Legaleze...

That language sounds like it's referring to coaches who also coach team sports at the Club level. As in, they can't coach an entire travel team of their own high school players. Do you have a link to the entire rule?

Thanks for the thoughts...they are really clear on that issue...

.04G(1) “Member schools and coaches of member schools shall confine all organized

or formal practice for a contestant or a team to the seasonal limitations as defined

in Regulation .03.” For baseball March 1, through the last playoff game of the season.

Interpretation: Any individual, group, or team gathering that has assembled outside the scheduled season for the purpose of instruction and is under the direction of any member of the school coaching staff would constitute a violation.

I am glad I am not the only one who doesn't instantly understand them...

I think those .04G rules are just about teams/coaches activities while representing the school out of season, not about outside activities.

When I read it from that perspective it seems to make sense, at least more sense than anything else I can come up with.  Thanks!!

Looks to me like it's saying what others have said, referring to an "outside" team.  And it only applies during the school year.  This rule does not sound like it's talking about any "summer" activities.  So, if a coach wanted to have a fall travel baseball team for instance, and that team had 9 returning starters from the HS team, two of them could not play on that fall team.