Player Development
UIL Contest Rules, Subchapter C, Section 1206
(h) SUMMER STRENGTH/CONDITIONING PROGRAMS. Summer strength and
conditioning programs may be conducted by school coaches for students in grades
7-12 from that coach’s attendance zone only under the following conditions.
(1) Sessions may be conducted by school coaches only on Monday through
Thursday for six weeks during summer vacation until the second Monday in August
and shall be no more than two consecutive hours per day.
(2) A student shall attend no more than one two-hour session (conducted by a
school coach) per day. Schools shall take administrative care to prohibit an athlete
from working with one school coach for two hours and a separate school coach
for another two hours.
(3) Sessi ons conducted by school coaches shall include only students who are
incoming seventh graders or above.
(4) Sessions shall include only strength and conditioning instruction and exercises.
Sport specific skill instruction is prohibited. Sports specific equipment (balls,
dummies, spacer dummies, sleds, contact equipment) is prohibited. Specific
groupings of athletes by sport or position is prohibited.
(5) School shirts, shorts and shoes may be provided by the school.
(6) Attendance shall be voluntary. Coaches shall not require athletes to attend in
order to try out for or participate in any UIL sport. Attendance records shall be
kept, however students shall not be required or allowed to make up missed days.
Students may work out on their own, without direction of the school coach.
(7) Fees, if any, shall be established and approved by the superintendent and
collected by the school. The Texas Education Code requires school districts to
adopt procedures for waiving fees charged for participation if a student is unable to
pay the fee, and the procedures should be made known to the public. Fees for all
other students shall be paid by the students and/or their parents.
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