{"id":456016,"date":"2020-12-02T11:49:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=456016"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:49:52","slug":"virginia-independent-schools-still-planning-on-state-swimming-championships-in-winter-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-independent-schools-still-planning-on-state-swimming-championships-in-winter-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Independent Schools Still Planning on State Swimming Championships in Winter Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) released its guidelines for playing winter sports this season, as the VISAA still plans on holding a swimming and diving state championship meet this season, with schools having open invitations to participate instead of qualifying, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/visaa-releases-guidelines-for-winter-sports\/article_dadc460c-d92a-5c2b-8077-55f1798a18eb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Richmond Times Dispatch<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the safety protocols, swimming and diving teams will be kept on opposite sides of the pool in dual meets, with the home team competing in lanes 1-3 and the away team in lanes 4-6. Basketball games will have no jump balls, with the visiting team getting the first possession to start the game and a coin toss determining the starting possession in overtime. Game balls will be sanitized before the game and during timeouts and in between quarters.\u00a0In indoor track, teams will be kept on opposite sides of the facility, and the home team will compete in every other lane.<\/p>\n<p>Under the VISAA guidelines, social-distancing measures are to be observed, with no pregame or postgame handshakes, first bumps or personal touch exchanges; athletes not actively participating in a game or meet must wear face masks; and coaches and everyone inside a facility must wear a mask.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines are based on input from the VISAA\u2019s winter sports competition, sports medicine advisory and winter sports committees, the National Federation, CDC, Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Council for Private Education and the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Virginia High School League (public schools) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-high-school-sports-going-with-condensed-seasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a condensed winter sports season<\/a>, beginning in December and ending in February.<\/p>\n<p>The route traveled by the VHSL allows all sports to be played, albeit through a shortened season that will see schedules reduced to about 60% of the typical amount of competitions. How postseason tournaments and competitions will be handled remains to be seen. Of course, any sports being held hinges on what unfolds with COVID-19, which has seen spikes in several parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The swimming and diving state championships are still on for February 19 &#8211; 21, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) released its guidelines for playing winter sports this season, as the VISAA still plans on holding a swimming and diving state championship meet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":363703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122087,8],"tags":[126483],"class_list":["post-456016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-high-school","tag-virginia-independent-schools"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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