High School Ball

[artomatic]

I don't think socal travel teams go dark until Feb 24 or around that date.
She can play in a Valentine's tournament.

[mr softball]

at least for the southern section

[fastpitchdad05]

I don't think socal travel teams go dark until Feb 24 or around that date.
She can play in a Valentine's tournament.

Thanks to Arto and those that clarified my misinterpretation.

[BlacknGold]

Thanks a ton. Really appreciate the link and the help!

[Seventy7Pop]

DD's travel team said she can play as long as she is not on the HS varsity squad or ever plays in any of the varsity games. Since she's on JV, her travel team wants her to practice after the CIF deadline and play in friendlies. Can anyone clarify this to be true?

[WCV 12]

Varsity and J. Varsity are treated the same way- either you play for school and only practice with your travel team or you play travel.

Good luck on you season.

[BoomBoomPow]

DD's travel team said she can play as long as she is not on the HS varsity squad or ever plays in any of the varsity games. Since she's on JV, her travel team wants her to practice after the CIF deadline and play in friendlies. Can anyone clarify this to be true?

DD's TB coach is a knucklehead. I'm just sayin.... THATS HILARIOUS!!!


I must agree with Spaz...DD's TB coach is only looking out for himself...IF your DD is good enough, she may even be asked to "play up" on Varsity during the playoff's and so on....
IF she plays at all with TB, then she is not eligible to play with Varsity squad...missing out on that experience, as well as a possibly a foot in the door on the varsity squad for the following year. Most HS teams, even JV practice and play enough durig the week, that you have to finally say enough is enough and let her enjoy the HS season. TB and the scouts will still be there when we are done. Good Luck!

[CoachRay]

CIF San Diego Section Eligibility (http://www.cifsds.org/eligibility.asp)

Competition On An Outside Team

A student on a high school team becomes ineligible if the student competes in a contest or participates in any way, including practice, on an "outside" team in the same sport, during the student's high school season of sport.

CIF San Diego Section Green Book (http://www.cifsds.org/pdf/Greenbook%202011-12.pdf)

Season of Sport

Section 511, page 34+. Pay special attention to paragraph 511.1

[wichita]

Any chance you have a link to this as documented by CIF? DD HS Coach has told her that she cannot play for TB team beginning in February (not a San Diego HS), but TB team is scheduled to play on Valentine's Day weekend.

I'm pretty sure Spaz said that non-San Diego HS players can practice with their teams but cannot play games.

In other words your coach is right, she cannot play in a Valentines Day TB tourney.

Feel free to correct me if I am misinterpreting. We're in San Diego so ours is more cut and dry...thankfully.

this is off the CIF central section website...

4. SEASON OF SPORT

4.1 The season of the sport of Softball is defined as that period which starts with the first interschool contest and ends with the last regularly scheduled league game or play-off game.

[Iluvblue]

Except for crazy ass SD, which I am AMAZED nobody has sued the CIF SD section, because they would LOSE. But, in the other sections, kids can practice with their club team 7 days a week regardless of the HS team. They can not PLAY in a game one the HS team has had a GAME. A game is not a scrimmage. A game is when they had umpires, teams are in uniforms, and the win or loss goes on the teams record.


IMO(although I havent tested it or made the call) since kids are allowed to practice with the club team, I think they would be ok playing in a friendly in which coaches were calling out and safe and balls and strikes, not an umpire and it was not a tourney. A scrimmage is a practice as defined by HS rules. So if that is the case, a scrimmage for the travel team would also be a PRACTICE in which the HS player would be ok to partake in. JMO, not anything I have ben told by someone in CIF.