American Top Team Reopening
We are glad to announce that American Top Team Connecticut will be reopening on Monday, June 23rd. We will be operating at a limited capacity observing many new Health and Safety Guidelines.
Our strategy is to be extra precautious in this restart following a progression within five phases. We will pay attention to the State recommendations and move through the phases until we reach our full operation mode.
We will keep updating our website keeping everyone informed. On June 20th we will release the new schedule and instructions about our reservation system.
New Features
We will continue providing access to our online resources implemented during the quarantine, such as:
- Google Classroom (Weekly Classes Programs)
- & Online broadcasting of all classes in our Facebook Group.
Those that could still not feel confident in returning to classes will always be able to follow us and the curriculum through these two outlets.
Pre-Training Requirements
Before engaging in any training or participating in your first class, all students will be required to:
- Fill and sign a new Waiver/Liability Release Agreement and addendum to the current contract
- Confirm having watched our new Health and Safety Guidelines Video (link will be sent to all students a week before the reopening)
- Read our new Code of Conduct and Rules of Etiquette
New General Guidelines
There will be a few new rules and procedures in place that will remain as part of our routine, even when we reach our regular operation.
- Students will be forbidden from walking barefoot on the front area and inside the restroom.
- We will ask students to bring separate flip-flops to be worn when going to the restroom.
- The only places where barefoot is allowed are: on the mats, hallway in front of mats, and change rooms.
- Any uniforms, belts, clothing, and equipment left behind will be thrown out. We will run a rigorous cleaning and sanitization every night. Anything left behind can lead to cross-contamination.
- We will require and enforce that no students attend to class if feeling any symptom of a common cold, flu, etc.
Cleaning and Disinfecting Routines
- Our mats will continue being disinfected between each class.
- Our Industrial size 3 stage air filter (MERV 13 Filter, Activated Carbon Filter, HEPA Filter) will run 24/7
- One commercial size ozone generator will run for 2 hours between 1 pm to 3 pm.
- At night, after sanitizing the gym, we will run two commercial size ozone generators for 2 hours.
- Both commercial size ozone generators will run non stop from Saturday 3 pm to Monday 9 am, guaranteeing 99.9% of sterilization of our whole facility
GENERAL GUIDELINES
We understand that all students are eager to return to the old normal. However, to make sure that we follow all initial precautions, American Top Team Connecticut will adopt the following measures from now on, and we will keep this list as our normal practice:
- Students will be required to reserve their spot in each class through our new reservation system
- All students will have their temperature checked upon entering the gym. No one with any sign of fever will be allowed to train
- Students will be asked to inform the school if he or she has been diagnosed with COVID19, or anyone in their household has COVID19. In both cases, we will ask the student to not attend class until clear by a doctor
- Students will be required to spray their hands and feet with disinfectant solution upon entering the mats
- We will spread bottles of disinfectant solution and cleaning wipes throughout the gym providing easy access to everyone
- We will limit the use of the locker room and ask all students to change as quickly as possible.
- If possible, we will request the students to come already dressed up for class
- No one will be allowed to ‘hang out’ in the gym after class
- We will ask parents to drop off their kids and not wait inside (live feed to classes will be shared)
- Kids should attend classes according to their age group. On phase one we will not allow kids to double up attending to multiple classes on the same day
PHASE 2 (06-29/07-03)
- All classes will be limited to 12 students (50% capacity).
- In Phase 2 our classes will be focused on conditioning, physical exercises using pieces of equipment. Floor Drills, Calisthenics, Circuit Training, and Pad Work. (No sparing or grappling)
PHASE 3 (07-06/07-11)
- All classes will be limited to 12 students (50% capacity).
- No open mat sessions
- In Phase 3 we will allow BJJ and MMA students to drill techniques and grapple. Students will work with one training partner only throughout the class and preferably we will keep the same pairs or trios for the duration of the week.
- There will be no cross-training among students in the same class. We will still limit the overall contact between all students in the same class.
PHASE 4 (07-13/07-18)
- All classes will be limited to 12 students (50% capacity).
- No open mat sessions
- In Phase 4 we will allow BJJ and MMA students to drill techniques and grapple among all students in the class.
- Muay Thai students will be allowed to spar.
PHASE 5 (08-01)
- We should be back to our normal operation
DISCLAIMER
At any point, the dates for the implementation of each phase can change. We have been focused on monitoring the health and well being of all our members. Also, we will add more Commercial graded 3 stage air filters that include activated carbon, HEPA, and MERV 13 as well as more ozone generators, hand sanitizers.
How to Book Classes
TRIAL CLASSES
If you would like to try our classes during this phase, use our Contact Form or use the LIVE CHAT Assistant on the bottom right side of the screen. You can also call us at (203) 628-7659.
CURRENT AND ACTIVE STUDENTS
As of now, only ACTIVE and PAYING MEMBERS will be able to book their spot in our classes. If you have not reactivated your membership, please text us at (203) 909-0904 or (860) 491-4006 so we can change your status.
Text us also if you have any issues and we will get back to you ASAP.
– LINK:
https://app.myBJJ.cloud/kore/trac/entryinc.php?tbl=Main&form=reserve
We decided to take these actions to guarantee your confidence in getting back to American Top Team Connecticut during this reopening phase.
We are hoping to move through our steps as soon as possible, but we will remain responsible and we will always exercise common sense.
Let’s get back safely. Right now anything is better than nothing.
Please send any questions via chat (use our LiveChat). You will talk directly to me!
Luigi Mondelli
