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What Sports Can Be Done in Phase 1 in the Valencian Community and their Schedules

Ten health departments have passed to phase 1 in the Valencian Community. Bars reopen and there are many other advantages for citizens. The doubts about the de-escalation by the coronavirus are multiple, starting with the municipalities that passed and those that did not. For this reason, the Generalitat Valenciana has issued an explanatory document of the things that can and cannot be done in the new phase that came into effect this Monday. Among them, sports. The norm differentiates between professional athletes -with absolute time freedom- and non-professional athletes who will continue to be governed by time slots, but who can access other sports.

Phase 1 de-escalation

What departments have gone to Phase 1?

Ten health departments they have passed the phase in the Valencian Community. In them, bars reopen and there are many other advantages for citizens. These are the health departments of Vinaròs (Castellón), Requena (Valencia), Xàtiva-Ontinyent (Valencia), Gandia (Valencia), Alcoy (Alicante), Dénia (Alicante), La Marina Baixa (Alicante), Elda (Alicante) , Orihuela (Alicante) and Torrevieja (Alicante), as well as all the municipalities of Rincón de Ademuz. You can check here all the municipalities that since Monday have already enjoyed relief measures

You can download all the measurements by clicking on this link. In it, as a basic rule he adds that sports centers open, at the time slots already known for individual sport (running, surfing or cycling), according specifies the BOE, qare still excluded “pools and water areas”. “They can be performed individual sports activities in sports centers, but by appointment, without physical contact or use of changing rooms “, explains the Valencian Government.

Windsurfing, Iván Pastor
Windsurfing, Iván Pastor

Rules for sport in Phase 1

Professional sport: Opening of high-performance centers with reinforced hygiene and protection measures and, if possible, shifts. “Only a coach can access with the athletes if necessary, a circumstance that must be duly accredited, with the exception of people with disabilities or minors who require the presence of a companion, “indicates the BOE. Medium training in professional leagues is also allowed.

It should be noted that Professional sportsmen they can go out to any time of day for your individual workouts and non-contact activities.

Phases and football
Phases and football

Non-professional sport: Outdoor sports facilities without public for non-contact sports such as athletics, tennis or golf. Individual sports activities by appointment at sports centers that do not involve physical contact or use of changing rooms.

Sports centers and gyms open by appointment

Yes, if the sports facilities are outdoors and the activities do not involve physical contact. Also at that time Individual sports activities can be carried out by appointment in sports centers that do not involve physical contact or use of changing rooms. However, the use of facilities whose space is closed will have to be postponed to phase 2 and only when the sport is done without an audience and does not require physical contact.

Gym in Valencia.
Gym in Valencia.

Sports in the sea: pleasure boats, jet skis …

This Sunday the order of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda published this Sunday in the Official State Gazette (BOE) establishes, among other things, the standards for recreational and sports boats throughout the Spanish territory (that is in phase 1). Likewise, as a service provision activity, rent jet skis and boats or pleasure boats, as well as recreational aircraft, by people who reside in the same health department or health area where the rental company is located.

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Schedules to do sports in Phase 1

As for non-professionals, the BOE allows the Autonomous Communities to advance or delay the established time bands by a margin of two hours, as long as their total duration is not increased, to adapt walks and sports to the hours of more or less heat. It should be remembered that, although the Valencian Community you have requested a change of time slot for childrenAs it is not yet official, the initial schedules are maintained:

  • Individual sports practice and walks: from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
  • Departure from dependent people and over 70 years: from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).
  • The walks with children, up to 14 years: between 12 noon and 7 p.m.
Time Slots in Phase 1 as long as they do not change.
Time Slots in Phase 1 as long as they do not change.





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