TSSAA question

[StarGazer]

Can anybody tell me what the TSSAA rules are when it comes to girls softball and fall all star games?

[davidlimbaugh]

Can anybody tell me what the TSSAA rules are when it comes to girls softball and fall all star games?

 

http://www.tssaa.org/Handbook/handbook.pdf

 

All-Star games are covered on page 18.

 

The fall 50% rule is covered on page 27. Softball is just like baseball - no more than five players from one high school on one team's fall-ball schedule.

 

I hope this helps....

[JC#1fan]

http://www.tssaa.org/Handbook/handbook.pdf

 

All-Star games are covered on page 18.

 

The fall 50% rule is covered on page 27. Softball is just like baseball - no more than five players from one high school on one team's fall-ball schedule.

 

I hope this helps....

50% Rule – Applies to basketball, baseball, and softball. Participation (includes practice or games) during the

school year on a non-school team prior to the school season by students that will play the following season on the

high school team is limited to 50% of the number of players required to play the game (3 in basketball, 5 in

baseball, 5 in girls softball). Only the specified number of students participating on a non-school team prior to the school season may be placed on the high school eligibility list the following season. Those students cannot be

interchanged on the school’s team roster.

Once again i post this in disgust. TSSAA does not tell you ckild cannot play during the school year, just the are not eligible to play that sport if they do. How they feel they can dictate the participation of a student trying to improve thier skills while not on a TSSAA roster defies belief. If that child was participating on another school sport at the same time they were participating in a non- school related team it would be understandable, but they are limiting their ability to improve while not on a TSSAA roster. Its legal because they dont say they cant just they cant participate in their sanctioning body if they do. Incredible, no wonder our athletes stuggle to compete for scholarship dollars with athletes from other states as they do not have such regulations.

[formerbobcat]

http://www.tssaa.org/Handbook/handbook.pdf

 

All-Star games are covered on page 18.

 

The fall 50% rule is covered on page 27. Softball is just like baseball - no more than five players from one high school on one team's fall-ball schedule.

 

I hope this helps....

Is it clear as mud that it only pertains to fall baseball/softball and not in the summer? Some softball coaches think you can't have a summer team with more than 5 players. Yet baseball does it in the summer with their whole team. Why does one coach interpret it one way and the other coach interprets it another?

[JD29]

50% Rule – Applies to basketball, baseball, and softball. Participation (includes practice or games) during the

school year on a non-school team prior to the school season by students that will play the following season on the

high school team is limited to 50% of the number of players required to play the game (3 in basketball, 5 in

baseball, 5 in girls softball). Only the specified number of students participating on a non-school team prior to the school season may be placed on the high school eligibility list the following season. Those students cannot be

interchanged on the school’s team roster.

Once again i post this in disgust. TSSAA does not tell you ckild cannot play during the school year, just the are not eligible to play that sport if they do. How they feel they can dictate the participation of a student trying to improve thier skills while not on a TSSAA roster defies belief. If that child was participating on another school sport at the same time they were participating in a non- school related team it would be understandable, but they are limiting their ability to improve while not on a TSSAA roster. Its legal because they dont say they cant just they cant participate in their sanctioning body if they do. Incredible, no wonder our athletes stuggle to compete for scholarship dollars with athletes from other states as they do not have such regulations.

 

they can play in the fall -you just can't have 5 kids from the same school on the same team

[formerbobcat]

they can play in the fall -you just can't have 5 kids from the same school on the same team

What about in the summer? Dose that same rule apply,50%?

[KenHawk]

What about in the summer? Dose that same rule apply,50%?

 

There are no restrictions on summer teams until school begins. The "no more than 5 on a team" rule kicks in the first scheduled day of classes for that particular school. So, if your school starts the first Monday in August, even though that is still the summer, you can not have more than 5 girls from your school participating on a team without endangering their eligibility with TSSAA.

[dawnt]

There are no restrictions on summer teams until school begins. The "no more than 5 on a team" rule kicks in the first scheduled day of classes for that particular school. So, if your school starts the first Monday in August, even though that is still the summer, you can not have more than 5 girls from your school participating on a team without endangering their eligibility with TSSAA.

 

Can the head coach of the school team coach the summer team?

[sbcoach]

Can anybody tell me what the TSSAA rules are when it comes to girls softball and fall all star games?

 

There can be no Fall HS game as it relates to high school players. There is no fall season or time the players/coaches can play together. There is only conditioning which is done during the designated time period. There are all-star games played after a players senior season is over.

[BaldNBeautiful]

Can the head coach of the school team coach the summer team?

Difficult for that, since there is a two week "Dead Period" smack dab in the middle of the summer. For 2012 it is June 24 through July 7. "Dead Period: No coaching, observing,or contact between coach and players in sport involved. There is no practice, no open facilities, and no weight training/conditioning" (from page 27 of the TSSAA Handbook)

 

This also applies to Middle School members of the TMSAA.

 

There is also a dead period that begins Monday of the first week of August 1 and lasts 21 consecutive days. (page 32).

 

Never found anything about Coaches being involved in the summer(outside of these dates) or the fall provided that the 5 player rule is not broken.

[JC#1fan]

they can play in the fall -you just can't have 5 kids from the same school on the same team

In the summer you can have 50 kids on the same team from one school if you want. During the "school year" you can have "5" from the same school but no more.

[JC#1fan]

Can the head coach of the school team coach the summer team?

Yes, school coaches can coach in the summer, with the following exception. They cannot be in contact with high school athletes during the specified "dead weeks" generally the two weeks around July the 4th.