impose more restrictive guidelines. VHSL catastrophic insurance is not applicable to any out-of-season activities. 27-7-3 PENALTY - Any school adjudged guilty of violating the Out-of-Season Practice Rule shall be subject to a fine as stated in 30-5-1 and such disciplinary action, including ineligibility for district championships, as the appropriate district committee, interdistrict committee or VHSL Executive Director may impose. Additional District Guidelines: No spring football practice with pads/equipment. • No school to school competition. • All participants must have a current VHSL physical and all other required forms. • Only school coaches may work with students during VHSL out-of-season activities (cannot just bring • in anyone; must be on the school’s coaching list) Out-of-season activities CANNOT BE MANDATORY • Out-of-season activities MUST BE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WITH A PHYSICAL AND ALL OTHER • NECESSARY FORMS Out-of-season activities CANNOT BE CONSIDERED CRITERIA FOR TRY-OUT • DEAD PERIODS FALL DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of fall sports. WINTER DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of winter sports. SPRING DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of spring sports. SUMMER DEAD PERIOD: Sunday-Saturday including the day of 4th of July Specific dates will be provided to athletic department staff and published yearly. Preparation for competition in any sport requires proper training and practice. Whether it means preparing your body or maintaining your equipment, proper preparation is necessary. Keeping your body and equipment clean is part of that process. Infectious diseases do propagate and are easily transmitted in the sports environment. Contact sports and those with heavy amounts of equipment are more prone than others, but needless to say, proper hygiene is necessary in all sports to reduce the potential of transmitting these agents. The NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee realizes these issues and has helped establish guidelines to educate the sporting and medical community about their presence and means to reduce transmission of sports related infectious diseases. Proper Hygienic Practices Shower immediately each practice or competition. Use your own bottled soap and towel and don’t share them with others, let alone other toiletries. Studies have shown that transmission of infectious diseases can occur when these items are shared with other athletes. Don’t share water bottles. Viruses and bacterial infections can be easily transmitted via a shared bottle.
impose more restrictive guidelines. VHSL catastrophic insurance is not applicable to any out-of-season activities. 27-7-3 PENALTY - Any school adjudged guilty of violating the Out-of-Season Practice Rule shall be subject to a fine as stated in 30-5-1 and such disciplinary action, including ineligibility for district championships, as the appropriate district committee, interdistrict committee or VHSL Executive Director may impose. Additional District Guidelines: • No spring football practice with pads/equipment. • No school to school competition. • All participants must have a current VHSL physical and all other required forms. • Only school coaches may work with students during VHSL out-of-season activities (cannot just bring in anyone; must be on the school’s coaching list) • Out-of-season activities CANNOT BE MANDATORY • Out-of-season activities MUST BE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WITH A PHYSICAL AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY FORMS • Out-of-season activities CANNOT BE CONSIDERED CRITERIA FOR TRY-OUT DEAD PERIODS FALL DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of fall sports. WINTER DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of winter sports. SPRING DEAD PERIOD: First 10 days starting with the commencement of spring sports. SUMMER DEAD PERIOD: Sunday-Saturday including the day of 4th of July Specific dates will be provided to athletic department staff and published yearly. Preparation for competition in any sport requires proper training and practice. Whether it means preparing your body or maintaining your equipment, proper preparation is necessary. Keeping your body and equipment clean is part of that process. Infectious diseases do propagate and are easily transmitted in the sports environment. Contact sports and those with heavy amounts of equipment are more prone than others, but needless to say, proper hygiene is necessary in all sports to reduce the potential of transmitting these agents. The NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee realizes these issues and has helped establish guidelines to educate the sporting and medical community about their presence and means to reduce transmission of sports related infectious diseases. Proper Hygienic Practices Shower immediately each practice or competition. Use your own bottled soap and towel and don’t share them with others, let alone other toiletries. Studies have shown that transmission of infectious diseases can occur when these items are shared with other athletes. Don’t share water bottles. Viruses and bacterial infections can be easily transmitted via a shared bottle.
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