MANDATORY- RTP PROTOCOLS

• Social distancing fans-  all fans must remain 10’ away from anyone that is not their immediate family or household.  If fans refuse to social distance then the game will stop.  Only family members of coaches, players and umpires are allowed at events in Phase 2.
• Social distancing team-  players and coaches will remain 10’ a part while in the dugout areas and at all times unless it is during the game on the field. The dugout area most likely will need to be extended (behind a fence)
• Screening-  parents, players, coaches and family members must take their temperature and screen themselves before leaving their house for any practices, games or team events. 
• Screening Form-  players, coaches, staff and umpires must fill out and sign the COVID screening form prior to every team function (games, workouts, practices) and turn them into to the COVID coach.  The COVID coach keep all forms 100% private and protect the information.  They may transfer results to a spreadsheet and destroy all forms.  Need documentation of who is present at each event.
• Illness / Symptoms-  parents and players must remain home if they have any illness or symptoms of COVID-19
• Baseballs- each team will supply their own baseballs from the dugout while their team is in the field
  • 2 buckets-  Clean and Dirty for game baseballs
  • Baseballs wiped down before they are thrown back into play
• Sanitizer-players will bring their own hand sanitizer to events and apply it every inning / coaches
• After outs- the ball will go immediately back to the pitcher (no throwing it around)
• No sharing team equipment-  helmets, gloves (bats can be shared if wiped down after each use)
• No shared team cooler or drinks.  Everyone must bring their own.
• Contact-  No hand shakes, high fives, fist bumps, hugs, spitting, sunflower seeds…
• Meetings-  No team meetings where everyone isn’t at least 10’ apart.
• Conference-  Home plate conference and other meetings- everyone must stay 10’ apart 
• Equipment spacing-  Equipment should be spaced out 10’ apart behind the dugout or elsewhere
• Dugout Extended-  Players should be spaced out as they enter/exit the dugout area (stay 10’ apart)
• Line-ups-exchanged electronically
• Umpires-  umpires will remain 10’ away from players (behind P or further behind C)
• Masks-  (UPDATED 7/1/20) are encouraged in the dugout areas for coaches and players.  Masks are mandatory in dugout areas when social distancing cannot be followed.
• Reporting-  the COVID Coach/Parent must report any COVID positive player or spectator to their coach, opposing teams and NVTBL within 12 hours of finding out (do not ever share specific names)
• COVID Coach-  each team must have an extra parent or coach who is in charge of only COVID 
  • Social distancing / Hand sanitizer / Equipment / Seeds / Spitting / Wipes
  • Collect screening documents (do not share w/ anyone else / keep private)
  • Mark off all social distancing in dugouts and assist for spectators as well
  • All COVID related items…

            STRONGLY ENCOURAGED

• Tent/Tarp-  Parents are encouraged to bring a tent or tarp to provide shade for the players in the dugout extended area
• Chairs-  We encourage players to bring their own chairs for dugout extended areas to help with social distancing.  They can keep their equipment with their chair.
• Markings-  mark spacing where players can put bags and spectators can sit with tape on the fence or bench or item like orange/yellow ribbon. 10'

The form below must be filled out for each and every event by players, coaches, staff and umpires (collected by home team).  The COVID coach will collect these forms and maintain all privacy for families with these forms.  Parents, family members, spectators should go through the screening process as well but do not need to go through the process with the form.

All coaches, players, families should be aware of these guidelines.

All coaches, players, families should be aware of the CDC guidelines.

Click here to see what coaches have completed the coach registration. 

Head and Asst. coaches along with others who come into contact with players must have a background check that was run no earlier than September 1, 2019.  These have to be done before practices and games begin.  This has been mandatory for Fairfax County coaches and will now be mandatory for all NVTBL coaches and administrators.  

NVTBL has secured an arrangement with USA Baseball to provide a low cost option for background checks (only $6).  If you have already done a background check after 9/1/19 and can provide the documentation, that will suffice.  We will be sending out the USA Baseball background check option and also follow-up with additional specifics. NVTBL wants to notify everyone now so that you can start to prepare a plan within your organizations and teams.  

All games are now no new inning 1 hour and 50 minutes.

A reminder that there is never a drop dead time limit for any NVTBL games.

All umpire pricing will stay the same for 2020.  

WAIVER / RELEASE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (ADULTS- 18U AND UP)

ASSUMPTION OF RISK / WAIVER OF LIABILITY / INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

In consideration of being allowed to participate in and/or on behalf of the Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League (NVTBL) and related events and activities, the undersigned acknowledges, appreciates, and agrees that:

1-  Participation includes possible exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including but not limited to MRSA, influenza, and COVID-19. While particular rules and personal discipline may reduce this risk, the risk of serious illness and death does exist; and,

2-  I KNOWINGLY AND FREELY ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS, both known and unknown, EVEN IF ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEES or others, and assume full responsibility for my participation; and,

3-  I willingly agree to comply with the stated and customary terms and conditions for participation as regards protection against infectious diseases. If, however, I observe any unusual or significant hazard during my presence or participation, I will remove myself from participation and bring such to the attention of the nearest official immediately; and,

4-  I, for myself and on behalf of my heirs, assigns, personal representatives and next of kin, HEREBY RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS NVTBL their officers, officials, agents, and/or employees, other participants, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and if applicable, owners and lessors of premises used to conduct the event (“RELEASEES”), WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL ILLNESS, DISABILITY, DEATH, or loss or damage to person or property, WHETHER ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF RELEASEES OR OTHERWISE, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Name of Participant (parent/guardian or 18 yr old player):*

Date of Birth:*  

Name of Participant (second adult who may be attending games):

Date of Birth (second parent/guardian:  

I HAVE READ THIS RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK AGREEMENT, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT, AND SIGN IF FREELY AND VOLUNTARILY WITHOUT ANY INDUCEMENT.:

Release and Waiver Signature

FOR PARTICIPANTS OF MINORITY AGE (UNDER AGE 18 AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION)

This is to certify that I, as parent/guardian, with legal responsibility for this participant, have read and explained the provisions in this waiver/release to my child/ward including the risks of presence and participation and his/her personal responsibilities for adhering to the rules and regulations for protection against communicable diseases. Furthermore, my child/ward understands and accepts these risks and responsibilities, and further accept these risks and responsibilities on behalf of my child/ward. I for myself, my spouse (if applicable), and child/ward do consent and agree to his/her release provided above for all the Releasees and myself, my spouse, and child/ward do release and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liabilities incident to my minor child’s/ward’s presence or participation in these activities as provided above, EVEN IF ARISING FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE, to the fullest extent provided by law.

Name of Parent/Guardian:*

Name of Second Parent/Guardian (if needed):

IF THE PARTICIPANT HAS MORE THAN ONE PARENT/GUARDIAN, ALL SHOULD SIGN. IF A PARENT GUARDIAN IS UNAVAILABLE, THE SIGNING PARENT/GUARDIAN, BY SIGNING BELOW, WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT HE/SHE EITHER (1) HAS DISCUSSED AND EXPLAINED THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE OT:

Parent / Guardian Release and Waiver Signature

Take 10-20% OFF of select items ALL YEAR LONG at Dick's Sporting Goods at Fairfax, Dulles Town Center, Bailey’s Crossroads & Gainesville.  (click here for season-long offers)

NVTBL has secured a deal with Wilson to provide NVTBL families and teams large discounts for all Wilson, DeMarini, Louisville, Evoshield, ATEC products through a custom website.  You will find huge discounts anywhere from 20 - 50% off a large variety of items.  

SPECIFICS FROM WILSON-  How to access website and receive discounts:

We have partnered with Wilson Sporting Goods and their brands (Wilson, Demarini, Louisville Slugger, Atec, & Evoshield) to allow our Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League members and partners to purchase decorated apparel and product gear from all of their brands. If you order a stock item (Evoshield apparel, bat, glove, bag, batting gloves, Evoshield protective gear, etc.) that will ship immediately.  It is important to note that you can order any stock gear item at any time throughout the year just by logging into your www.wilsonteamshop.com account.  The Wilson Team Shop (WTS) hard goods store with non-custom products NEVER CLOSES.  The WTS is your 24/7 one-stop shop that allows you to order the top brands at incredible team discount pricing that is special for NVTBL members and partners.  Below are the quick steps to access our WTS:

STEPS:

1. Go to www.wilsonteamshop.com/join
2. Fill out your information and enter access code ­­­___12EFAEE _________
3. Open the email sent by consumerservice-us-en@wilson.com and click on the link 
4. Shop the best brands in baseball using your exclusive NVTBL discount

 Remember to keep your user/password information to log into www.wilsonteamshop account throughout the season to purchase all products.  Orders will deliver directly to your home and orders $50/more will receive free freight.

If you have any questions with registration, please locate the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page. The customer service team will be able to assist with any questions. This is our store for the holidays and beyond. Don’t miss your chance on a great opportunity for gifts this holiday season!

Want to become an umpire? Attend ONE classroom session AND ONE classroom/on-field combination session to become certified to umpire future NVTBL games. All sessions are FREE to the public. 

Classroom Sessions are finished.

CHANGE:  On-field Sessions will MEET AT Westfield HS Softball field.

Sessions will run 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM on the following dates:

Sunday, 3/15--POSTPONED

Sunday, 3/22--POSTPONED

On-field training has been postponed due to Fairfax County school fields being closed. Once the fields re-open, a new date will be selected and all umpire training participants will be notified.

Westfield HS - 4700 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly, VA 20151

Registration is CLOSED

NVTBL has set up an online cart for you to purchase your umpire gear--the cart closes on Sunday 3/8/2020 at midnight. 

For new umpires there is an intro package that has all the basic gear needed along with the umpire t-shirt and hat. Click on the link here:  https://nvtbl2020.itemorder.com/

Please contact jennia@nvtbl.org with any questions regarding the umpire training sessions.