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Rule 15 - Participation

A. No. If a student was not rostered (and therefore did not participate in a Contest) on the
School’s volleyball team then the student is not considered a volleyball ‘participant’
and the Non-School Team limits of rule 15-2.2(a) and the Camps/Clinics limits of
rule 15-2.2(f) do not apply.
Limited Contact Programs – During the School Year Out-of-Season
Q. 15-38 What is a Limited Contact Program?
A. A Limited Contact Program is a program conducted during the School Year Out-
of-Season in which a School’s gymnasium, playing field or other school facility is
open to all students who attend the School, or who are from a Feeder School of that
School, and the Member School Coaching Staff may offer athletic instruction and
work with student athletes. (rules 15-1.4, 15.2.4, see, Definitions, Limited Contact
Program.)
Q. 15-39 Can a School conduct activities under a Limited Contact Program which are located
“off-campus”, or at a location which is not owned by or officially controlled by the
School?
A. No, all Limited Contact Programs must be conducted on campus or at a site where
home Contests are regularly held. For example, a School cannot conduct a Limited
Contact Program session at the local batting cage for its students wishing to work
on their baseball skills, but could hold a Limited Contact Program session at a
municipal field if that is where the School regularly holds its home games. (rules
15-1.4, 15-2.4, see, Definitions, Limited Contact Program)
Q. 15-40 Is a student from One (1) School permitted to participate in a Limited Contact Program
at another School. For example, is it okay for a softball player from One (1) School
to go to another School’s Limited Contact Program and Practice softball?
A. No, under IHSAA rules, the only students who may participate in a sponsoring
School’s Limited Contact Program are the students who (i) attend the sponsoring
School, or (ii) are students from a Feeder School of the sponsoring School. (rules
15-1.4, 15-2.4, see, Definitions, Limited Contact Program)
Q. 15-41 May a student who has remaining eligibility participate in a Limited Contact Program
sponsored by a member School on Sunday?
A. No, students may not participate in a Limited Contact Program on Sunday. (rule
9-13)
Q. 15-42 May a coach play with or against the coach’s student athlete in a Limited Contact
Program?
A. Yes. (rules 15-1.4, 15-2.4)
Q. 15-43 May a Team Sports coach work with multiple individuals in the coach’s sport During
School Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes, but only in a Limited Contact session. (rules 15-1.4, 15-2.4)
Q. 15-44 May a Team Sports coach outline and distribute to players a written recommended
individual workout schedule for the athletes to use during the off-season?
A. Yes.
Q.15-45 Can there be more than two (2) Limited Contact sessions on one day?
A Yes. There can be a Limited Contact session on a maximum of two (2) days per week
and the total amount of time of all Limited Contact sessions on any one (1) day may
not exceed two (2) hours, the Limited Contact during a day can be accomplished in
one two (2) hour session, or in any number of sessions, provided collectively they
do not exceed two (2) hours.
Q. 15-46 Under section 15-2.4(c), may a student who plans to participate in a Team Sport
during the up-coming fall season, continue to participate in the current spring Limited
Contract Program past Monday of Week 45, since such up-coming fall season is
the next season after the current spring Limited Contract Program period?
A. No. The section 15-2.4(c) Limited Contact continuation exception applies only when
the Limited Contact Program ‘immediately precedes” the Team Sport’s season,
and here, Summer immediately precedes the student’s Team Sport’s season. The
Limited Contact continuation exception applies only for Team Sports played in the
winter and spring seasons.
Camps/Clinics
Q. 15-47 How much time may a coaches have to prepare their players for a Clinic in which
they are presenting during the School Year Out-of-Season?

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