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Rule 15 - Participation

During the School Year Out-of-Season Coaching and Contact
Q. 15-26 May a School provide transportation for a School’s student to or from a Non-School
league program held during the School Year Out-of-Season?
A. No, during the School Year Out-of-Season a School may not facilitate (e.g., organize,
supervise or operate) Non-School athletic activities for its students, and this would
include providing transportation, providing uniforms, etc. (rules 15-1.2(c),(d), 15-
2.2(e), (f))
Q. 15-27 May a School or a School’s coach provide transportation for a School’s student to
or from a Camp/Clinic held during the School Year Out-of-Season?
A. A School cannot provide such transportation, however a coach may provide
transportation, but only if the coach is a presenter, is using the student for the
coach’s presentation(s) and is following the requirements of rule 15-2.2(f).
Q. 15-28 May a coach work one-on-one with a student or provide opportunities for students
to Practice in Team Sports During the School Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes, a coach may organize activities for students in an IHSAA Recognized Sport
which resemble a Practice, but only when the coach follows the School’s Limited
Contact Program. (rules 15-1.4, 15-2.4)
Q. 15-29 During the School Year Out-of-Season, can a member of a Member School Coaching
Staff in basketball also coach a Non-School Team, like an AAU team, which has
players who were in the School’s basketball program? What about when the AAU
team the coach is coaching is playing against an AAU team which has players who
were in the School’s basketball program?
A. A coach of any Team Sport cannot, during the off-season of the School Year, coach
a non-School team which has players from the School’s program. (rule 15-2.2(c))
However, this limitation does not apply when the School players are on a team
playing against the coach’s team.
Q. 15-30 May a coach participate with a student athlete from the coach’s School on a Non-
School Team during the School Year Out-of-Season
A. An Individual Sport coach may but a Team Sport coach may not participate on a
Non-School Team with a student athlete from the coach’s School during the School
Year Out-of-Season. (rules 15-1.2(b), 15-2.2(d))
Private Instruction
Q. 15-31 May an Individual Sport student athlete or a Team Sport student athlete receive
a Lesson [Note: one-on-one instruction, see Definitions] in the skills of an IHSAA
Recognized Sport from an individual who is not from the School’s Member School
Coaching Staff during the School Year or during the Summer?
A. Yes.
Q. 15-32 May a Team Sport student athlete in a sport receive a private Lesson [Note: one-
on-one instruction, see Definitions] instruction in the skills of that sport from a
member of a Member School Coaching Staff for that sport, during the School Year
Out-of-Season?
A. No, a Team Sport student athlete cannot receive such instruction from a member
of a Member School Coaching Staff. (rule 15-2.2(c))
Q. 15-33 May an Individual Sport student athlete receive a paid private Lesson [Note: one-
on-one instruction, see Definitions] from a member of a Member School Coaching
Staff for that sport, during the School Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes. (rules 15-1.2(b), 9-13)
Q. 15-34 Can there be a Sunday group private lesson during the authorized Contest Season
in a Team Sport with members from a single team?
A. No, any group private lesson on Sunday would constitute illegal Sunday participation.
(rules 15-2.1(b), 9-13)
Q. 15-35 May a student athlete participate in a Team Sport group lesson during the School
Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes, with the following provisions: (1) the Team Sport athletes may not receive

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