Athletic Record Book Policies and Standards: A Sport-by-Sport Setup Guide for High School Programs
A three-ring binder with handwritten entries and a painted gymnasium board share one critical flaw: neither has policies. When two coaches disagree about whether a record set during a scrimmage counts, or when a former athlete calls to dispute a time she says was recorded wrong in 1998, programs without written standards have no defensible answer. The athletic record book stops being a source of pride and becomes a source of conflict—not because the records are wrong, but because nobody defined what “right” looks like.
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