coachof3 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 May a middle school coach coach his or her players on both the middle school and select level. I know there are restrictions for high school just was not sure about middle school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 No problem with Middle School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAASOCCER Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) I may be wrong but, if your middle school is TSSAA sanctioned and play competitively in a game you would be in violation of the rules. The rules may have changed but 4 years ago the same rules applied for middle school that the high school followed. (If u were TSSAA sanctioned middle school). Edited September 25, 2014 by AAASOCCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarp Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 This is why the big three can play select MS aged soccer while we others can't. Once a TSSAA player is rostered for a HCDE Middle School, they are not allowed to play select. Stupid rule that keeps many good MS players from playing for their school. Baylor, McCallie and GPS have wisely kept their MS kids out of TSSAA. There is no benefit for being TSSAA in Middle School except maybe insurance. Insurance for middle school soccer players would be about $9 a head. If some public schools want to head out of TSSAA MS soccer, I'll try to help. It's stupid that our best players have to make a decision to play select or for their school team. No offense to MS coaches, but most select coaches have more experience and you're losing your best and brightest players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAASOCCER Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 We are fortunate in Athens to have an ex college player that coached competitively before taking middle coaching position. Training is equal to our club ball program. I would think most schools do not have that level of coaching. I know CCS does not sure about the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 I believe the original question was about the coach and not the players. The question is wanting to know for example, if a coach of a middle school girls team in the Fall can coach those same girls in the Spring as their select coach. Did not see anything in the TMSAA constitution or by-laws to prohibit that. However, might want to check with the State office for sure. On the other hand, if your school is not a part of TMSAA, then there is no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playerscoach Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 No issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyMustangsCoach Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hamilton County rules allow "school coach" to coach his players outside of school season, however, he CAN NOT have more than 50% of his school players (or future school players) play on his non-school team. So for soccer, the school coach is good to coach a select team with his school players as long has he has no more than 5 playing on his select team. You can find the rules for HC on their website in the Constitution. In my opinion the worry about MS kids is a joke, and there should be no restrictions. The only reason that HC voted in these rules is the "ego" of the middle school coaches who server on the Board. They are so worried about winning in the 6th, 7th & 8th grade they forget about what is best for the kids. Let the kids play for good coaches! And yes, most school coaches, Middle and High School are not on level with the typical select coach. Just go watch some of the school games and you see these coaches complaining about calls when they do not even know the rules of the game. Soccer is the worst since so many people do not know off-sides or what a foul looks like. Drives me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAASOCCER Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Speaking of middle school TSSAA.. Athens City Middle School (McMinn)-0 CCS middle - 1 in SETAC play offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRD Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 The only issue I have seen with high school coaches also coaching a club in the same town has been the coach pressuring high school players to play on his/her club team. I know this happened with a Kentucky HS. Probably why the 50% rule was put in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChattanoogaCannon Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 The only issue I have seen with high school coaches also coaching a club in the same town has been the coach pressuring high school players to play on his/her club team. I know this happened with a Kentucky HS. Probably why the 50% rule was put in place. The rule was put in place because of baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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