USA Volleyball is extending the elimination of sanctions for all USA Volleyball activities (including but not limited to events, practices, team activities, individual training sessions or anything covered by USA Volleyball insurance) through May 22, 2020.

Message from USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis

April 22, 2020 Update - 3 p.m. Mountain

USA Volleyball is extending the elimination of sanctions for all USA Volleyball activities (including but not limited to events, practices, team activities, individual training sessions or anything covered by USA Volleyball insurance) through May 8, 2020.

Following several communications with the USOPC, the U.S. Center for SafeSport, and our insurance providers, USA Volleyball has received permission to sanction virtual training/coaching/instruction/meetings during this period of sanction suspension. Any virtual training/coaching/instruction/meetings involving minors are subject to requirements of MAAPP, specifically the regulations on electronic communications and one-on-one interactions. These requirements include the following:

1. All virtual trainings/coaching/meetings must be “observable and interruptible,” able to be ended at any time, and have at least two applicable adults on each session, i.e., coach and assistant, coach and club director, etc.
2. All parents/guardians must be provided the code or link to join the virtual session.
3. All parents/guardians must sign a waiver in advance as these sessions could be viewed as individual training. A record of which clubs/coaches have been approved to conduct these sessions should be kept. USAV has created a standardized waiver form if you care to use it.
4. If a minor athlete ends up emailing a video to a coach for feedback or additional coaching, the coach needs to copy the parent/guardian and/or other applicable adult on all correspondences.

To be clear, virtual training/coaching/instruction/meetings will only be considered sanctioned so long as the above requirements are followed.

USA Volleyball has been asked by local clubs whether such ban applies to club activities covered under the club’s own (non-USA Volleyball) insurance. In these situations, USA Volleyball strongly encourages all member clubs and coaches to adhere to USA Volleyball’s policies. However, should a club decide to voluntarily disregard those policies and assume all risks associated therewith, we recommend that the club adhere to CDC; local, state and federal guidelines and recommendations when deciding whether or not to host practices or individual training sessions. If a club does host practice or individual training sessions, those activities would be considered a non-sanctioned activity by USA Volleyball and thus NOT covered by USA Volleyball insurance.

The health and welfare of our membership, volleyball families and fellow citizens is our primary concern in all decisions we are making during these uncharted times.

USA Volleyball is monitoring the situation daily and will continue to provide updates on a regular basis.

ALL LSR (Lone Star Region) EVENTS CANCELED UNTIL APRIL 30TH.  Local schools closed through May 4th. 

USAV is extending the cancellations through April 15th.

We are following the guidance and recommendations of the CDC, WHO and USAV (Our National governing body) in regards to all things COVID-19 related.  Facility decisions by City of Round Rock (RRSC) and RRISD (Cedar Valley MS and Hernandez MS) will drive our ability to practice and play. 

Information and communications change on an hourly basis and we do not have the resources to respond to every inquiry regarding all things normal Club Volleyball related.  In order to get you the most updated info, we will be posting communications that we receive from governing bodies to our website and refer all our members to here for what we know at this time.  

In general, here is what we know at this point:

1. All practices, tournaments, private lessons and any Club gatherings are cancelled through Friday April 3rd.  Some tournaments have been cancelled past that date and will be marked as cancelled on our calendars.

2. We do not know the extent of refunds or reductions in payments. This will have to be determined after all the changes have been made.  Our guess is that we will get some refunds and some not. 

3. Summer Camps and Clinics have been scheduled and are posted on our website under PROGRAMS. Tryout dates have been identified but we are pending approvals of the facility (delayed due to current environment). 

We changed our name so that we can grow into other markets (Boys teams, Adult teams, Sand and others) in the future. For the next year, we will keep our ATX name with CAPTEX.  Starting next season, we will drop the ATX and just be CAPTEX going forward.