COVID-19 Guidelines

These are some of the Football Brisbane guidelines in place for safe resumption of training.

BEFORE TRAINING

Download the COVIDSafe App from the App Store or Google Play
Arrive already prepared for training – changing rooms will not be in use
Bring your own water bottle with your name clearly marked on it
Arrive no earlier than 15 minutes prior to training. Remain in the car until 5 minutes prior to the session

ARRIVING AT TRAINING

’Get in, train, get out’
Provide your details to the coach or a club official so they can mark you off on the attendance register
Take the direction of club officials and coaches to ensure that COVID guidelines are being complied with

DURING TRAINING

Maintain physical distancing requirements (1.5 metre distance)
Maintain good hygiene practices including regular hand sanitising
Non-contact activities including no tackling
Avoid handling the ball (including no heading) and equipment or heading of the ball

PARENTS

Only one parent/carer to accompany children to training sessions
Please don’t enter your child’s training group/zone
If there is a spectator zone, remain within this zone and maintain physical distancing requirements (1.5 metre distance). Otherwise, please remain in your car.

BEFORE TRAINING

AT TRAINING

Ensure that a full-size field has been broken up into three training zones and that there is a 5-metre buffer between each training zone
Ask participants the COVIDSafe screening questions. If any participant fails the screening questions, ask them to leave the venue immediately and advise your club contact of the circumstance
Record the details of participants on the attendance record
Ensure that only 20 people (including yourself and any support staff) operate in a training zone
Ensure that participants are maintaining physical distancing

- Each participant to maintain 1.5 metre distance from each other
- No more than one person per 4m2

- Non-contact activities
- No heading
- No throw-ins

Minimum sharing of equipment and only you are to move equipment around
Ensure that no one from another training zone comes into your zone
Ensure a sanitiser break is incorporated into the session at approximately the halfway point
During the sanitiser break, wipe down training equipment
Ensure that training sessions start and finish on time and that participants are encouraged to leave the venue as soon as practical after the session has concluded

AFTER TRAINING

Take a photo of the attendance record and send a copy to your club’s nominated COVID-Safe officer
Wash and disinfect and equipment used during the training session e.g. balls, cones

For further information on training drills that can be utilised during this stage, refer to: