Outbreak's impact on club sports and athletes

The coronavirus has impacted sports all around the world

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The coronavirus has impacted sports all around the world.

Rose powell, owner of rocket city volleyball club i've never seen anything like this and not many people have, and it's new to everybody.

Uncharted waters for everybody, the rocket city volleyball club is one of thousands of clubs across the country that had to close its doors.

That's after usa volleyball banned all practices and tournaments until the end of the month.

Waay 31's alex torres- perez goes over how the ban could impact where some local players might go to college.

Ll: it's the middle of club volleyball season and with the coronavirus putting everything on halt it could impact the future season and lives of the players.

Powell: normally the gym is full of people.

But now the courts of the rocket city volleyball club are empty because of the coronavirus ban.

Battle: we were supposed to have a tournament every weekend and i don't think they were expecting for this to happen.

It happened so quickly and so rapidly for them.

The club's owner rose powell says she feels for her players as an athlete herself.

Powell: it puts them in a position where they cannot do what they love to do.

But the closure could also impact where some of the players might go to college.

Spence: club is a time where a lot of college coaches are able to come and watch tournaments and see the players and recruit the players.

Because we won't be playing, there's not going to be a lot of that.

Cameron spence doesn't have to worry about getting recruited.

She's already committed to stanford university.

But it's a different story for her team.

Spence: the people on my team were looking to get recruited by colleges.

Right now, spence's biggest challenge is how to stay on her game.

Spence: without getting in the gym and getting to play, it's hard to stay at the level that you need to be at.

Powell says club season is critical for these players to prepare for college and the ban will affect them.

But she says they should not lose hope.

Powell: we're experiencing something we've never had to experience before as athletes that we are shut down from doing the things we love.

They are going to have to learn to be creative and how they can be in condition when they get there if they get there.

Reporting in hsv atp waay 31 news.

The club owner says she is considering picking up individual lessons at the end of the month to help her players.

But she says it all depends on how