to maintain physical distancing.
• Use your racquet/foot to pick up balls and hit them to your opponent. Avoid using your hands to pick up the balls
• Locker room use limited to use of bathrooms only – NO SHOWERS or LOCKERS
• Fans will used and doors will be open to create extra circulation whenever possible
• Extra seating on the courts to give players distance between play
• Uncertain about doubles? Consider organizing your groups with people in your social “bubble”, and/or wear masks during doubles play
• Leave the court as soon as reasonably possible
• No extra-curricular or social activity should take place, no congregation after playing