2012 GHSA FOOTBALL RULES CLINIC

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1 2012 GHS FOOTLL RULES CLINIC Y-LW CHNGES EMERGENCY CTION PLN E..P. PROCESS Mandated for athletic practices and games Include responses to: weather-related emergencies serious illness/injury situations violence/terroristic incidents Solicit assistance from local law enforcement agencies first responder/rescue agencies medical personnel Formulate the plan carefully Practice the plan regularly Implement the plan precisely

2 INSTITUTIONL HET POLICY Y-LW 2.67 pplies to practices and voluntary workouts in all sports ratio of work to rest and hydration length of workout session cancellation of outdoor workouts Policy must be signed by coach & distributed to parents each season. ll heat/humidity readings must be taken with a Wet ulb Globe Temperature instrument. NOTE: WGT degrees not same as thermometer WGT GUIDELINES Under 82 Normal activities 3 rest/hydration breaks per hour in a cool zone (minimum: 3 minutes each) Watch at-risk players 3 rest breaks per hour in a cool zone (minimum: 4 minutes each) Maximum practice time: 2 hours Football: helmets, shoulder pads, shorts only for practice; no protective equipment during conditioning drills ll Sports: t least 4 rest breaks per hour in a cool zone (minimum: 4 minutes each) Maximum practice time: 1 hour Football: No protective equipment; No conditioning drills ll Sports: 20 minutes of breaks in a cool zone distributed throughout the hour bove 92.1 No outdoor workouts COCHING ISSUES Community Coach may not coach same sport at two schools even in same system Retired coaches (49%) do not have to do more than just coach to be head coach GHS official and/or officiating assignor may not coach at GHS school in same sport MISCELLNEOUS No student may practice during the school day. School sets beginning/ending time Early release students may not practice during this time in the GHS season for that sport Undue influence rule applies to student transferring to school whose coach coached player in an all-star game.

3 Field Markings Rule 1-2-3h 2012 NFHS FOOTLL RULES CHNGES PlayPic Decorative markings in the end zones shall be no closer than 2 feet from the boundary and the goal lines. Field Markings Rule 1-2-3l (New) PlayPic Gloves Rule 1-5-2b MechaniGram MechaniGram ILLEGL LEGL dvertising and/or commercial markings, may not obstruct the yard lines, hash marks or nine-yard marks. eginning in 2013, gloves must meet the NOCSE test standard at the time of manufacture with visible stamp as above, unless made of unaltered plain cloth. For 2012, gloves may carry the above stamp or the NFHS/NC stamp.

4 Illegal Equipment 1-5-3c(8) (New) locking elow the Waist Rule LEGL ILLEGL Contact with an opponent s hand(s) below the waist (PlayPic ) that continues into the body below the waist (PlayPic ) is considered blocking below the waist. Play cards must be worn on the wrist or arm. locking elow the Waist Rule Catch Rule FOOT TOUCHES INOUNDS Contact with an opponent s hand(s) above the waist (PlayPic ) that continues into the body below the waist (PlayPic ) is legal. MINTINS POSSESSION: COMPLETED PSS catch is the act of establishing player possession of a live ball which is in flight, and first contacting the ground inbounds while maintaining possession of the ball.

5 Catch Rule Helmet Comes Off Rule d (New) C IRORNE RECEIVER CONTCTED RECEIVER LNDS OUT OF OUNDS: INCOMPLETE PSS ecause the receiver did not touch the ground inbounds, the pass is incomplete. The fact the receiver would have come down inbounds if not for the contact is not a factor. If any player s helmet comes completely off during the down, and it is not due to a foul by the opponent, that player must leave the game for at least one down (unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs). In such circumstances, an officials time-out occurs. Helmet Comes Off Rule d (New) Illegal locking Rule (New) MechaniGram If a player s helmet comes completely off during the down and it is directly attributable to a foul by an opponent, the penalty is enforced but the player need not leave the game. No member of the kicking team shall initiate contact (block) an opponent until the legal kick has traveled 10 yards; or the kicking team is eligible to recover a free kicked ball.

6 Illegal locking Rule (New) Illegal Personal Contact Rule 9-4-3h MechaniGram PlayPic ecause R1 has initiated contact with a K player, all K players may block. Grasping an opponent s tooth and mouth protector attached to the face mask is a foul. Illegal Horse-Collar Tackle Rule 9-4-3k PlayPic C No player or nonplayer shall grab the inside back or side collar of the shoulder pads or jersey of the runner and subsequently pull (backward or sideward) that opponent to the ground (Horse-collar). The horse collar foul is enforced as a live ball foul FOOTLL POINTS of EMPHSIS

7 GHS CONCUSSION MNGEMENT PROTOCOL FREE COURSE! Concussion in Sports What You Need to Know CONCUSSIONS IN THLETICS Occurs when brain rocked back-and-forth in violent manner Could result from blow to head, neck, or upper body No two concussions are exactly alike Loss of consciousness not always present

8 SYMPTOMS OF CONCUSSION Headache and/or nausea after head trauma alance and/or vision problems dizziness; double vision severe sensitivity to light and sound Cognitive processing problems Lessened concentration or memory Physical sluggishness with confusion about present situation CTION PLN FOR CONCUSSION Remove athlete from practice or game rrange for athlete to get medical attention Inform athlete s parent/guardian llow athlete to return only on the permission of a doctor who has examined player MEDICL EVLUTION Neither officials, nor coaches, are expected to diagnose a concussion, as that is the job of an appropriate health-care professional The official is not responsible for the sideline evaluation or management of the athlete after he or she is removed from play IMMEDITE RETURN-TO-PLY If an appropriate health-care professional on the sideline determines that the athlete HS NOT suffered a concussion, the athlete may return to play (according to substitution rules) If there is no appropriate health-care professional available to evaluate the athlete, the athlete SHOULD NOT be allowed to return to play

9 SUSEQUENT RETURN-TO-PLY PROTOCOL PROTECT PLYERS! Return approved by a physician No exertional activity until symptoms gone for a week egin with low-impact activities like walking Proceed to non-contact skill practices Move to full practice schedule If no recurrence of symptoms, play in game Teach proper techniques for blocking and tackling Monitor equipment fit and usage regularly Call fouls consistently

10 HET POLICY CHNGES INSTITUTIONL HET POLICY Statewide policy modified from guidelines of the merican College of Sports Medicine ased on Wet ulb Globe Temperature reading and not on Heat Index pplies to all sports in all seasons pplies to practices not to games Must be put in writing over coach s signature and given to players parents or guardian each season. PENLTY: Fine ranging from $ $1,000.00

11 CCLIMTIZTION FOOTLL WORKOUTS Five days of acclimatization practices must precede practices in full pads for each player Each day shall have one practice lasting no longer than 2 hours Players shall wear short and not other protective equipment than helmets and mouthpieces The earliest date for acclimatization practices shall be five consecutive week days before ugust 1st FULL PRCTICE GUIDELINES Earliest date to practice in full pads: ugust 1 st (if 5 days of acclimatization practices held) Obviously school may begin later than ugust 1 st, but 5 days of acclimatization practice must occur. ugust 1 st is also first date for two-a-day practices No single workout may last longer than 3 hours Total duration of the 2 practices may not exceed 5 hours Must have at least a 3-hour rest break between sessions ll double-session days must be followed by singlesession day or a day off. DEFINITIONS PRCTICE: period of time that a participant engages in coach-supervised, school-approved sport or conditioning-related activity. TIME FRME: from the time the players report to the practice area until they leave that area. CONDITIONING: Part of practice including longdistance runs, gassers, weight training, etc. WLK THROUGH: one-hour period not considered a part of practice that does not have contact drills, conditioning activities, or weight training HYDRTION/REST REK GUIDELINES Rest times should involve unlimited hydration and no physical activity. For Football or Lacrosse, helmets should be removed The location for rest time should be a cool zone out of direct sunlight With WGT readings over 86: ice sponges or spray bottles filled with ice water should be at cooling zone cold immersion tubs must be available at practice site

12 Illegal Shifts Involving the Quarterback Rule MechaniGram locking elow the Waist Rules 2-3-7, 2-17 PlayPic PlayPic Moving the hands from one position to a position under the center (PlayPic ) is a shift. In all cases, when a shift has occurred (or multiple shifts), all players must come to an absolute stop for a full second prior to the snap. The quarterback receiving the snap immediately upon placing the hands under center would be a foul as there was not an absolute stop (PlayPic ). locking below the waist is legal if: 1.oth players must be lined up in the free-blocking zone at the snap and on the line of scrimmage. The free-blocking zone is defined as 3 yards on either side of the line of scrimmage and 4 yards either side of the ball. 2.The contact/block occurs in the free-blocking zone. 3.The ball is in the free-blocking zone. Illegal locking elow the Waist Rule Hurdling Rule 2-22; 9-4-3d PlayPic PlayPic ILLEGL When lead blockers who were not on the line of scrimmage at the snap are cut by defenders on sweeps or on roll-out passes, it is a violation of the blocking-below-the-waist rule if it occurs by a player who was not originally on the line of scrimmage and occurs outside the free-blocking zone. Hurdling (an attempt by a player to jump (hurdle) with one or both feet or knees foremost over an opponent who is contacting the ground with no part of his body except one or both feet) is illegal. Coaches must teach their players of the inherent dangers associated with this illegal act, and game officials must call it when observed.

13 2012 FOOTLL RULES REMINDERS Football Jerseys Rules 1-5-1b(1-3), 1-5-1c

14 Thank You!