During the School Year and Outside the Season of Sport Practice and Conditioning

During the School Year and Outside the Season of Sport

Practice and Conditioning Guidelines:

Definition

During the school year and outside the season of sport is defined as the time from the first fall practice date until the NCS published first day of practice for the specific sport and from the NCS published final date of competition for the specific sport till the last CIF competition of the school year (JUNE 1 each year).

Examples of prohibited activities during the school year and outside the season of sport During the school year and outside the season of sport, as defined above, school may not conduct practice or sport specific conditioning. The only exception to the prohibition on sport specific

conditioning is the approved Spring football. Examples of prohibited activities during the school year and outside the season of sport are:

1. Coaches, either assigned by the school or individuals acting as volunteers, may not work with a potential team member one on one using school facilities and equipment, other than non sport

2. Coaches, either assigned by the school or individuals acting as volunteers, may not work with potential team members using school facilities and equipment, other than non sport specific conditioning.

3. Coaches may not have sport specific conditioning prior to the start of the season.

4. Coaches may not mandate that potential team members attend open gym and open field.

5. Coaches may not conduct drills or any kind, other than non sport specific conditioning.

6. Coaches may not review video or film of the sport with potential team members.

7. Coaches may not conduct leadership training with potential team members.

8. Coaches may not meet with potential team members beyond the three organizational meetings allowed in NCS Bylaw 208H. Organizational meetings are meetings used to discuss when the official season of sport will start, give out school permission forms, school physical forms, etc. Organizational meetings are not meetings to discuss activities that the school is not allowed to conduct.

9. Coaches may not use school facilities or equipment other than as allowed by school or district policy for outside use. Schools and school districts may not give a discounted rate to coaches for the use of school or school district facilities if the use of the facilities involve potential team players and the use is for sport specific conditioning. Coaches may not be treated any differently than any private citizen using school or school district facilities when reserving school or school district facilities. This includes, but is not limited to, insurance requirements, completion of facility use forms, payment for custodial costs, facility rental costs, cost of utilities, etc., when the use is related to sport specific conditioning.

10. Coaches may not organize a school team meeting to discuss activities not sponsored by the school.

11. Coaches may not encourage potential high school team members to participate in practices, scrimmages or contests with a club team or program to which the students do not already belong.

12. Coaches may not, even as a private citizen, conduct a club program that has preparation for the high school season, as its sole purpose. A legitimate club program must have its own opportunities for competition, and actively engage in competition with other club teams. Otherwise, the activity would be considered a high school practice outside the high school season of sport.

13. Coaches may not, even as a private citizen, use potential team members to demonstrate skills and/or strategies of the sport at clinics or camps.

14. Coaches may not instruct a potential member, or potential team captain, with the workout for the day and then have the potential team member or potential team captain bark orders, blow a whistle, and give instructions, etc. as if they were conducting practice.

15. Coaches may not use school equipment or facilities for camps or clinics that involve potential team members.

16. Coaches may not conduct tryouts for the next season’s team.

Examples of things that a coach may do:

1. Coaches may supervise open gym and open field.

2. Coaches may, one time outside the season of sport, post workouts for potential high school team members to follow on their own.

3. Coaches may, as a private citizen, coach a club team.

4. Coaches may participate in activities (ex. pick up games) as long as they do not instruct students in the skills and/or strategies of the sport.

5. Coaches may conduct clinics/camps, for pre high school age students ONLY, as a fundraiser. Advertising for the clinic must be open to any interested party of the targeted age group. Care must be taken NOT to discuss or encourage enrollment in the school where the coach is employed.