Elite/College Prep Camp

Based on Coach Nicholas’ USA Volleyball National & High-Performance Team Coaching:  Flat out the best volleyball “training” camp for the female player that is ready to prepare for and be successful at the college level!  Athletes attending this camp should have USA/JVA Junior Travel Club Team and/or high school varsity experience and are committed to playing at the collegiate level.  This is not a beginner camp.  This is a comprehensive training environment for female athletes to develop all phases and skills of their game and then integration of these learned skills into competitive play. 

• Designed for the player with intention to play collegiate volleyball
• Participants should have USA/JVA club experience
• Focused on the development of all skills integrated with movement and competitive play
• Camp fee includes a special t-shirt for this camp, boarding, and meals according to residency. *Do not wear your camp t-shirt until Friday Afternoon for the Camp picture*

Check-In Elite/College Prep Camp July 29

(1:00pm – Residential Campers/1:30pm - Commuters):

• Each participant will need to remain in their car and call (919) 830-0774 or (305) 240-4062 when they arrive at the camp. Park in the half circle in front of the Administration Bldg or across the street in that half circle where the Church & Library are. Participants will be notified via phone when they can enter the building.
• For maps & directions go to www.catawba.edu then under “Campus Information”.
• Residential Campers will check-in TBD
• Commuter Campers will check-in at Abernathy Gym.
• We will check in one camper/family at a time.  Each camper will go through a screening when they arrive at Check-in.  We will be using the questionnaire provided by the North Carolina Health and Human Services.  And temperatures will be taken.
• Participants will be required to wear a mask while they are checking in.
• All family members of participants will be asked to stay in their cars during the check in process.
• During check in there will be no contact between the staff and the participant. Waiver Forms are online, please have the general Waiver (the Medical Form/Parental Consent pg.1, Medical Consent/Liability Waiver/Photographic Release pg.2) and the Assumption of Risk Relating to Coronavirus Waiver filled out completely with all signatures completed & sent in prior to arrival.  Keys will be laid out before participants arrive so they can pick them up from the table.  Campers will then proceed to dorm room.  1^st session starts at 2:00pm.

Social Distancing and Safety Protocols

• At our first meeting we will be talking about the importance of good hygiene, social distancing and other important health and safety precautions.
• All participants will be required to bring a mask.
• All participants will be required to wear a mask at all times when not training and not sleeping in their dorm room.  Also, while eating their meals, seated at the table, they can remove the masks.  You must keep your mask on while walking around in the dining hall.
• There will be ongoing and routine environmental cleaning and disinfection of high-touch areas (e.g., volleyballs, doors, doorknobs, rails)
• All participants will be given a bottle of hand sanitizer to carry around with them and will be asked to continuously sanitize their hands.
• Participants will be required to wash their hands and sanitize before and after every meal and every activity.
• Participants are required to bring a larger bottle of Hand Sanitizer to keep & use in their room.
• When we are indoors there will be no more than 10 people permitted in one area and they will be required to wear masks at all times.
• Each Residential Camper will have their own room.  Barger-Zartman is an upper-class dorm that is Suite Style so there will be another camper in the other suite.  There is a bathroom in the middle.  Be sure to bring your own toiletries and do not share.
• All staff will be required to wear their masks at all times during the camp, including but not limited to in the dorms, the cafeteria, and inside, etc…
• Participants will not be allowed to touch any coaching equipment.
• All participants will be required to bring their own water bottle with their own name on it.
• All staff and participants will go through a screening when they arrive at the camp and at first contact each day to see if they have any symptoms. We will be using the questionnaire provided by the North Carolina Health and Human Services.
• Temperatures will be taken prior to Breakfast.
• If a participant has any symptoms they will be asked to either stay in their room or to leave the camp.
• If anyone does develop symptoms, their parents will be called to pick up the participant ASAP.
• All participants and their families will be required to sign our Participant Waiver form as well as our Infectious Disease Waiver.
• No visitors will be allowed on campus. Only Staff and Participants will be permitted at the camp.

Meals (Elite/College Prep camp Only)

• Meals will be coordinated and provided in conjunction with Chartwells and their protocols for the Dining Hall.
• Everyone is required to wear a mask at all times in the Dining Hall except for when they sitting down and eating.

Additional Information

• For emergencies - Catawba Public Safety:  704-637-4200
• Some reliable sources include:

     - NC DHHS COVID-19,

     - Know Your Ws: Wear, Wait, Wash,

     - NC DHHS COVID-19 Latest Updates,

     - NC DHHS COVID-19 Materials & Resources.

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