The UIL allows schools and school coaches to conduct strength and conditioning programs under the following conditions.
a. Limitations. Sessions may be conducted from the first day of summer vacation through the fourth Thursday in July. A session shall be no more than two consecutive hours per day, Monday through Thursday, and a student shall attend no more than one session of supervised instruction per day.
b. Activities Allowed. The sessions shall include only strength and conditioning instruction and exercises. No specific
sports skills shall be taught and no specific sports equipment, such as balls, dummies, sleds, contact equipment, etc., shall be used. School shorts, shirts and shoes may be provided by the school (local school option).
c. Attendance. Attendance in a maximum of one session per day shall be voluntary and not required in order to try out for or participate in any UIL activity. Attendance records shall be kept, however, students shall not be required or allowed to make up missed days or workouts.
d. Fees. Fees, if any, shall be established by the superintendent and collected by the school. Any payment to coaches shall be from the school and from no other source.
Important points to remembers for coaches, athletes and parents are as follows:
• Strength and conditioning sessions may be held after the last official day of school through the fourth Thursday in July.
• Sessions may be conducted by school coaches only on Monday through Thursday of each week.
• Sessions conducted by coaches shall be no more than two consecutive hours per day.
• A student shall not attend more than one two-hour session (conducted by a school coach) per day.
• Sessions conducted by school coaches shall only include students who are incoming ninth graders or above from their attendance zone.
• Sessions shall include only strength and conditioning instruction and exercises.
• Sport specific skill instruction is prohibited.
• Sports specific equipment (balls, dummies, sleds, contact equipment) is prohibited.
• School shirts, shorts and shoes may be provided by the school (local school option).
• Attendance shall be voluntary. Coaches shall not require athletes to attend in order to try out for or participate in any UIL sport.
• Attendance records shall be kept, however students shall not be required or allowed to make up missed days.
Students may work out on their own, without direction of the school coach.
• Fees, if any, shall be established and approved by the superintendent and collected by the school.
• Any payment for conducting strength and conditioning sessions to school coaches who instruct students from their attendance zone shall be from the school and no other source.
• Schools must take administrative care to prohibit an athlete from working with one school coach for two hours and a separate school coach for another two hours.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: May a school coach conduct a strength and conditioning program this summer?
A.: Yes, beginning no earlier than the first day of summer vacation and ending no later than the fourth
Thursday in July.
Q: May school coaches be paid for conducting these sessions?
A: Yes, if payment is provided by the school and no other source.
Q: In what activities are school coaches allowed to give instruction during these summer sessions?
A: Weight training, including a specific workout plan for each individual, agility, running programs,
plyometrics, running bleachers and other conditioning exercises.
Q: May school coaches group athletes by sport or position?
A: No. Student athletes are allowed to receive instruction from school coaches however, specific
groupings of athletes by sport or position is prohibited.
Q: Are spacer dummies allowed for agility purposes?
A: No.
Q: Are athletes allowed to attend an open gym or weight room before or after a supervised session?
A: Yes, provided the student is not receiving additional instruction from a school coach and the facilities
are available to other students in the school as described in Section 1206 (h).
Q: May sessions be conducted for students in middle school or below?
A: No. Supervised sessions may be conducted only for students entering the ninth through twelfth
grades. Incoming seventh and eighth grade students may use school facilities, but may not receive
instruction from a school coach.
Q: May a school allow outside groups to conduct strength and conditioning sessions?
A: Yes.
Q: May outside groups or individuals hire school coaches to conduct strength and conditioning programs
for students from the coaches' attendance zone?
A: Yes, provided they comply with the aforementioned guidelines regarding limits on time, equipment,
fees, payment, etc. Any payment to a school coach must be provided by the school and no other source.
Q: Are outside groups and individuals allowed to conduct strength and conditioning programs after the
fourth Thursday in July?
A: An outside organization that does not utilize school coaches in any manner, with the exception of
facility supervision, could continue to provide their program past the fourth Thursday in July. If at any
point school coaches are involved in working with the students from their own attendance zone as part of
this program, the program must end on the fourth Thursday and follow the established guidelines of the
Legislative Council.
Q: May school booster clubs pay coaches for conducting these programs?
A: No. However, school booster clubs may provide funds to the school to offset expenses associated with
strength and conditioning programs.
Q: May school booster clubs pay fees for an individual athlete to participate in a school sponsored
summer strength and conditioning program?
A: No. However, a school booster club could provide funds to the local school to help offset the cost of
the program for the school. Funds are not to be specified for any particular athlete or group of athletes.
Q: May schools waive or reduce fees for strength and conditioning programs sponsored by the school?
A: Yes, The Texas Education Code requires school districts to adopt procedures for waiving fees charged
for participation if a student is unable to pay the fee, and the procedures must be made known to the
public. Fees for all other students shall be paid by the students and/or their parents.
Q: Who determines what fees, if any, are to be charged to the student?
A: The school superintendent.
Q: Can the football coach conduct a session with an athlete for one hour and the basketball coach conduct
a session for another hour?
A: Yes, provided these are conducted in consecutive hours and there is no specific grouping of athletes by
sport or position and no sport specific instruction provided.
Q: What penalty will be assessed to a coach for requiring a student to participate in a strength and
conditioning program?
A: A range of penalties from reprimand to suspension.