The Wright State men\u2019s basketball team began their summer workout sessions on July 20 in the Setzer Pavilion, in preparation for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
The team and coaching staff have been divided into three groups because of COVID-19 protocols. The players condition, workout and even live in the groups that they\u2019ve been assigned.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn case anyone in that group gets sick we\u2019re able to shut that group down,\u201d said head coach Scott Nagy.<\/p>\n
The team has implemented new policies for players and staff. Masks are required when entering training facilities. All players are screened by athletic trainers and are required to answer several questions pertaining to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\u201cKind of the basic COVID questionnaire \u2014 sore throat, cough, body aches, taste, loss of smell \u2014 and obviously we take their temperatures before we let them in the facility,” said Jason Franklin, associate athletics director for sports health.<\/p>\n
Franklin says that his staff also conducts mental health screenings on the student-athletes, looking for signs of anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n
Training equipment is sanitized before each practice, including sanitizing dozens of basketballs that are being used.<\/p>\n
Nagy says that the team is taking the current situation day-to-day, and he\u2019s glad that they have this time to work together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever we have to do to be here together we\u2019re all for,\u201d said Nagy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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