6.6. All coaches, athletic directors, and band directors of member schools who, upon retirement from a full time teaching, school service, or administrative position at a member school, have at least 20 years of service as a coach, athletic director, band director, or combination thereof shall receive a lifetime WVSSAC Courtesy and Identification Card. This card shall allow admittance to any WVSSAC sponsored event. This admittance will be by presentation of the WVSSAC Courtesy and Identification Card and photo identification. Spouses of deceased coaches, athletic directors, and band directors shall have a WVSSAC permanent Courtesy and Identification Card with the same admittance stipulations transferred to them upon request to the WVSSAC. §127-3-7. Out-of-Season Coaching. 7.1. Philosophy -- A student should have the opportunity to engage voluntarily in school athletic activities provided that the student is eligible, that such activities do not interfere with the student’s educational development and their activities do not conflict with the principles of wholesome amateur athletics. The WVSSAC discourages the exploitation of students by overzealous individuals and organizations who attempt to impose an obligation or pressure on the student. Athletic participation should be used for the pleasure and satisfaction that is derived from athletic competition in a variety of experiences. 7.2. With principal approval, each sport program may use 32 flex-days from Monday of Week 49 through Friday of Week 48 of the next academic year. A flex-day is a day, outside the regular season and when a coach may have sport- specific contact with student athletes in the school. Flex-days shall not be used during the first week of each high or middle school sport season. Use of any part of a day for an activity will count as a full day of activity. Eighth grade students from a feeder middle school may participate in flex days at the feeder high school once they have completed their 8 th grade season in that same sport. 7.2.a. These flex days shall be combined with all varsity and sub-varsity sports by teams. (A flex day used by a sport counts for all levels of that sport per school.) Participation must be open to all students, voluntary, and not required directly or indirectly for membership on a school team. Additionally, the (Sunday-Saturday) of July 4 th and two weeks surrounding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day (Sunday-Saturday) shall also be eliminated from flex day use. 7.3. A coach or principal designee of each sport or activity may be present as an observer, lecture participant, staff member, [or in any capacity at any summer camp] during weeks established in §127-3-7.2 and §127-3-7.2.a. 7.4. A coach or designee shall not work with individuals in any form of drills or practice of the grade level coaching assignment and preceding grade level except during those dates specified as the season for that specific sport or as designated in §§127-3-7.2, 127-3-7.2.a, and 127-3-7.3. 7.5. Coaches may participate in a formal development program of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) involving students of the same sport as their coaching assignments. The formal development program must be under the official guidance of the USOC through the National Governing Body (NGB) of the sport. The NGB must assure in writing to the WVSSAC that coaches will receive formal orientation and that strict supervision and monitoring of coaches will ensure that no recruitment or inappropriate influence will be exerted on students. 7.6. Conditioning/Recreation Programs -- Throughout the academic year, students who are not participating in a school’s athletic program may voluntarily participate in an off-season conditioning program. This program also may occur during the summer, subject to county board of education or governing body approval and the following provisions:
7.6.a. Participation in the program must be open to all students enrolled in the school providing the program.
7.6.b. Participation is voluntary and is not required directly or indirectly for membership on a school team.
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