(1) “Association” means an organization that administers or conducts high-risk youth athletic activities on property that is owned, leased, managed, or maintained by:
- (A) The state;
- (B) An agent of the state; or
- (C) A political subdivision of the state;
- (2) “Athletics personnel” means athletic directors and other individuals actively involved in organizing, training, or coaching athletic activities for individuals who are fourteen (14) years of age or younger;
(3)
- (A) “Coach” means any individual, whether paid, unpaid, volunteer, or interim, who has been approved by an association to organize, train, or supervise a youth athlete or team of youth athletes.
- (B) “Coach” may include without limitation an individual selected by a youth athlete or a team of youth athletes who has not been approved by an association if the individual approved by an association is unavailable;
(4) “High-risk youth athletic activities” means any organized sport in which there is a significant possibility for a youth athlete to sustain a serious physical injury, including without limitation the sports of:
- (A) Football;
- (B) Basketball;
- (C) Baseball;
- (D) Volleyball;
- (E) Soccer;
- (F) Ice or field hockey;
- (G) Cheerleading; and
- (H) Lacrosse;
- (5) “Residence course” means a course in which the athletic personnel or coach goes to an institutional campus or instructional site as opposed to a course where the athletic personnel or coach completes the course online; and
(6) “Youth athlete” means an individual who:
- (A) Is fourteen (14) years of age or younger; and
- (B) Participates in an organized sport.