AITA asks state bodies to make COVID Task force, bars academies from resuming training

The national tennis federation has discouraged organising the doubles competition besides advising against resumption of training at its registered academies when activities resume after the lockdown.

In the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), a 14-page document, circulated to the state associations on Thursday, the national tennis federation outlined steps to be taken before and after training is permitted.

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) said it "does not recommend coaching trainees at the AITA registered academies till the time the GOI (Government of India) and the respective state governments give a clear go ahead on resumption of coaching at Academies."

The reason listed out is that it might be difficult to enforce the social distancing and COVID safety guidelines for coaching schemes and academies for children and younger players because of the need for dealing with a larger number of players/visitors at a time and for accommodating more than one player on every ...