Dear parents, players and patrons,

Like you, I have been tracking and thinking about the novel Corona Virus COVID-19.  We have been discussing our plan of action for the past few weeks, consulting local health professionals and our advisory team as well as seeking the input of parents.

I wanted to share with you our plan of action concerning the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff.

First of all, young people seem to be fairly safe from COVID-19.  Those who get the virus recover from it without much difficulty.  However,  from the CDC, those with higher risk are: older adults, and people who have chronic medical conditions like Heart disease, Diabetes, or Lung disease. 

We want to be responsible members of our community and help slow the spread and reduce the impact of this virus if we can. As of today we will be implementing the following measures:

  • Any staff or student who is sick should stay home or will be asked to go home if showing symptoms of virus.
  • Mandatory hand washing.  We are asking coaches and players to wash their hands before and after practice.   We will also be providing hand sanitizer wipes and gel.  
  • We will continue cleaning and disinfecting surfaces 2x per day.
  • We will replace handshaking with elbow bumps or racquet touches.

We will continue to monitor state and local health departments for information regarding any COV-19 outbreaks in our local community.

Although we do not foresee this occurring at this time, the possibility of temporarily canceling school or tennis programing might become necessary to help curtail the spread of the virus. We also respect the decision parents need to make for the health and well-being of their children and extended families. 

We will be looking to local health officials to determine if, when, and for how long to take any further steps.  

Some common sense advice from Coach Dio:

1. Drink plenty of water. Half of your body weight in ounces
2. Go to bed on time. 1030 pm-2:30 am = immune system repairs. 2:30am-6:30 am = your physical body repairs. 
3. Exercise, but don’t over exercise 
4. Eat healthy foods. Choices! 
5. Think positive
6. Practice breathing- calm down 
7. WASH HANDS!!! For 20 seconds with SOAP

It’s not time to fear; it’s time to prepare our immune system! And that should be done everyday. 

We will keep you advised as we know more about our local situation.

I have attached a PDF of LTISD Superintendent Brad Lancaster’s  email to his community that I think makes good common sense.

Let me know if you have any questions or concern.

Sincerely,
Jack Newman
CEO
Austin Tennis Academy