PRACTICE
127-2-13 Practice.
13.1 The frequency and length of practice is at the
discretion of each member school.
13.2 Member schools of the WVSSAC may practice on any
day of the year with the exception of Sunday practice. Rule 127-3- 15.2 further clarifies
Sunday practice.
13.3 Individual players of a team must have practiced on
14 SEPARATE days, exclusive of the day of a contest, before participating in an
interscholastic contest. The following sport(s) is exempted from the provisions of this
rule: golf.
13.4 A student shall not be permitted to engage in
interscholastic practice until that student has filed with the principal a completed
Athletic Participation/Parental Consent/Physician's Certificate Form. Rule 127-3-3 further
explains this required form.
13.5 An ineligible student may practice 15 days prior to
his date of becoming eligible provided that he is otherwise eligible. This rule applies
only to an academically ineligible student or a student who falls under Transfer Rules
127-2-7.15, 127-2-7.16, 127-2-7.20, 127-2-7.22, and Adoption Guardianship Rule 127-2-8.8.
13.6 If a student has established eligibility in a sport
requiring 14 separate days of practice and is continuing to participate in that sport or
no school days have lapsed from one sport to another sport in a same season, he/ she may
participate in another sport of the season after completing seven separate days of sport
specific practice in the second sport.
13.7 Students participating in a sport(s) in one season
must have practiced 14 separate days, exclusive of the day of a contest, to be eligible to
participate in a sport in the next season with the following exception: the student has
continued to practice or participate in tournament play without an interruption of school
days. The student must complete seven separate days of sport specific practice in the
second sport. |
