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Rule 15 - Participation

(4.) Students may attend all Camps/Clinics other than student-Camps/Clinics as observers.
15-1.2 During School Year Out-of-Season
a. Students may participate in non-school Contests as individuals or as members of a Non-
School Team in non-school Contests provided that participation during school time is
approved by the School principal or his/her designee.
b. Coaches, from a Member School Coaching Staff, may coach students in that sport if NOT
under the organization, supervision and operation of the member School.
c. Member Schools may not organize, supervise or operate athletic Practices or interschool
athletic Contests, other than permitted through a School’s Limited Contact Program, Section
15-1.4.
d. Member Schools may not provide School-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants,
singlets, or swimsuits, etc.) worn by the student in non-school Contests.
e. Students may attend Camps/Clinics provided the following standards are met.
(1.) Fees, if charged, must be provided solely by the student, parent or Guardian except
for underprivileged students. No School or athletic funds shall be used for such.
(2.) No School-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants, singlets, or swimsuits, etc.)
shall be worn by the student.
(3.) Member Schools may not organize, supervise or operate School-sponsored Camps/
Clinics; however, Schools may rent or lease their facilities to non-school sponsors.
(4.) 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.
(5.) Competition must be limited to intra-camp or intra-clinic practices, Contests and
instruction.
(6.) Merchandise and awards, other than those of symbolic value, may NOT be accepted
for athletic proficiency. Student must remain an amateur.
(7.) Length of attendance is unlimited.
(8.) Seniors or graduates who plan to attend should check with appropriate college rules
and regulations regarding recruiting before participating.
(9.) Coaches may use students, School owned equipment in Schools, coaches’ Camps/
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
Camps/Clinics per sport between July 1 and June 30 each year. No more than One
(1) such clinic may be in an adjacent state.
15-1.3 Conditioning Program
a. During the School Year Out-of-Season, a student who participates in Individual 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 Individual Sports, During the School
Year, Out-of-Season, do not apply to a student’s participation in a Conditioning Program.
15-1.4 Limited Contact Program
During the School Year Out-of-Season a student who participates in 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. Student-athletes who participate in Limited Contact Program sessions for Individual Sports
may do so only at a maximum of Two (2) times per week for a maximum of Two (2) hours
per session.
Exception: Girls’ Basketball and Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field are permitted to participate
a maximum of Three (3) times per week for a maximum of Two (2) hours per session, not
to exceed maximum number of sessions. (see chart below)
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