Not to doubt you, but I've heard similar from our coaches in regards to summer ball. They've said a team couldn't have more than 5 players from a given school on a team in the summer. They built a roster around this requirement. This is in SWO. Not sure if it's an OHSSA thing, or a regional thing. But that's what I've heard from multiple coaches over the last 3 years.
SUMMER: (1 June - 31 July) IF NO SCHOOL COACHES/paid or volunteer, do not coach there is no stipulation on how many from the same team can be on the team. The HS coaches get a total of 10 days of instruction, like the other sports.
Aug 1 hits then the rules change. This was the reason why our town's festival 3 on 3 hoops tourny (in august) had to go to 2 on 2 a number of years ago.
FALL BALL: August 1 thru.....baseball is 4 players.
With the 5 players you are talking about, is that for the summer and a spring coach involved in coaching the team? If you look below on the 50% rule pertaining to 10 days of contact in the summer, a baseball team coached by a school official, paid or volunteer, can only have 10 days of contact PER STAFF.
7.3) Regulations Permitting Students to Participate on Non-School Teams Outside of the School
Team’s Season
7.3.1) Team Sports (Other Than Football) – A member of a school program or team in the team
sports of baseball, basketball, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and volleyball may participate with a non-school program or team in contests, tryouts, training and/or
practices prior to and after the school team’s season under the following condition:
a) The number of team members on the non-school team who came from the same school or
who participated in that sport as a team member at another school in the preceding season
is limited to a maximum of 50 percent of the members of a team as defined in the playing
rules of the sport. The 50 percent team limit is as follows:
SPORTS REGULATIONS
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2019-2020 GENERAL SPORTS REGULATIONS
50% Limitation on Sport Number of squad members
Baseball 4
Basketball 2
Field Hockey 5
Boys Lacrosse 5
Girls Lacrosse 6
Soccer 5
Softball 4
Volleyball 3
Note: Students who did NOT play for a school team the previous year do not count in the 50
percent limitation of that sport.
Exceptions:
a.) The team members limit for the sport of ice hockey shall be five (5).
b.) The 50 percent team limit is not in effect for the sports of basketball, field hockey, ice
hockey, lacrosse, soccer and volleyball from June 1 through July 31.
c.) The 50 percent team limit is not in effect for the sports of baseball and softball from the
Friday before Memorial Day through July 31 provided the members of the school team
have completed their school team’s season.
d.) A member of a school team may continue to participate with a non-school team in a
national qualifying tournament after July 31 until the team is eliminated from the tournament but no later than Labor Day.
e.) Graduating seniors are exempt from the 50 percent participation limitation once their
school season in the same sport has been completed.
f.) These regulations do not apply if the “members” of the non-interscholastic squad are all
siblings (by blood or adoption) and no other player from the same interscholastic squad
is a participant on behalf of the non-interscholastic squad.
10 DAY RULE:
7.5) Regulations Permitting Coaches to Coach Their Own Student-Athletes on Non-School Teams
Outside of the School Team’s Season
7.5.1) Team Sports (10-Day Rule) – Members of a school team’s coaching staff in the team
sports of baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball
and volleyball may coach students from their school teams for a maximum of 10 days from
June 1 through July 31. In addition:
a.) The 10-day limitation applies to the entire coaching staff. Each individual coach is not
entitled to 10 different days for coaching. Ten days refers to any amount of time utilized
during those 10 days (i.e. the regulation does NOT permit 240 total hours of coaching…
10 days of 24 hours each).
b.) In the sport of football, only non-contact football is permitted.
c.) The Board of Directors may further limit the number of contact days during this period
as specified in the specific sports regulations.
d.) See General Sports Regulation 8.2.1 for regulations pertaining to out-of-season instruction, which is different than this regulation on coaching.
7.5.2) So long as the 50 percent limitation is observed, a paid or unpaid school (interscholastic)
coach approved by a Board of Education or other governing board may coach students
from his/her school teams in team play at any time except during the mandatory no-contact
period. See General Sports Regulation 7.3.1 for more details on the 50 percent limitation