LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title:

Coaching and Advice During Competition

Author:Lance Smith
School:Millard West
NSAA District:2
 
Proposal for:Activities Manual
 
Classes Affected:Class A
Class B
Class C
Activities Affected:Boys Golf
Girls Golf
This proposal:WILL NOT increase costs to the school
WILL NOT increase costs to the NSAA
WILL NOT increase travel for participating schools
WILL NOT decrease a student's or coach's instruction time
Implementation date:2027-08-09
Sections affected in Activities Manual:Page
10
Article
NSAA Golf Guidelines
Section
Coaching and Advice During Competition
Summary:COACHING AND ADVICE DURING COMPETITION

Rule 24.4a is modified under the following Local Rule:
1. Each team may name two advice givers whom players on the team may ask for or receive advice from during a round. When a player is competing only as an individual, including a player from a team competing in an individual play-off, the player may name one advice giver whom the player may ask for or receive advice from during a round. [[However, when a school has two or more players competing as individuals in the same round of competition, the school may instead name two advice givers under the same conditions as a qualified team, and each of the school's individual players may ask for or receive advice from either of those two advice givers.]]

2. Each team or individual must identify the advice giver(s) to the Committee before players on the team or an individual begins his or her round. [[When a school names two advice givers under the multiple-individual exception in paragraph 1, it must identify both advice givers to the Committee before any of its players begins his or her round.]] The advice givers must include the Head Coach and/or One Assistant Coach, who has met all NSAA coaching requirements and who is designated by their school to perform coaching duties. And, the advice giver must wear an identification band, when provided. The team or individual may change its advice giver during the round, but must tell the Committee when it is doing so.

3. A team's advice giver must only give advice to, and ask advice from, players on their team and the team's other advice giver, and must not ask for advice from any other representative of their school, any other advice giver or any other outside influence. [[The same applies to the two advice givers named by a school under the multiple-individual exception in paragraph 1: they may only give advice to, and ask advice from, that school's individual players and each other.]] When a player is competing as an individual [[with only one named advice giver,]] the player's advice giver must only give advice to the player and must not ask advice from any other representative of their school, any other advice giver or any other outside influence. If an advice giver asks advice from someone not allowed, the Committee may revoke their position.
Rationale:Coaches should be allowed to coach their athletes the same as they do all season long. If a team qualifies 4 indivuals, they are put at a big disadvantage to team qualifiers by only being able to identify one advice giver per golfer. A head coach and assistant coach should be able to plan their rounds with the expectation to be able to coach their athletes if they have multiple individual qualifiers just as a team can.
Pros:More coaching for the athletes and less logistical challenges for coaches.
Cons:Takes away one of the advantages of qualifying as a team.