Return to Play and Covid-19 Safety Guidelines:
Special Olympics Massachusetts will be entering phase 3 of returning to play on Monday, August 3rd.
- Teams are allowed to return to practice. All return to play guidelines for phase 3 such as, gathering allowances, high risk communities, screening protocols, practice guidelines and more can be found in the Phase 3 Return to Play Document. (LAST UPDATED on January 25th)
- The Code of Conduct and Risk Assessment Form is a document that should be reviewed and signed by all participants at or prior to practice.
- Learn about who is at higher risk by reviewing this fact sheet.
- Return to Play Content Sharing Instructions for uploading photos and videos
Winter 2021 at Home Activities
Special Olympics Massachusetts has designed a variety of activities for those athletes that can not attend a team gathering and must participate from home. Athletes can earn awards for participating in the following at home activities this winter
- Basketball All Star Challenge (pages 12-24)
- Floor Hockey All Star Challenge (pages 10-22)
- Strength & Conditioning at home Challenge
Approved Winter Sports 2021
- Alpine
- 2021 season outline
- Special Olympics coaching resources
- Basketball
- 2021 Basketball outline (updated 11/23/20) Includes practice protocols & All Star Challenge outline
- Submit scores for the Basketball All Star Challenge
- 12 week training plan
- Special Olympics coaching resources
- Bowling
- 2021 Bowling Outline (updated 12/22/20) includes practice protocols & virtual competition outline
- Submit practice scores for the Virtual Bowling Competition
- Special Olympics coaching resources
- Corn Hole Rules
- Floor Hockey
- 2021 Floor Hockey outline Includes practice protocols & All Star Challenge outline
- Special Olympics coaching resources
- Flag Football coaching guide
- Soccer coaching guide
- Strength & Conditioning
- winter season outline (updated 1/13/21)
- Exercise workbook
- Strength & Conditioning resources
- Swimming
- 2021 Swimming outline. Includes practice protocols and virtual competition outline
- Special Olympics coaching resources
Competition Registration Forms
Signage for Practices
Video Tutorials
- Preparing your Practice Venue
- Traveling to Practices and Onsite Screening
- Examples of Coaching Adjustments
- COVID-19 Participant Code of Conduct and Risk Assessment Form
Frequently Asked Questions
- Please visit our COVID-19 FAQ page to find answers to some frequently asked questions.
Contact the Operations Department at Ops@SpecialOlympicsMA.org for any additional questions you may have.
General Resources and Guidelines:
Uniform Guidelines
- Refer to our team uniform guidelines to see how the logo should be implemented
- Logos for uniforms can be downloaded from this zip file.
- For more on uniform and apparel guidelines visit our branding resources page.
Brand and Media Resources
- Customizable templates for flyers, business cards, press releases and more can be found on our branding resources page.
Financial Management Guidelines
Downloadable Forms:
- Athlete Medical Forms – Web Browser Editable PDF Version | Word Document Version
- Class A Form (for 18 years or older) – Web Browser Editable PDF Version | Word Document Version
- Class A Form (for 17 years or younger) – Web browser editable PDF Version | Word Document Version
- Incident Report
- COVID 19 Participant Code of Conduct and Risk Assessment
- Activity Log Book PDF
- Activity Log Book Word Document
- Return To Play Tracking Form for Coaches
Special Olympics International Resources
Special Olympics General Rules
- Special Olympics Resources
- Special Olympics Article One
- Sport Rules
- Unified Sports
- Sport Coaching Guides
- Coaching Special Olympics athletes
- Coaches playbook: Introduction to Autism and Instructional
- Special Olympics Learn
- Online education system
- Personal account is needed
- Online classes include
- S.O. Level I & II & World Games coaching,
- COVID -19
- Unified Sports
- Young athletes
- More courses to be added included, Sport courses, fitness