Careful with that. I know you want to be there but rules are rules and you don't want show you can't follow them. What sense does it make to jeopardize your potential job? Just instruct your assistant coaches on what to do and relax a bit. Stay away from the practices if you are supposed to.
What is this "assistant coach" of which you speak?
Actually, I'm allowed to "observe" practice as long as another certified person is there with me, and the 8th grade HC is always there. So what I've been doing is talking loudly to the other coach from the other side of the gym lol!