Fort Zumwalt East

Out of Season

3.14.7 Out-of-Season Sport-Specific Practice Periods (High School Only): Students may have instructional interaction with approved school coaches under the following conditions: a. Out-of-Season Practice periods are seven weeks in length, and the interaction time may not exceed three hours per week (Sunday to Saturday). See Diagram 3.14.7 for specifics. Any interaction time, on a given day, will count as at least one hour of the three allowable hours. Interaction time, on a specific day, may not exceed 90 minutes. b. Such practices may be sport and gender specific, and non-school facilities may be used. Group and individual player skill development, drills, and instruction, are allowable. Competition (interscholastic or non-school) is not allowable. c. The opportunity to participate is open to enrolled students at the high school only (no 8th graders). d. Use of these practice periods is optional and will be determined by local school administration. e. Times other than the periods specified in Diagram 3.14.7 are dead periods and no contact with school coaches is allowable other than what is allowed in 3.14.6. The seven-day "No-Contact Periods" prior to each season remain in effect (3.13.1.c, 3.14.8 and 3.15.1.b). f. Football Restrictions During Out-of-Season Practice Period: The use of football protective equipment (helmets/shoulder pads), which promotes full pad contact, CANNOT be used during the practice period. Full pad contact with the use of protective equipment may only occur during the season and for a limited number of days during the defined summer for safety reasons. g. Open Facilities for enrolled students may not be held during the sport's Out-of-Season Practice Period even if the period is not utilized. Refer also to the Board Policy on Open Facilities for allowances and restrictions. Diagram 3.14.7 (1): Out-of-Season Sport-Specific Practice Periods (High School Only) Periods Open Close Sport Season Duration Period 1 Monday - Week #10 Friday - Week #16 Fall: Winter Sports Contact 7 weeks Period 2 Monday - Week #27 Friday - Week #33 Winter: Spring Sports Contact 7 weeks Period 3 Monday - Week #39 Friday - Week #45 Spring: Fall Sports Contact 7 weeks SECTION 3 2024-25 MSHSAA OFFICIAL HANDBOOK Page 79 Diagram 3.14.7 (2): Annual Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Sports Interscholastic season Open Facility (Period 2) Practice Period (Period 3) 20 contact days Winter Sports Practice Period (Period 1) Interscholastic season Open Facility (Period 3) 20 contact days Spring Sports Open Facility (Period 1) Practice Period (Period 2) Interscholastic season 20 contact days

Open Facility

Criteria for all open facilities: 1. A school may only “open” a facility that is owned by the school. Facilities that are non-owned, but rented by the school for the interscholastic sport season, do not meet this criterion. Typically, students may access such facilities on their own without school involvement (recreation facilities, parks, membership locations, etc.). 2. All “open facility” activities shall be posted or announced publicly, for example in the daily bulletin, school newspaper, etc. at least two days prior to the activity. The “open facility” will be supervised from beginning to end by the school personnel who has scheduled the activity with advanced approval from the appropriate school administrator. 3. A facility may be open for a single sport and be gender specific (i.e. girls volleyball). Schools should provide equal open facility opportunities if being specific by gender to ensure comparable opportunities for both genders. 4. Attendance at an open facility shall not be mandatory for any student. All attendance must be voluntary. Attendance at an open facility may not be related to team membership. Any effort either directly or indirectly to require a student to attend the open facility is a school violation. 5. Only “free play” activity may take place. Organized scrimmages are not considered free play. No instruction, coaching or corrections are allowed. Drills and organized plays or sets do not constitute free-play and are not allowed during an open facility. 6. Supervision: Any member of the school staff, including a coach, may supervise an open facility; however, no instruction, coaching or corrections are allowed. 7. The individual school administration assumes the responsibilities of making certain that there is full compliance to this policy. The local school administrator(s) shall determine the appropriate activities for recreational free play and the school equipment to be made available and their location. It is the responsibility of the school administration to be certain the activities and equipment are safe and appropriate for the facility and for any student to participate in and use without special supervision and/ or training.
Open for Enrolled Students: 1. HIGH SCHOOL: This information connects with By-Law 3.14.7, Out-of-Season Sport-Specific Practice Periods. During the academic year, school facilities may be opened (as per criteria above) for enrolled students ONLY during the 7-week period notated as "Open Facility" on Diagrams 3.14.7 (1 and 2) for the sport(s) of the season notated. Enrolled students may not participate in open facilities during the weeks in between these periods (which are dead/no-contact periods as per By-Law 3.14.7.e). H.S. SPORT: OPEN FACILITY PERIOD (AFTER THE SEASON): 7-WEEK PERIOD: Fall Sports During the Winter (Period 2) Mon. of Wk. 27 to Fri. of Wk. 33 Winter Sports During the Spring (Period 3) Mon. of Wk. 39 to Fri. of Wk. 45 Spring Sports During the Fall (Period 1) Mon. of Wk. 10 to Fri. of Wk. 16 All Sports Summer Counts in 20 contact days