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44Sunday ParticipationQ. 9-11 Can Schools hold or sanction Practices or Contests on Sunday?A. No, all member Schools and all member School students are prohibited from participation in Contests, Practices, Clinics or team get-together on Sunday. (rule 9-13)Q. 9-12 Can a member of a Member School Coaching Staff in a sport give lessons on Sunday during the authorized Practice Season or during the Contest Season, to a student who is on a School team in that sport?A. No, a member of a Member School Coaching Staff in a sport may not give lessons to any member of the School team on Sunday. For example, a tennis coach on the School%u2019s coaching staff, who also provides individual or group tennis lessons at the local tennis facility, may not give lessons on Sunday to any member of the tennis team during the authorized Practice Season or during the authorized Contest Season. (rule 9-13)Q. 9-13 May a member of a Member School Coaching Staff have contact with a team member on Sunday, during the authorized Practice Season or Contest Season?A. Yes, students and coaches may have contact on Sunday, BUT the contact may in no way relate to coaching activities or related to athletic participation. (rule 9-13)Q. 9-14 May a member of a School team in an Individual Sport, during the authorized Practice Season or Contest Season, participate in a School Practice on Sunday? A. No, it is a violation of the Sunday Rule, rule 9-13, for a student athlete to participate in a School Practice during the authorized Practice Season or Contest Season on Sunday, and therefore attendance at a Practice by a member of a Member School Coaching Staff is prohibited. For example, if several swimmers on a School team, who also belonged to a Non-School club, decided to swim on Sunday at a club practice to prepare for the upcoming Tournament Series swim meet, this practice would not violate the Sunday Rule, provided no member of the Member School Coaching Staff called or even encouraged this practice, and of course, no member of the Member School Coaching Staff may be present during this practice. (rule 9-13)Season ContestsQ. 9-15 Whose approval is needed to play a Contest?A. The principal, or his designee, of a School must approve all Contests. No Contest shall be played by a member School without a signed IHSAA Contract for Athletic Contests. (rule 9-1)Q. 9-16 Does the IHSAA stipulate any price for tickets other than for IHSAA Tournament Series?A. No, other than a recommendation that reasonable ticket prices be charged.Q. 9-17 Does the omission of an admission charge make any difference as to the designation of a Contest as a game?A. No, games are Contests with or without admission charges.Q. 9-18 A local service club in a community is interested in sponsoring an invitational basketball tournament involving other member Schools. May they sponsor this event?A. No, a member School may enlist the help of local service organizations to assist with an event, but unless the IHSAA has granted an exception, all athletic Contests and tournaments in which member Schools participate must be under the sponsorship and the jurisdiction of a member School or the IHSAA. (rules 9-1, 9-2, 9-3)Q. 9-19 Can a member School team play in a Contest sponsored by some non-school group?A. No, all athletic Contests must be held under the direct supervision of a member School, held under the direct supervision of a non-member School or held under the direct supervision of the IHSAA. (rule 9-3, 9-15)Rule 9 - Contests