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Information for Indiana Soccer Coaches
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We've redesigned our web site to provide you with more information and new links to help you find that information faster. N E W I N F O R M A T I O N . . . . . NFHS Announces Rule Changes for 2008-09 These rules will be in effect for the 2008 High School Season. Effective with the 2008-09 high school soccer season, players will be penalized (yellow card) for subsequent violations of illegal equipment rules. A change in the penalty for illegally equipped players was one of three rules revisions approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Soccer Rules Committee at its annual meeting January 27-28 in Indianapolis. The rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. The first caution (yellow card) for an illegally equipped player is issued to the coach, a rule that was implemented last year. Beginning next season, all subsequent cautions for illegally equipped players will be issued directly to the player and not to the coach. The coach is held responsible for ensuring that each of his or her players is properly and legally (new this year) equipped. Both illegally and improperly equipped players will be instructed to leave the field of play at the discovery of illegal equipment. The removed player(s) who has not been cautioned may re-enter during a dead ball. A player(s) who has been cautioned can only re-enter at the next legal substitution opportunity. There shall be no replacement for non-cautioned players until the next opportunity to substitute. In all situations, the removed player(s) may re-enter only after reporting to an official who shall be satisfied the player's equipment and uniform are in order. The committee added definitions for "illegally equipped" and "improperly equipped" as well. An illegally equipped player is a player not wearing equipment required by rule or wearing an item or items not allowed by rule. An improperly equipped player is a player wearing legal equipment that is being worn incorrectly or becomes illegal during play. Cautions are not issued for improperly equipped players. "In the past, the coach could be cautioned subsequent times in a single game for equipment violations," said Mark Koski, NFHS staff liaison to the Soccer Rules Committee and editor of the NFHS Soccer Rules Book. "The previous rule placed too much responsibility on the coaches when players should be shouldering some of the responsibility." Beginning with the 2008-09 high school soccer season, shinguards must meet the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) standard. This risk-minimization rule was passed two years ago for implementation in 2007-08; however, the start-up was delayed one year to allow manufacturers another year to supply these types of shinguards to local equipment suppliers. The new NOCSAE shinguards will be stamped or labeled with the NOCSAE logo. They will specify which size is correct for a particular-sized player, making it easy for players, coaches and officials to differentiate which shinguards are to be worn. "This is a significant change as players no longer will be able to wear inappropriate, undersized shinguards," Koski said. "Shinguards need to be placed no higher than two inches above the ankle for safety purposes. This change should definitely minimize risk to players." In another change, the issue of sportsmanship is to be addressed by the head referee during the pregame conference with the head coach and team captains. At this same meeting, the referee is to inquire of each head coach whether each of his or her players is properly and legally equipped. Since many states play games on college or professional fields, the committee altered Rule 1-1-1 regarding the allowable width of fields. To allow for the use of other fields, the maximum width was expanded from 75 to 80 yards. The new recommendations are 100 to 120 yards long and 55 to 80 yards wide. Indiana University Soccer Offers Soccer Development for Players and Coaches Indiana University Men’s Soccer Program is again offering programs aimed at player and coaches’ development this spring and summer. The Indiana Soccer Camp has been a summer home for tens of thousands of individual youth players over it’s 30 plus years of operation. This summer, the Indiana Soccer Camp has added a High School Team Camp to the summer schedule. The camp will provide players and coaches an opportunity to grow together as a team. Another opportunity for ‘professional development’ is the Midwest Soccer Coaches Symposium (MSCS). The MSCS attracts high school and youth coaches from around the Midwest as they ‘grow’ from the experience of some of the nation’s top coaches. For more information on any of these soccer events please click on the links below: Indiana Soccer Camp - Individuals Indiana Soccer HS Team Camp Midwest Soccer Coaches Symposium Michael A. Freitag Head Men's Soccer Coach- Indiana University Assembly Hall - Men's Soccer mfreitag@indiana.edu 1001 E. 17th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408 (w) 812.855.0051 (fax) 812.855.7150
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Congratulations
National Soccer Coaches Association of America
has announced that Bill Veith Jr. from Evansville Memorial
has won the 2007 Private/Parochial National Coach of the Year **********************************************************
Offseason and Club Training
To All High School coaches, players and parents. I received this note on December 7, 2007 It has been brought to my attention that teams have rostered 6 players on a team and will only play with those 6 players from the same school program. The problem that has surfaced is that teams are practicing together which could mean that Team A has 6 players from a school’s program and Team B has another 6 players from the same school’s program so now we could have 12 players from a school’s program that are practicing together. This is a violation of the spirit of the rule. Teams can not practice together because in bringing several teams together you might increase the number of student-athletes from a schools’ program working together during the school year but out of season. Teams practicing together create a problem if the above scenario is present when the teams come together. This is another issue that clubs, coaches, student-athletes and parents must be aware of and take precautions to see that it does not happen. Please convey this information to the high school coaches and any others with whom you come in contact. Thank you. Theresia D. Wynns Assistant Commissioner Indiana High School Athletic Association Please contact anyone who is working with your student athletes and convey this to them ******************************************************************
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