The Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center under the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports is a leading unit in the country in high-performance sports, with the largest number of athletes in the country at all levels. During this outbreak, with experience in dealing with the pandemic from previous times, the Center has proposed a series of solutions. In particular, it is required that officials, coaches and athletes fully implement the pandemic prevention and control recommendations in the new situation, well implement the message “5K” including Facemask – Disinfection – Distance – No gathering – Health declaration.
In order to achieve the goal of ensuring both professional practice and health for officials, employees and coaches, athletes, Hanoi Sports has approached the concept of a “safety bubble” in the current pandemic situation.
New concepts such as “safety bubbles” or “concentrated and isolated competition” are becoming more and more familiar to international sporting events during the Covid-19 pandemic. And the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics is the clearest proof of a successful sporting event thanks to the “safety bubble” applied to all members. Sports delegations to Japan must meet many requirements from the Organizing Committee before they can conduct training and competition activities.
When the professional factor – competition performance is placed after the safety of the participating members, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee has built a safety rule, a “bubble” covering the activities of the Olympic Games, completely isolated from outside activities. The peace of mind has helped athletes to fully focus on the competitions and create one of the successful Olympics.
Approaching the concept of “safety bubble”, for many months, Hanoi sports have “limited” leaving the training ground at the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center and other training venues for athletes to avoid contact that can lead to Covid-19 infection.
According to the Board of Directors of the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, to best implement measures to ensure both professional practice and health for officials, employees, coaches and athletes in Hanoi. The center requires the wearing of masks and disinfection and clearly stipulates that the gym must be open for ventilation.
Hanoi athletes are still practising hard to keep their form stable.
In addition, the Center also strengthens the management, supervision, assignment of officers, department heads, coaches on duty in all subjects, keeps a diary of health checks and reports daily to the Board of Directors and Board of Directors and the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control to thoroughly grasp all work during this period.
Along with that, each team has its own training program, some have to practice online, and some have to practice directly. Before training time, athletes and coaches must have their body temperature checked and disinfect their hands before entering the practice house. The form of training is divided by hours as well as the athletes practice the correct distance to avoid cross-infection.
In high-performance sports, to maintain strength, speed, and flexibility, athletes must always practice at high intensity according to the coach’s lesson plan. Therefore, if you only practice moderately for a few days, your performance will drop a lot and it will take a long time to regain your form.
Aware of this, many sports teams in Hanoi such as wushu, table tennis, taekwondo, sepak takraw, athletics, pencak silat, fencing, boxing and others still practice non-stop. With the current conditions when there is no tournament to compete, practice and focusing on isolation and still be able to keep in shape, athletes have to practice more. And to maximize the expertise and health of coaches and athletes in the current situation, Hanoi Sports is making maximum efforts in pandemic prevention at the Training Center, training venues and clubs, etc.
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