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Illustrations for Section 3.150 of the By-laws
The illustrations and situations it contains are for purposes of assisting in understanding the application of the particular by-law to which they pertain. In the case of any conflict, whether actual or believed, between the illustrations, examples or situations in this publication and the constitution or by-laws of the IHSA, the constitution and by-laws shall control.
228) Q.
A. No. (By-law 3.153)
230) Q.
A. No.
233) Q.
Are camps, contact days, or sport specific physical conditioning programs allowed during the period between the end of summer contact and the start of fall practice?
229) Q.
A. Yes. Once the summer contact period ends, the regular limitations on coaching during the school year but outside
Are open gyms or open weight rooms allowed during the period between the end of summer contact and the start of fall practice?
the sport season apply. (By-law 3.161)
Does By-law 3.153 apply to activity programs such as marching band?
231) Q.
A. No. (By-law 3.151)
May coaches require students to attend summer workouts, leagues, conditioning programs, etc.?
232) Q.
A. Yes, for both the individual student(s) and the coach, unless it is a class which awards academic credit toward
Is participation by a student in a summer school class taught by a coach considered to be a contact day.
graduation from the school. (By-law 3.153)
What is the difference between a “camp” which counts as a contact day and a “class” which does not?
A. A “class” is a legitimate academic activity in the school’s curriculum which grants credit toward graduation from the
school to students who successfully complete it. A camp is not. (By-law 3.153)
234) Q.
A. No. (By-law 3.153)
242) Q.
verification from the NGB indicating they are sponsoring and conducting the event must be received in the IHSA office no later than ten days prior to the event.
2. The competition must be completed by the time the student’s school starts in the fall.
3. A maximum of seven additional contact days may be granted for practice/training and competition.
Is interaction between a high school coach who also owns, operates or works at a private sports club or in a public
If a coach is purely a spectator at a non-school contest, and does not speak to or otherwise communicate with students from the school where he or she coaches, before, during, after or about the contest, is that considered to be a contact day for the coach?
235) Q.
A. Yes, but such contact is counted as a contact day for each coach and the student. (By-law 3.153)
May two or more coaches on a school’s coaching staff have contact with an individual student on the same day?
236) Q.
A. One contact day. (By-law 3.153)
If a coach has contact with a student more than once in a given day, how is that counted for contact days?
237) Q.
A. Yes. (By-law 3.153)
If a person coaches more than one sport at a school, may he/she have a contact day in Sport A on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and a contact day in Sport B on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday with the same student?
238) Q.
A. If a coach from the school of the participants provides instruction to participants before, during or after the game, it
Is participation in a 7-7 football passing league game considered to be a contact day?
is considered to be contact each day on which such contact may occur. It is considered to be a contact day for the coach and each student involved. (By-law 3.153)
239) Q.
A. Yes. In this case, they are part of a sports skills camp and are thereby interpreted as “contact days.” (By-law 3.153)
A school coach conducts or works at a camp where some days involve instruction in sports skills and other days involve purely physical conditioning activities. Clearly, any day which involves sports skills instruction are “contact days.” Are the days on which only physical conditioning activities are conducted also considered “contact days”?
240) Q.
A. No, as long as the work and/or instruction the coach engages in with his/her child is not also similarly provided to
If a high school coach is also the parent of a high school athlete at his/her school, is it a “contact day” if the coach works with and/or instructs his/her child in the skills of a sport?
other students from the school. (By-law 3.153)
241) Q.
A. 1. The competition must be sponsored and conducted by the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport. Written
What are the guidelines for IHSA By-law 3.153?
sports program during the activities of such a club or program restricted by the limit on “contact days”?
A. Yes. If such interaction includes any “coaching or instruction in the skills and techniques of any sport” during the period between the “time school is out in the spring and Saturday of Week 4 in the IHSA Standardized Calendar,” it
will be restricted by the “contact day” limitation. (By-law 3.163)
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