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
  • Outline (updated 1/13/21)
  • Exercise workbook
  • January at home work out calendar
  • Strength & Conditioning resources

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

• Corn Hole Registration
• Bocce Registration

Signage for Practices

• Training in a Safe Environment
• Preventing the Spread of COVID-19
• Field Signs

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

• 2020 Financial Management for Local Programs

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