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We’re not there yet on key steps for reopening your schools but coaches need to know these critical steps to start their season
Routine cleaning and disinfecting are an important part of reducing the risk of exposure to COVID-19. We now know about social distancing, wearing masks and washing our hands. But what if you can’t always follow guidelines? Say you don’t have access to soap and water, and you can’t wash your hands or it’s not possible to social distance, while playing a team sport? What can you do? We recommend three steps which soon will be required. Seriously, you will need to do this, if you want to start and complete your season. Three critical steps for protecting your team and...
COVID-19—Our Pledge to You and Your Team
We will help you protect and prevent your teammates from the spread of COVID-19 for this football season. We know If we don't plan now, high schools and colleges may not have a football season this year! We are ready to work with you. Why us? In the last 15 years, we have worked with over 5000 teams in providing: 1) the leading helmet and pad disinfectant products and 2) the proper protocols to prevent the spread of any virus or disease. About us? All Matguard products meet the obligations of the EPA and CDC. The EPA, FDA and CDC...
COVID-19—Staying Active and Good Sanitation Goes Hand in Hand
Many spectator and participation sports continue to be postponed, gyms closed, and yoga classes cancelled. All in an effort to prevent the spread of the (COVID-19). This is especially disappointing if you were looking forward to the summer season or a good workout. So, what are people doing more of now than watching sports? Staying active on and offline and sanitizing. Good hand sanitation is key for mitigating COVID-19 and everyone is doing it. Whether you are working from home or on the front line, i.e. medical workers, police, firefighters, store owners, chefs, etc., good hand sanitation is here...
COVID-19—Failing to Plan, is Planning to Fail – Benjamin Franklin
Attention all Coaches In this COVID-19 era, whether you are a first-year or a veteran coach, you face a new set of unique challenges. This is a new deal for everyone. We all been asked to step up and change our behavior and to work through these changes together. You might say the playing field has been leveled for every coach who eagerly awaits the day when sports resume. This is especially true for high school and middle school coaches as they begin their preparation for the upcoming season. If coaches want the green light to open their season, they...
COVID-19—Dog Walking in the Neighborhood
I want to share with you my highlights of my last 30 days without sports while working from home with my two dogs. We are stocked up with plenty of groceries and dog food. I have plenty of disinfectant sprays and wipes to keep me safe. I enjoy walking my dogs now more than ever and I can confirm my neighbors do too. An escape from cabin fever. It’s funny how our dogs sense and obey social distancing rules. In this time of uncertainty, we are quite neighborly. But now we speak through our masks and keep our distance. Many...