Hawaii High School Athletics Association

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www.sportshigh.com/

Background

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA), founded in 1956, is exclusively dedicated to serve 98 public and private high schools as they work cooperatively to support and promote athletics as part of the high school education program. HHSAA also implements programs such as drug awareness workshops and leadership training seminars for coaches, officials and athletic directors. The association carries a proud history and has maintained a strong relationship with community and its schools.

Objectives

The objectives of the HHSAA include:

• • To promote the educational benefits of interscholastic athletics by increasing participation in a variety of sports.

  • To administer and insure compliance, statewide, with established policies and regulations.

  • To offer services to local leagues which can best operate on a statewide scale.

  • To promote equitable opportunities for all students.

  • To develop and manage resources to best implement the goal of the association.

Membership

The HHSAA is comprised of schools from the following leagues:

• • Big Island Interscholastic Federation

  • Interscholastic League of Honolulu

  • Kauai Interscholastic Federation

  • Maui Interscholastic League

  • Oahu Interscholastic Association

Services

The HHSAA provides the following services to its members:

• • Conducting state high school championships in the following sports (Boys and Girls Air Riflery, Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Bowling, Cheerleading, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Football, Boys and Girls Golf, Boys and Girls Soccer, Softball, Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving, Boys and Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Track and Field, Boys and Girls Volleyball, Girls Water Polo and Boys and Girls Wrestling).

  • Host a comprehensive web site (www.sportshigh.com) which provides information on top athletes, records, rosters, statistics, photos, bulletins and general information for the media and the public.

  • Provide game programs and press releases for state high school championships.

  • Sanctions high school interscholastic athletic events.

  • Conducts workshops and conferences for coaches, officials and student-athletes and provides assistance to leagues that promote sportsmanship and ethics to their membership.

Inquiries

For additional information or to serve as a volunteer, please call the HHSAA Office at 587-4495 or view our web site at www.sportshigh.com

Starting Dates

Except for football, the start date for each sport will be a maximum of thirteen (13) weeks prior to the state tournament week, on the Monday of that week (i.e., Boys Basketball Tournament is during week 34. The starting date will be the Monday of week 21).

The start date policy will apply to the following varsity team sports:

Baseball, Basketball, Canoe Paddling, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, and Water Polo.

Each league will determine the starting date for all lower level teams not to exceed a thirteen (13) week season.

Individual sports shall have a try-out date, a maximum of thirteen (13) weeks prior to the state tournament week, on the Monday of that week. Prior to the try-out date, practices cannot be mandatory and team selections cannot be made.

Coach-Player Contact Restrictions

Student-athletes of team sports have no outside participation restrictions except for league rules/by-laws that govern in-season (Green shaded area of the chart) outside participation restrictions.

The following restrictions apply to all Varsity and Junior Varsity programs:

• • In-season – 13 weeks (except Football) – (Green area)

  • Out of season Conditioning and Weight Training – (White area)

  • Restrictions to be determined by each league.

  • The program shall have a coach or other authorized personnel in supervision. Prior to the start dates, activities cannot be mandated and team selections cannot be made.

  • Member schools bear the responsibility of monitoring facilities and making the determination if adult supervision is adequate for off-season conditioning.

  • Summer Activities - (Yellow Area)

  • No restrictions during this period.

  • No Contact/Dead period – (Red Area)

  • The no contact/dead period is defined as a specified time span of non-instructional/nondevelopmental sport specific activity.

  • For the winter and spring sport seasons, the no contact/dead periods coincide with the weeks just prior to the start dates for fall and winter sports, in part to allow student-athletes to try out for other sports in other seasons.

  • Football Spring Practice To be determined by each league Football spring practice period or those leagues who allow spring practice.

  • Exemptions to this policy

  • Requests for exemptions to this policy to participate in a national or international sporting event must be made in writing to the HHSAA Executive Director.

  • It is highly recommended for individual and team sports that student-athletes have at least one week of total rest between seasons.

Penalty for Violations

If a violation occurs and is reported, the Athletic Director shall warn the coach and inform the league Executive Director, in writing. The league Executive Director shall forward the report to the HHSAA office.

If a second violation should occur, the coach will be dismissed, and will not be allowed to coach at any HHSAA member school for two (2) years. A coach is defined as any person on the staff, inclusive of volunteer coaches.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

September 12, 2012