Lakes Community High School

Track and Field Team Policies and Procedures

 

  1. Practices
    1. Indoor and outdoor practices will be held as outlined by your event coach.
    2. All athletes are expected to be on time.
    3. If you cannot practice as a result of injury, report to the training room for treatment, then report back to your event coach.
    4. If you can’t complete a full practice two days before a invite, conference, sectional or state meet you will not be allowed to compete.  If it happens to be a home meet you are required to assist your event coach in some way.
    5. The only acceptable absences from practice are, school or tutor work, injury, illness (must notify your individual event coach), or a family emergency.  Any unexcused absences will result in missing the following meet.  If you have three or more unexcused absences you will be subject to meeting with the coaching staff and the athletic director.
    6. In-season strength training is mandatory.  To be eligible to compete in a meet, you must have completed your assigned weight work out.  (See event coach)
  2. Alcohol and Drugs
    1. Athletes will refrain from the following
    2. Possession, consumption, purchase, or sale of tobacco products
    3. Possession, consumption, purchase of alcohol
    4. Possession, consumption, purchase of steroids or other controlled substances, look-alike drugs or related drug paraphernalia
    5. Acts of violence in or out of school
    6. Attending parties where underage drinking is happening
    7. Hazing in any way in or out of school
    8. Harassment of any athlete or activity member

                                                               i.      1st offense- Miss two meets, parent call

                                                             ii.      2nd offense- Miss four meets, parent/ coach/ athlete/ athletic director meeting

                                                            iii.      3rd offense- Dismissal from team

  1. Equipment
    1. All school equipment checked out to you becomes your responsibility.  You will pay for anything lost by you, no questions asked.  Prices:

 

  1. Poor sporting behavior
    1. This conduct will not be condoned.  Your immediate removal from the meet or practice will take place.  If your conduct happens a during or after a meet you will be suspended from the next meet
    2. A second offense in the same season will be grounds for removal from all remaining meets.
    3. Swearing, throwing of items, inappropriate gestures all fall in this category.