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Rule 15 - Participation

(8.) Merchandise and awards, other than those of symbolic value, may NOT be accepted
for athletic proficiency. Student must remain an amateur.
(9.) Length of attendance is unlimited.
(10.) Seniors or graduates who plan to attend should check with appropriate college rules
and regulations regarding recruiting before participating.
(11.) 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.
15-2.3 Conditioning Program
a. During the School Year Out-of-Season, a student who participates 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 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.
15-2.4 Limited Contact Program
During the School Year Out-of-Season a student who participates in Team 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 attend 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. Member Schools have autonomy in determining the structure of their Limited Contact Period,
provided that student-athletes who participate in Limited Contact Program sessions for
Team Sports may do so only at a maximum of Three (3) times per week for a maximum
of Two (2) hours per session, and Member Schools do not exceed its maximum number
of limited contact sessions per sport.
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
following periods of time;

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