What would you do.........

bmac, let me answer your question first.

during dead periods, you cannot be in touch with ANY player on your softball team period. dead periods are usually when another sport (basketball, etc) are having their tryouts, but not limited to that. you cant have any contact with a player during EOC/EOS testing. big no-no

in off season, not dead periods, you can condition all you want, with the specific absense of bats, balls, gloves, the equipment required to do your sport. conditioning is conditioning and nothing else, you cant even watch videos of softball as a group.

if you have more than 8 girls show up, you have to leave the field, and in our county, you have to leave the school. you CANNOT have a group conditioning and another group practicing ball on the same day or at the same time, or in two different locations. its spelled out very nicely about that..

CD and others are right, it is the responsibility of the COACH to know the rules and time frames.

And the kids are the ones who suffer period. I dont like these rules, dont understand them completely, but i abide by them for the girls sake and because its the rules. Its all about what you teach them through your actions isnt it??

now i had to do nothing but laff, as the person standing next to me was the head man in charge of our conference. i'd love to be a fly on the wall during the conversation he will be having today at this school with the softball coach and her AD.

also have heard of another school who took a different view of the rules and came up with the: its ok to practice a full team with volunteer coaches because they dont get paid.

rules are specific: paid, volunteer (past years or current years) all abide by the same rules. here's how it was summed up to me: if you are a volunteer who helps at practice, keeps score, transports girls to the game, steps on the field during practice or game, coaches bases during the game or practice.....you are still considered a coach and are held responsible to follow the same rules as a paid coach.

Now, have i ever turned in someone for breaking these rules???? nope, i just follow them, karma is a wonderful thing, aint it???

 

thats correct, this is not a "dead" period so to speak, this is the period of time where you can only practice with 8 players or less, more than 8 it has to be solely conditioning....