Hockey players can visit home but will have to serve quarantine period upon returning: HI SOP

“Homesick” gamers can return to their natives however must serve a 14-day necessary quarantine interval earlier than rejoining camp, in response to the Hockey India SOP for the nationwide groups based mostly at SAI South Centre in Bengaluru.

With an purpose to offer a secure coaching atmosphere for the Olympic-bound gamers, Hockey India has devised an in depth Standard Operating Procedure within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not simply the senior groups, pointers are being laid down for the junior nationwide sides, too.

The objective of the SOP is “to establish and maintain a safe training environment for the Indian hockey teams allowing them to prepare to the best of their ability for the Olympic Games in 2021 for senior teams and junior World Cup in 2021.””This SOP can also be advisable to maintain the SAI campus freed from the coronavirus and keep the well being and security of the gamers whereas they’re outdoors the campus,” the doc mentioned.

It has been mutually determined by the federal government, Sports Authority of India and Hockey India that the gamers and help employees may be launched from the campus, however solely by adhering to the strict rules of the SOP.

“Each player/staff member will be given the option of leaving the SAI NSSC campus and returning to their home. Government of India, SAI and Hockey India will determine the duration of this leave in consultation with their respective chief coaches.

“(But) each player or staff member who returns to the SAI centre will be placed into strict quarantine for 2 weeks,” it added.

The SOP additionally talked about that whereas travelling gamers and help employees must put on masks and carry hand sanitisers.

It additionally requested each particular person to keep away from guests whereas at residence and work out in isolation.

“No contacts with friends, only contact is with direct family. No visitors to come at home. No leaving the home and limited only to necessarily requirements,” it said.

Locked of their rooms on the SAI centre in Bengaluru for the reason that begin of the nationwide lockdown on March 25, the homesick hockey gamers had requested Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to restart on-field coaching throughout a web-based interplay earlier this month.

Besides, the 12-page doc additionally said that social distancing and security pointers must be adopted by the gamers and help employees within the floor in addition to off it.

The SOP additional directed all gamers to keep away from direct bodily contacts, fist bumps and excessive 5’s throughout coaching.

“Players have their own water bottle, fill it themselves and no one else will touch it. Players bring a towel for private use to wipe face during or after training,” it said.

“Only players and staff are at training ground during practice.”