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Rule 15 - Participation

f. Coaches from a Member School Coaching Staff may not instruct students (1) who have
participated in a Contest as a member of their School’s team in that sport or (2) any
freshman.
g. Competition must be limited to intra-camp or intra-clinic practices, Contests and instruction.
h. Merchandise and awards, other than those of symbolic value, may NOT be accepted for
athletic proficiency. Student must remain an amateur.
i. Length of attendance is unlimited.
j. Seniors or graduates who plan to attend should check with appropriate college rules and
regulations regarding recruiting before participating.
k. Coaches may use students, School owned equipment in Schools, camps and/or coaches
clinics held in the State of Indiana or in adjacent state, when the coach is presenter. A
record of students used as demonstrators must be kept by the School. Coaches may not
use a student for demonstration purposes in more than Three (3) such clinics per sport
between July 1 and June 30 each year. No more than One (1) such clinic may be in an
adjacent state.
15-2.4 Conditioning Program
a. During the School Year Out-of-Season, a student who participates in Individual Sports and
in Team Sports may participate in a Conditioning Program; a Conditioning Program is a
program which occurs in a School’s gymnasium, playing field or other School facility and
is designed for and limited to activities which promote physical fitness and exclude game
drills. Examples of permissible activities are weight lifting, running and aerobic exercising.
The limitations on participation by, and contact with, a student in Team and Individual
Sports, During the School Year, Out-of-Season, do not apply to a student’s participation
in a Conditioning Program.
b. During the School Year Out-of-Season,
(1) A student who participates in the Team Sport of baseball may throw a baseball as a
part of the student’s Conditioning Program and a student who participates in the Team
Sport of softball may throw a softball as a part of the student’s Conditioning Program
(beginning M - WK26).
(2) When a baseball or a softball is thrown as part of a Conditioning Program, the throw
shall be part of a game of catch between Two (2) students using gloves; the process
shall not involve a pitching mound or a pitching circle, an actual or simulated batter or
any type of pitching instruction.
15-2.5 Limited Contact Program
During the School Year Out-of-Season a student who participates in Team or Individual Sports
may participate in a Limited Contact Program; a Limited Contact Program is a program in
which the use of the School’s gymnasium, playing field or other school facilities is open only to
students who attends the School, or a Feeder School of the School sponsoring the program,
is open to all such students and participation is on a voluntary basis.
a. Limited Contact Program sessions for Team and Individual Sports may be conducted a
maximum of Two (2) times per week for a maximum of Two (2) hours per session.
b. At a Limited Contact Program session, a Member School Team Sports coach may supervise
the programs, communicate with students, offer instruction and work directly with all out-
of-season athletes, may use all equipment related to the sports, i.e. balls, goals, nets, etc.,
except that in football no protective equipment such as a helmet, shoulder pads, padding
or a girdle may be use, provided that:
(1.) the program must be open to all students of the member School;
(2.) attendance and participation must be voluntary and not required by the member
School coach for membership on a particular sports team, and
(3.) participation in a Limited Contact Program session by a student is limited to the fol-
lowing periods of time;

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