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As far as Pre-Season Practice, there are no restrictions.  

First Practice Date is Monday, week of February 13.

Scrimmage Rule does apply.

The Date of the First Contest allowed is Monday, March 13.

LINK:     Eligibility and schedules must be filed online.

Maximum number of regular season contests is 16 matches.

Each tournament counts as two matches.

In the Off-Season there are no restrictions in regard to practice.

In the Summer there are no restrictions in regard to practice.

Dead Period Rule does apply.

 

Coaches and employees of a school are subject to the guidelines of the TSSAA Sports Calendar when working with students from his/herschool.

 

Definitions

Practice

- Coach and player(s) together with instruction, teaching, coaching, etc. Try-outs are considered practice.

 

Open Facilities

– Permitted at all times except during the Dead Period.  Schools may use their facilities for students in their building prior to or at the conclusion of the school day.  Coaches may serve in a supervisory capacity only. There is no instruction, no teaching, nocoaching, etc. Coaches may not participate or play in any manner. It is a free play type atmosphere. Sport specific skills cannot be taught. ATTENDANCE CANNOT BE MANDATORY.

 

Weight Training/Conditioning

– Permitted at all times except during the Dead Period.  Must be generic type program that would be beneficial to all students and not sport specific. Exception: In baseball and girls’ softball, players may throw to condition arms. Sport specific skills cannot be taught. ATTENDANCE CANNOT BE MANDATORY.

 

Practice During the School Day

– All athletic practice during the regular hours of any school day shall conform to the same rules, regulations, and season as corresponding athletic practice outside the school day.

 

Multiple Contests

– In tennis, individuals accompanied by a coach may enter varsity competition at a different site on the same date and time, and this will count as two days on the school’s schedule.

 

Tournament

– All tournaments shall be held on consecutive days with no other regular season games being played during the tournament unless permission is granted by the Executive Director. A 

tournament is defined as competition of three or more teams and three or more games, matches, etc., which progress to determine a winner.

 

Pre-Season Practice Rule

– Begins the first day of school until the first official day of practice in that particular sport.

 

Scrimmage Rule

– A school cannot practice with or scrimmage another school until both schools have practiced a minimum of three days.  A school may have a maximum of four scrimmages or two scrimmage dates or one scrimmage date and two scrimmages. No tournament format of any type may be used. Scrimmages should look more like practice than games. Once a school has played their first game, there can be no more scrimmages.

 

Off-Season

– Begins with the school’s elimination from postseason tournament play in a particular sport and concludes with the end of the school year.

 

Summer

– The period of time from the end of the school year until the beginning of the following school year.

 

Dead Period Rule

– No coaching, observing, or contact between coach and players in sport involved. There is no practice, no open facilities, and no weight training/conditioning. The Dead Period, which is to be observed by all schools, is the week of the 4th of July and the preceding week – 14 days