The following "may" and "may not" list is designed to help coaches, school administrators, students and parents understand what they may or may not be able to do in connection with sports/activities. The list is not intended to be all-inclusive. The items included are the ones that prompt frequent questions as to what the coach or athlete may or may not be permitted to do under KSHSAA rules.

Because KSHSAA rules affecting what students and coaches may and may not do differ during the year the list is divided into three sections - during school year, during school season of sport/activity and during the summer. As you review this list it is important to keep this in mind when reviewing KSHSAA rules.

During the school year outside the season of sport/activity:

A school coach may not coach their athletes in the same sport.

A school coach may coach senior athletes in the same sport following the conclusion of the school season.

A school coach may not check out player equipment to students (helmet, shoulder pads, team jersey, pants, etc.)

School helmets and player equipment may not be used in All Star events without a written exemption from the KSHSAA, obtained by the event management.

A school coach may check out team equipment to students (balls, implements, etc.)

A school coach may attend camps or clinics.

A school coach may not attend camps or clinics with their athletes.

Students may attend camps or clinics but may not attend camps with their coach(es).

A school coach may transport (but not in school vehicles) students to non-school competitions in their sport.

A school coach may not be reimbursed transportation costs by the school or school booster club.

A school coach may not transport students to camps or clinics in their sport.

Students may play on non-school teams but there are restrictions on the number of same school squad team mates which may be rostered, practice or play together on non-school teams.

A school coach may supervise an off-season conditioning program for students not currently on a school team.

School conditioning programs may not be sport specific and shall only include weights, running, conditioning and general skill development (not a sport specific skill).

Sport specific equipment may not be used in conditioning programs.

Off season conditioning programs must be open to the entire student body and participants must fumish their own clothing.

During the school year and during the school season of activity:

A student may not practice with or play on a non-school team in the same sport/activity.

A student may play on a non-school team in a different sport (subject to the school squad limitations).

A student may receive private instruction at any time of the school year, subject to the limits outlined in the KSHSAA Handbook, Rule 26. (NOTE: Private instruction is defined as one student receiving instruction from one person during the period of instruction.)

A student may not attend camps or clinics in the same sport/activity.

A student may attend camps or clinics in different sports/activities.

A student may serve as a clinician for a camp conducted by their school coach for their sport/activity.

A student may serve as a clinician for a youth development camp or clinic for elementary students (Pre K – 8th grade) being conducted by non-school agencies or organizations (e.g. softball pitcher instructing at a softball clinic) without violating the Outside Competition Rule.

During the summer (from Saturday preceding Memorial Day to the Tuesday following Labor Day):

All school coaches may attend camps or clinics.

Students may attend camps or clinics.

A school football, volleyball or basketball coach may not attend camps or clinics with athletes they would coach the following school year unless the coach was a camp clinician and there were no more than 10% of the campers enrolled at the camp from the coach's team.

Students are considered part of the high school program immediately upon graduation from the junior high or middle school.

Coaches may supervise conditioning programs (which are general conditioning programs and not sport specific) for the students who would play for the coach the next school year.

Football, volleyball and basketball coaches may supervise open-gyms but may not give instruction, organize drills or practice during the open gym. Summer open gyms MUST conclude by Saturday of SCW#4.

Football, volleyball and basketball coaches may instruct students in groups of three or less who request individual help from their coach. (Coaches are not permitted to require players to attend sessions.) Individual instruction MUST conclude by Saturday of SCW#4.

Other than football, volleyball and basketball, all other school coaches may coach teams including students who would play for the coach the following school year.

Students may play on teams which include any number of students from their same school squad. (There are no roster limitations on students during the summer.)

Coaches may conduct one-week sports camps for team members who would be on their school team next year.

To be eligible to attend a coach's one-week camp, students must have been enrolled and in attendance at that coach's school the previous year.

New students attending a junior high/middle school or high school for the first time must have been enrolled and in attendance at that middle/junior high school's feeder school(s) the previous year.

New students (summer transfer) at a school must pre-enroll before attending a coach's camp.

Students are limited to attending only one coach’s camp per sport.