General Eligibility Fall 2012 Area Meetings

Medical Services Survey Supported by the MSHSL Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) Data to see what services you have or don’t have Data will be used to help the SMAC meet your future needs

Transfers & Appeals Revised form—more information More options to get it right Form letters merged from data Send me sample copies of letters you use If you are a private school you do not have an attendance area—choose the public school attendance area. Divorce Option: Joint physical and sole physical

General Q & A 500 Series: Joining after the4 th Monday—22 nd calendar day ▫At your discretion ▫Regular season and post season eligible if student didn’t:  Participate on a non-school team or as an individual competitor; or  Participate in a camp or clinic; or  Receive private instruction in that sport during the high school season. Summer training “Do’s & Don’ts”

Hot Topics Appeals without support for the family rationale ▫Negative change in family finances ▫Intolerable conditions: bullying etc. with meeting the provisions Bylaw 207 & 208 ▫Non-School Competition and Training/National Team participation during the season  Must apply in advance  Must meet the criteria

Social Media Coaches and schools using more and more Following and tracking are not good ideas Coaches with Twitter accounts with personal information is not a wise decision Social media means: Public access

Hot Topics Foreign Exchange Student Placement ▫Incentive: $150 offered to a school to place a tennis player in a good home ▫Blind placements  Coaches cannot serve as host family  No one from school or community can have input into the placement  Proper visa ▫Staying with family that previously hosted brother or sister

If you are not eligible you are not eligible Academic Good Standing—Student Code of Conduct Chemical Transfer ▫Cannot be in uniform and equipment on sidelines ▫Cannot participate in warm-ups ▫Cannot enter in the final minutes of the contest

Bylaw 208: Non-School Competition and Training Ad Hoc Committee will be formed to review the provisions Simple questions to start with: ▫Are the current provisions manageable? ▫Should high school coach contact be increased or decreased outside of the high school season? ▫How do we address non-school/club programs and their impact on education based athletics

Summer Training Violation Summer Training Opportunities Team practice – We will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:30 to 10:30. We are upping the ante for the Summer Running Award this year. Gone are the days of a meager cotton T. In lieu of a T-shirt, your hard work and dedication will be rewarded not only by getting the most out of your XC season but also with a long-sleeve team warm-up shirt! Shirts will be awarded at the Alumni Race on 8/18/12. You must be present to receive your award. Summer Running Award Criteria: · attending Summer Practice at least 7 days · signing in on google apps weekly · helping on running trail at least 5 times during the summer · Consistent running & showing improvement from past summer training We have a few objectives that we would like to accomplish with this new summer focus… 1) Injury Prevention: Last year we had an inordinate amount of injuries and we will be relegating your training in the fall to what you are able to do Lettering Criteria based on summer workouts: Violation

Pre-Participation Physicals ▫School requirements for annual physicals. No medical documentation research that shows annual physicals are better than one every three years. ▫3 year anniversary date ▫Clearance forms on file not the whole the 5 pages

State Tennis Tournament Seeding Class AA Team Tournament ▫Top 5 seeded ▫Random draw for remaining 3 A & AA Singles Tournaments ▫16 qualifiers eligible for seeding ▫Coaches vote, results will seed 1-4 ▫Remaining Section Champs randomly drawn ▫Remaining Section Runners-Up randomly drawn