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Information for Indiana Soccer Coaches
Welcome to the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association home on the web.
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 . . . . . August 22, 2008 Dear Head Soccer Coach,
Hall of Fame Nominations Hall of Fame nominations are being accepted for the Class of 2008. If you have a Coach you would like to nominate please review the Eligibility information below and review the other details found on the Hall of Fame page of our website. Eligibility:
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION In conjunction with INDIANA SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION YELLOW CARD (CAUTION) ACCUMULATION POLICY Approved March 2008 It is the intention of the IHSAA and ISCA to address the issue of the accumulation of Yellow Cards during the soccer season by an individual player or coach. The situations surrounding Red Cards are dealt with directly under the IHSAA By-Laws and the NFHS Soccer Rules and will not change. The consequences for the accumulation of excessive Yellow Cards will be as follows: 1. Any player or coach who receives a total of five cautions in one season shall be suspended from and may not participate in the next regularly scheduled game, including postseason games. Suspended players or coaches must serve their suspension in the next scheduled contest. Yellow card accumulations will carry over into post-season play including IHSAA Tournament Series contests. If the total is reached in the final post-season contest the suspension will be served in the first game of the following year. 2. If a player or coach receives an additional three cautions after the first suspension, an additional one game penalty would apply and the process would be repeated after the next three cautions. 3. Players and coaches will only count a maximum of one caution in any game for the purposes of this rule. 4. Each school is responsible for maintaining accurate records of all cautions received during the season and the post-season tournament. Schools must notify the IHSAA Assistant Commissioner responsible for Soccer when the player or coach reaches the suspension level. 5. Suspended players may not dress but may be on the bench. Suspended coaches are prohibited from having contact with the team members or coaching staff beginning at the end of the school day of the contest until 30 minutes after the completion of that contest. The suspended coach may not attend the game nor shall he/she be on school premises. 6. Any illegal participation of suspended players or coaches may result in the forfeiture of the contest. *********************************************************************************************** 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. **********************************************************
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 **********************************************************
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