College Coach/Mentor to HS Player: NCAA Rule?

I believe NCAA rules prohibit h.s. players from taking private lessons from college coaches. I know that some college websites mention that their asst. coaches or grad assistants give private lessons to players in 8th grade or below.

Thanks

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12.4.2.1 Fee-for-Lesson Instruction.

A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided: (Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02)

college golf coaches give lessons, not sure why baseball would be different ...
Beezer would probably have some info

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Originally posted by Bee>:

quote:

12.4.2.1 Fee-for-Lesson Instruction.

A student-athlete may receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis, provided: (Revised: 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02)

Bee,
I don't believe that rule is applicable to the question here. That rule applies to the student/athlete recieving compensation for giving lessons.

CPLZ, you were typing faster than I was editing

and the original q above ...
"HS kid getting private lessons from a college assistant coach or player on a regular/paid basis."

btw, "i" before "e" except after "c" ... receive

So an athlete can give lessons, but a coach can't. I guess this doesn't apply to the camps? Or does it fall into the official visit vs. unofficial visit realm for coaches.

My understanding: A kid can contact a coach and make unlimited unofficial visits to campus during contact periods and quiet periods, yes? But the coach can't visit the kid off campus until Sr year during contact period. Lessons don't fall somewhere in this area of unofficial visits/contact?

confusing.

We had a D1 assistant coach here in South Florida and many HS players in this area took lessons from him for years.

I do beleive they went to him for the lessons.

I've searched through the NCAA regulations and found the following:

13.11.3.7 Private Lessons-Women's Golf and Equestrian Exception. An institution’s women’s golf
and equestrian coaches may teach private lessons to a prospective student-athlete in their respective sports, provided
the following conditions are met: (Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
(a) The prospective student-athlete resides within a 50-mile radius of the institution’s main campus;
(b) The coach makes lessons available to the general public;
(c) In women’s golf, lessons are only provided to female prospective student-athletes and the coach is a teaching
professional certified pursuant to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and/or Professional
Golf Association (PGA) certification program; (Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)
(d) Fees charged to the prospective student-athlete are at a rate commensurate with fees charged to all individuals;
(e) Fees charged to the prospective student-athlete are not paid by individuals or entities other than the prospective
student-athlete or his or her parent or legal guardian; and
(f ) The institution keeps on file in the office of the director of athletics documentation of the fee charged for
the lessons and the name of any individual receiving any portion of the fee.

Note that this regulation said "Exception." I assume that private lessons are prohibited for other sports. Strangely enough, however, I could not find the topic of private lessons for other sports addressed anywhere in the NCAA regulations.

Interesting. I've heard of tennis, swim, and baseball assistant coaches who offer private lessons in our area.

Can you imagine the pitching guru - Tom House new USC (Southern Cal)pitching coach- not working with high school aged pitchers? I certainly would think that college pitching coaches working with high school pitchers for free would certainly be against the rules as it could be a form of recruiting.

From what I understand House got an exemption from the NCAA to continue his program