DIVISIONS:

Club Prep- 7th/8th Grade Division (athletes entering 7th or 8th grade in Fall 2024)

SEASON DATES:

May 20th- June 29th

LOCATION:

The Treehouse Gym, 15407 Long Vista Drive, Austin TX 78728

PRACTICES & TOURNAMENTS:

Practices will be 90 minutes between 5:30-8:30pm (time slots will be sent out by May 17th). Tournaments will be Saturday mornings on the dates listed.

Practice Dates:

May 20 (Skills Clinic / Player Evaluation)

May 22 (Team practices begin)

May 29

June 3

June 5

June 10

June 12

June 17

June 19

June 24

June 26

Tournament Dates:

June 1

June 15

June 29

TEAMS:

Athletes can sign up individually, request to play with a friend(s), or bring in a pre-formed team. (NOTE: We will do our best to honor friend requests, but they are NOT guaranteed!) For pre-formed teams, each athlete must register individually. There will be a field in the registration to submit your request. If bringing a pre-formed team, each player will need to fill out their own individual registration. Teams will consist of 9-11 players. Please email Doug Keyser at doug@rootsvb.org with any league questions.

Teams will be tentatively formed before the program starts on May 20th. However, team assignments will not be finalized until after the May 20th Skills Training/Player Evaluation session. Team assignments and practice time slots will be sent on May 21st.

COACHES:

One Roots club coach

COST:

$350 per player (includes game day shirt)

Service Lines:

7th/8th Grade: 30 feet (endline)

UNIFORMS:

All players must wear the provided team shirt and appropriate court shoes on game days.

OFFICIATING/MATCH PROTOCOL:

Referees will be provided.

A coin toss will determine the team that serves first. The other team will start with the serve in the second set. In the event of a third set, an additional coin toss will determine the serving team.

Teams will stay on the same side for the duration of the match (no switching sides between sets).

TIMEOUTS:

Teams are allowed one 30 second timeout per set.

BALLS/NET HEIGHT:

7th/8th grade: Regulation balls and net height