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What’s the rule on H.S coaches running/being a part of 7 on 7 teams, training centers, and coaching youth football? Seems like there are more and more coaches doing this and thought this was illegal in the past.
How can it be illegal when there's so many doing it. That and coaching HS and Youth leagues not only 7v7.It's a pretty good question actually and I'll try to see what I can find out....
How can it be illegal when there's so many doing it. That and coaching HS and Youth leagues not only 7v7.
Generally speaking if the coach is affiliated with a program not involved with the school, there is no mandate to choose the program, the program is open to all, and the kids/families pay fees to use complex/instruction, then there is no infraction. This has happened in baseball for decades.
Bring a football around where? Your HS or indoor facility specifically for your kids, like voluntary workouts? Yes, I doubt that flies with the IHSA, if you are a coach.So as a coach I can start running the Schwab training academy and as long as I don’t tell my kids they have to come, I can run football training year round? But if I don’t have a training academy I can’t bring a football around?
Bring a football around where? Your HS or indoor facility specifically for your kids, like voluntary workouts? Yes, I doubt that flies with the IHSA, if you are a coach.
Is this a question of whether you should be able to train kids from any program or just your program?
This is from the IHSA by-laws
Q. May a high school coach serve as a non-school club administrator who doesn’t coach an individual team in the club when the number of participants in the club from his/her school exceeds one half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition? A. No. During the school term a coach may not be involved “in any respect” with a non-school club program when the number of players from his/her school exceeds one half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition (By-law 3.107).
My understanding is a coach can train a kid from his program in the off season. However, if it in a group session, the number of players from his school participating cannot exceed five. So he can hold workouts in off season, just no more than 5 kids from his school can be there at the same time.
It goes on all the time in baseball. Players take individual lessons in the off season from a coach in their program.