There is no miscommunication. Rules 9-11,9-12, 9-13, 9-14 Sunday coaching , activities and athletic contest are prohibited.
May Schools hold or sanction Sunday Practices or interschool Contests?
No, neither member School nor their students may participate in Contests, Practices or clinics on Sunday. (rule 9-13)
May a member of a high school coaching staff in a sport give lessons on Sunday, during the Authorized Practice or Contest Season, to a student who is on a team in that sport?
No, a member of a high school coaching staff may not give lessons to any member of the team on Sunday. (rule 9-13) For example, a tennis coach on the high school coaching staff, who also provides individual or group tennis lessons at the local tennis facility, may not give lessons on Sunday to any member of the tennis team during the Authorized Practice or Contest Season.
May a member of a high school coaching staff have any contact with a team member on Sunday, during the Authorized Practice or Contest Season?
Yes, students and coaches may have contact on Sunday, provided the contact is in no way related to coaching activities or related to athletic participation. May a member of a high school team in an Individual Sport, during the Authorized Practice or Contest Season, participate in a School Practice on Sunday?
No, it is a violation of the Sunday rule for a student athlete to participate in a School Practice on Sunday. A Practice attended by a member of the coaching staff or called by any One (1) connected with the coaching staff is prohibited. For example, if several swimmers on a School team, who also belonged to a non-school club, decided to swim on Sunday at a club practice to prepare for the upcoming state high school swim meet, their practice would violate the Sunday rule if a member of the high school coaching staff called or even encouraged this practice, or if a member of the coaching staff was present during this practice.