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The 2020 high school basketball team will have restricted practices without any scheduled games , and it is unknown if they will compete in any tournaments . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Shanghai has prohibited school sports competition and applied strict rules on schools .
Some of the campus guidelines include social distancing . This meant that team practices on campus had to change to accommodate the rules . The 2019 basketball team usually had training
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without any restrictions every day of the week , whereas this year most competitive games involving physical contact are not allowed .
The Coach of the boy ’ s basketball team , Ms . Jaime , said , “ I ’ ve got lots of competitive games that don ’ t involve contact for us to play still . We plan to have [ practice ] at least twice a week for now .”
If the Shanghai International Schools Activities Conference ( SISAC ) decides that there will be a tournament , it would be on Jan . 16 , 2021 , as stated on their .
In the opinion of Mr . Brown , the athletic and the house coordinator of SLAS , “ There is a bigger chance that we will have a basketball tournament , but it is still uncertain .”
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In the USA , restrictions on Basketball competition between high schools are up to the states . Some states like Mississippi are playing the original schedule . States like California do not have any games . States like New York and most of the states are playing an altered or delayed schedule .
Even though there will not be any games , the Basketball team will continue their practices and improve to be ready for a potential tournament .
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