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2010-11 NFHS Spirit Rules Interpretations
Updated 8-19-2010
Situation 1:
A
participant performs while wearing a knee brace that is: (a) made of
hard material with metal hinges; (b) padded with a closed-cell, slow
recovery foam padding no less than ½ inch thick.
Ruling:
(a) Illegal; (b) Legal.
Comment: A
neoprene sleeve
appropriate covering.
Coaches must ensure that coverings do not restrict
movement of
hinges (2-2-8, page15).
Situation 2:
A
flyer performs a double twist to a cradle on:
(a) grass; (b)
cheer performance mat; (c) a gymnasium floor; (d) wet grass.
Ruling:
(a) and (b) Legal; (c)
and (d) illegal.
Comment: A twist to a
cradle involving more than 1 ¼ rotations is permitted only on
appropriate mats, grass,
rubberized surfaces and soft-yielding surfaces.
(2-6-7,
page17)
Situation 3:
A flyer drops to suspended splits while in contact with:
(a) a bracer on each side holding a hand;
(b) one bracer
who holds both the flyer’s hands; (c) one bracer who holds one of
the flyer’s hands.
Ruling:
(a) and (b) legal;
(c) illegal.
(2-8-14, page 20)
**Please note change in this rule interpretation from clinics.
One
bracer may brace
both hands of the flyer.
The flyer must have both
hands in the hands of the bracer(s).
The stunt does not necessarily
require two bracers.
Situation 4:
During a series of release transition in which a bracer on
each side holds the flyer’s hand, the bases pop the flyer into a
suspended split.
Ruling:
Legal (2-8-14, page 20) and new situation illustrating
2-8-14-f.
Situation 5:
A participant: (a) in a
shoulder stand , grasp the hands of the post who is standing in
front of the stunt, and performs a shoot-through landing in the
hands of the two bases who are standing in front of the post;
(b) performs a leap frog over a base who in on hands and
knees; (c) performs a handspring vault over a bases who is on hands
and knees; (d) in a
shoulder stand, grasp the hands of a post who is standing behind the
stunt, and performs a backward vault, landing in the arms of the
four catchers in a face-down layout position.
Ruling:
(a) and (b) Legal; (c) and (d) illegal.
Comment: (d) is
illegal per rule
2-12-2 (2-14) (page 22 and page 23).
Added new situation 2-12-2 (page 35) illustrating that
backward vaults to a layout are not legal.
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