stupid high school rules...

[erictheking]

during my high school season, if u get a yellow card at any point in the game u have to be subbed off. thats the gayest ruling i have ever herd.

How easy do you pick up cards over there. I can't think of a single time when someone got booked when I played at school.

[Case]

Ay yo, coming from THE home of association football (the original rules were drawn up here at Cambridge Uni.) I can say that those r the biggest pile of turd since Sepp Blatter last opened his mouth.
No balls until august? Unfair advantage! So they gonna ban team from having good players as well? Only unfit kids who can't pass or shoot, can't be giving away an unfair advantage.

[NHRef]

the not playing together as a team is NOT a soccer rule, its a league rule. No sports team can practice until a certain time before the season, this goes for all sports across all seasons. However, as long as the coach isn't there and its not technically required, then its just a bunch of friends playing around. High School was a long time ago for me, but I remember having practice for most of the summer, it was called "captains practice" and you didn't really need to go, you were happily excused for work, vacation etc. It was just assumed if you weren't doing something else, you were there.

Of course I am sure the coaches were talking to the captains. It was just as much of a "get in shape" thing as technical practice.

[all_conference]

the not playing together as a team is NOT a soccer rule, its a league rule. No sports team can practice until a certain time before the season, this goes for all sports across all seasons. However, as long as the coach isn't there and its not technically required, then its just a bunch of friends playing around. High School was a long time ago for me, but I remember having practice for most of the summer, it was called "captains practice" and you didn't really need to go, you were happily excused for work, vacation etc. It was just assumed if you weren't doing something else, you were there.

Of course I am sure the coaches were talking to the captains. It was just as much of a "get in shape" thing as technical practice.

same here in Green Bay, Wisconsin

[romagol10]

the not playing together as a team is NOT a soccer rule, its a league rule. No sports team can practice until a certain time before the season, this goes for all sports across all seasons. However, as long as the coach isn't there and its not technically required, then its just a bunch of friends playing around. High School was a long time ago for me, but I remember having practice for most of the summer, it was called "captains practice" and you didn't really need to go, you were happily excused for work, vacation etc. It was just assumed if you weren't doing something else, you were there.

Of course I am sure the coaches were talking to the captains. It was just as much of a "get in shape" thing as technical practice.

My high school team had captains practices as well, mostly for conditioning because we played in the spring and could only actually play when the gym wasn't being used by the basketball teams or track (snow outside).

The sub for yellow card rule is ridiculous. And in Iowa if a player gets 3 red cards (or something like that) over the course of their high school career they get banned from playing (there can be appeals though). Atleast we had a center official and 2 AR's for our Junior Varsity and Varsity games.

[sunburnt]

have the 1 yellow-sub rule. have the 2 inch shinguard rule(i waited to be checked and then i pulled it up a little), didnt have any cases of the 2 yellow rule so i wouldnt know, the 14 day thign we didnt have (well i actually think the coach just broke the rules cause he was there to provide the balls and tell us what to do).

this year so far, havent touched a ball yet, just conditioning. and i guess camp is an exception for touching the ball then.

[dienasty]

the only thing i dont agree with is that you cant actually start forming team chemistry with a ball until about a week before the first game which is usually like Febuary 25th or something like here in georgia. it really doesnt produce well bonded teams or a good playing enviroment when you first got to kick a ball with your teammates only a week or two before the first game

[guado]

have the 1 yellow-sub rule. have the 2 inch shinguard rule(i waited to be checked and then i pulled it up a little), didnt have any cases of the 2 yellow rule so i wouldnt know, the 14 day thign we didnt have (well i actually think the coach just broke the rules cause he was there to provide the balls and tell us what to do).

this year so far, havent touched a ball yet, just conditioning. and i guess camp is an exception for touching the ball then.

about the pulling up of the guards... i was in a few games last year where pretty much everyone pulled up their shinguards after being checked. then the ref had a hissy fit and stopped the game completely and made everyone pull down their shinguards. then anyone who had them too high was carded.

[stickguy13]

does ne body know the rules for maryland high schools?

[Gar7]

The CIAC here in Connecticut has similiar requirements. It is all about competitive balance. A load of bollocks more like. Anyway, you have to play by the rule set by the high school athletic league assocations. Get around the "no practice rule" by attending a camp, assist in running one, or informally get the team together for a kickabout. For me, one of the sillisest rules for 14-18 year old high school kids (and it also applies for college) is the free subs rule. You get subbed out, you can get subbed back in. It is the same in youth soccer. How can anyone become fir enough for 90 minutes when some players are subbed every twenty to thirty minutes a match?

And for those of you on the other side of the pond, "soccer" was coined by the British in the first place, so know your history lads, and what does it matter what Yanks call it anyway? Shouldn't it be enough that we all love, play and watch the beautiful game? Isn't it refreshing to have teenage American kids a little bit pissed that rules set aside by the athletic conferences governing hogh school sports are seen as idiotic and detremental to their football development. To me it shows that for those kids who have passion and desire to do well in soccer, they want it played fairly, but by the FIFA rules.

[riceburner3508]

here in maryland, two yellows is just like in the pros, red, and you cant sub someone back in. and as for someone saying that in school no one gets cards, well i dont know about anywhere else, but ive seen some multi reds handed out to players from fist fights in the middle of the game.

ive been practicing twice a week all summer. i think its illegal, unless the practices are optional. either way, my coach doesnt care, we would have the practices anyway. and for me preseason starts on august 9th.

this is just for my region in maryland. i think it probably differs from region to region, depending on wat the athletic board thinks.

[WV bobcat]

What region are you in for Maryland?

[dasoccerplayafosho]

[QUOTE=Lampard123]you can easily get around the 'no kicking the ball with coach' by getting together and your captain being in charge.QUOTE]

Our team has a huge advantage -
Our club team IS our high school team, even the same coach, with 2 less players, who never play in high school anyways. As long as we don't practice on the high school field, we're fine. We can even practice with the 2 players, because they are listed as "practice players" and "tournament guest players".

We've been together for 5 years now, and are in division one in club, 3 divisions over the next team only from 1 high school, so needless to say, everyone around here is expecting us to take the championship, and that's putting a lot of targets on our back (which I guess we're getting used to) anyone else have the same deal going on?
Austen

[all_conference]

Our team has a huge advantage -
Our club team IS our high school team, even the same coach, with 2 less players, who never play in high school anyways. As long as we don't practice on the high school field, we're fine. We can even practice with the 2 players, because they are listed as "practice players" and "tournament guest players".

We've been together for 5 years now, and are in division one in club, 3 divisions over the next team only from 1 high school, so needless to say, everyone around here is expecting us to take the championship, and that's putting a lot of targets on our back (which I guess we're getting used to) anyone else have the same deal going on?
Austen

Here in Green Bay, Wisconsin. High school coaches aren't allowed to coach their players during the summer for club teams. But team mates can play on the same team if they wanted to. The first date we start practicing for high school is August 16th.

[riceburner3508]

i'm in howard county, but i go to a private school. where you from?

[riceburner3508]

dasoccerplayafosho, i dont know if youve ever heard of em, but theres a maryland club team called the Potomac Bays. theyve won a couple national titles in the past couple years i think. pretty much that whole team represents Mount Saint Joseph High School, which is also one of the best high school sports schools in the US. im sure that this club-high school team thing is pretty common, especially with a lot of the private schools that tend to recruit players.

[WV bobcat]

I live in Calvert County and go to Northern. Team is in SMAC conference.

[jahmerican]

i think some of the dumbest rules are the shinguard distance from ankle one and the two red cards and out for rest of season

[all_conference]

about the pulling up of the guards... i was in a few games last year where pretty much everyone pulled up their shinguards after being checked. then the ref had a hissy fit and stopped the game completely and made everyone pull down their shinguards. then anyone who had them too high was carded.

why do you want to pull the shinguard up anyways? the 2 inch rules says it all and were meant to be there for a reason, you aren't going to be kicked higher, so what's the point of pushing it higher than 2 inches anyways? explain explain

[all_conference]

why do you want to pull the shinguard up anyways? the 2 inch rules says it all and are meant to be there for a reason, you aren't going to be kicked higher, so what's the point of pushing it higher than 2 inches anyways? explain explain

oops, accidently replied to my own post, please delete