Linden Coaches Quiz

What is not one of the 3 year-round principles that apply to schools and coaches out of season, All the time?

• No activity may be mandatory or part of selection to the school team.

• No school general funds; a limit of $200 per student per sport from school-approved fundraised money is allowed.

• No school competition uniforms or warm-ups may be used (practice jerseys permitted).

• Not more than $200 from school general funds and or school-approved fundraised money is allowed.

During the school year, the 4 player period runs from?

• Monday when August 15 occurs to the Monday after Memorial Day

• The second Monday in August to the Monday after Memorial Day

• After the dead week in July to Monday after Memorial Day

• The first day of school for students to the Monday after Memorial Day

Which Four-Player Period statements are true?

• Coaches are limited to providing coaching in their sport to four students in grades 6-12

• Coaches are limited to providing coaching in their sport to four students in grades 7-12

• Coaches are limited to providing coaching in their sport to four students at any camp, clinic, AAU game, travel softball team or indoor soccer league.

• Two coaches present at opposite ends of the gym or field of play constitutes the allowance of 4 student-athletes per coach

During the school year the 4 Player Period states..

• You may have more than one coach, each with four players on the same field

• You may have only 2 coaches, each with 4 players on different fields on the same campus

• You may have more than 4 players with a coach as long as no more than 4 players are receiving direct instruction at any given time

• You may have a coach with 4 players in the main gym and another coach with 4 players at another gym as long as the gyms are not on the same campus.

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The following statements are true?

• Booster clubs may not fund or support activities during the school year which the school or coach are prohibited from doing such as batting cages, indoor courts or fields, or hire trainers.

• Charging a fee or holding the event at a non-school facility (batting cage, indoor soccer or lacrosse) does not waive the four-player rule.

• Athletic directors or high school administrators acting on their own in programs involving grades 9-12 may sponsor or support out-of-season programs or perform out-of-season functions which the school or coach is prohibited from doing.

• Athletic directors or high school administrators acting on their own in programs involving grades 7-12 may sponsor or support out-of-season programs or perform out-of-season functions which the school or coach is prohibited from doing.

Which of the following statements are true for Rotations?

• Rotations are permitted provided there is no more than one four-player group with sport-specific instructions.

• Sport specific equipment is permitted at an open gym but there may not be any coaching instruction.

• Any number of rotations can have sport equipment for students to slect from, but only one group may have coaching instruction and this group may not exceed four students.

• Two gyms on the same campus does not permit two four-player skill groups.

The following statements about coordinating or assisting during or in preparation for the four player period are true.

• Coaches may make arrangements for activities they themselves are prohibited from doing.

• Booster clubs may not do that which the school or coach is prohibited from doing.

• Coaches may not provide transportation, create a schedule for more than four of their players, or arrange for someone else to coach to get around the four-player rule.

• Coaches may be spectators at events but not coach when more than four of their players are present; and they may not distribute information produced by someone else regarding out-of-season camps or clinics.

Which statements about Conditioning and Weightlifting during the school year are true?

• Provided they are not mandatory or part of team selection, conditioning and weightlifting are permitted year-round except during the summer dead period

• Conditioning must be non-sport-specific and not use any equipment such as balls, nets, dummies, sleds or helmet.

• Jump ropes, cones, fitness apparatus are not permitted.

• Conditioning must not be sport-specific and may use any equipment such as balls, nets, dummies, sleds or helmet.

Which of the following statements about Open Gyms are true?

• May be conducted in one or more sports and does not have to follow the three year round principles.

• Coaches may not coach, critique, evaluate or participate int he sport they coach.

• Open gyms are student conducted and recreational.

• There shall be no organized instruction or competition, drills, or practice structure by the coach but captains or parents may instruct.