Title: Introduction to Playing and Practice Seasons
1Introduction to Playing and Practice Seasons
- Brandy Hataway and Doug Healey
- Academic and Membership Affairs
2Overview
- General information.
- In-season hour limitations and permissible
activities. - Out-of-season hour limitations and permissible
activities. - Safety exception.
- Preseason practice dates and calendars.
- Resources.
3General Information
4Guiding Principle
- The time required of student-athletes (SAs) for
participation in intercollegiate athletics shall
be regulated to minimize interference with their
opportunities for acquiring a quality education
in a manner consistent with that afforded to the
general student-body. - NCAA Constitution 2.14
5Countable Athletically Related Activities
- Any required activity with an athletics purpose.
- At the direction of, or supervised by, a coach.
- Includes strength and conditioning coaches.
- NCAA Bylaw 17.02.1
6Countable Athletically Related Activities
- Exclusions
- Administrative meetings (e.g., compliance forms).
- Activities incidental to participation (e.g.,
injury rehabilitation, ankle taping). - Bylaw 17.02.1
7Monitoring Strategies
- After the Fact Information
- Random polling of SAs.
- Comment box.
- Observe practices.
- Exit interviews.
- Open forums.
- Practice logs.
- Educational meetings.
8Voluntary Athletically Related Activities
- Not required to report back.
- Includes athletics department staff members.
- e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager.
- Initiated and requested by the SA.
- Attendance and participation not recorded.
- No penalty for not participating.
- No recognition or incentives for participating.
- Bylaw 17.02.13
9Playing Season
- Time between first official practice and last
practice session or date of competition. - Only permissible to conduct practice and
competition during the playing season. - Same playing season for varsity and subvarsity
teams. - Bylaw 17.1.1
10Segments of Playing Season
- Sports other than football and basketball.
- Not more than two distinct segments.
- Championship segment.
- Nonchampionship segment.
- Bylaw 17.1.2
- Football and basketball.
- Start of preseason practice and end of regular
playing season determined by NCAA legislation. - Bylaws 17.3.1 and 17.9.1
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12Length of Playing Season
- Team sports 132 days.
- Individual sports 144 days.
- Women's rowing 156 days.
- Indoor and outdoor track and field 156 days.
- Bylaw 17._.1
13General Regulations
- Makeup contests.
- NCAA or NAIA championship participation.
- Team sports.
- Individual sports.
- Post-NCAA championship participation.
- Conference championships.
- Non-NCAA postseason championships participation.
- Foreign tours.
- Bylaw 17.1.7
14Declaration of Playing Season
- Institutions must declare the playing season for
each sport. - Kept on file in the athletics department.
- In writing.
- Prior to the beginning of playing season for that
sport. - Changes should be filed with the director of
athletics' office. - Bylaw 17.1.3
15In-Season Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations
16Definition of a Day/Week
- Day a calendar day (i.e., midnight (12 a.m.)
through 1159 p.m.). - Week as any seven consecutive days.
- Institutions may define their week (e.g., Monday
through Sunday, Saturday through Friday, etc.). - Week defined by sport not institution.
- Institutions may not change the seven-day period
for the remainder of the segment. - Bylaw 17.1.6.3
17In-Season Hour Limitations
- Maximum of 20 hours per week.
- Maximum of four hours per day.
- Golf practice round exception.
- May exceed four hours but 20-hour limit still
applicable. - At tournament site day before tournament three
hours. - Multisport SAs.
- Limited to four hours per day and 20 hours per
week. - Competition day three hours.
- Includes any associated athletically related
activities. - Bylaws 17.1.6.1 and 17.1.6.3.2
18In-Season Hour Limitations
- Practice after competition is prohibited
- Exception between contests, rounds or events
during a multiday or multi-event competition. - Countable athletically related activities are
prohibited between midnight and 5 a.m. - Exceptions
- Conference or NCAA championship.
- Contest that begins before but concludes after
midnight. - Promotional practice activity (e.g., first
practice of season). - Bylaw 17.1.6
19In-Season Hour Limitations
- Must take one day off each week.
- Includes final exam periods.
- May use travel day as day off, provided no
countable athletically related activities occur. - Basketball exception.
- Bylaw 17.1.6
20In-Season Hour Limitations Exceptions
- Daily and weekly hour limitations do not apply
during - Preseason practice before first day of class or
competition, whichever is earlier. - Institutional vacation periods.
- Daily and weekly hour limitations do apply during
final exam periods. - Bylaw 17.1.6.4
21 Missed Class Time
- SAs may not miss class to attend practice.
- Regular academic term, mini term or summer term.
- Exceptions practice in conjunction with
- Away-from-home contest.
- Conference or NCAA championship.
- Practice activities after reporting for home
contest. - Associated pregame activities necessary for the
contest. - May 22, 1991, staff interpretation.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.6.1
22 Missed Class Time
- Exceptions
- On-campus practice prior to departing to
away-from-home contest. - Practice activities must occur on day of
departure. - February 20, 1991, staff interpretation.
- Home contest at site (other than the
institutions regular home facility) located
outside institutions locale. - February 10, 1999, staff interpretation.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.6.1
23Case Study 1
- Mens basketball team loses home game to its
in-state rival, 101-69. Game ends at 930 p.m. - Coach wants to have practice and conditioning
after the fans and media have cleared the arena. - Is this permissible?
- No. Countable athletically related activities
(CARA) after competition is prohibited unless
between contests, rounds or events during
multi-day or multi-event competition. - Bylaw 17.1.6.3.2.1
- What if the players report back to the arena at
1201 a.m.? - No. CARA is prohibited between midnight and 5
a.m. unless (1) Conference/NCAA championship,
(2) Competition begins before but concludes after
12 a.m. or (3) Promotional practice activity. - Bylaw 17.1.6.6.2
24Case Study 2
- Volleyball team is leaving for away-from-home
contest at 3 p.m. - Coach wants to have practice from 1230 to 230
p.m. before the team departs. - Can SAs miss class to attend practice?
- Yes. May miss class to attend on-campus practice
prior to departing to away-from-home contest. - February 20, 1991, staff interpretation
25Out of Season Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations
26Out-of-Season Hour Limitations
- Limited to eight hours per week.
- Required two days off per week.
- Countable athletically related activities
prohibited one week prior to final exams through
conclusion of each SAs exams. - Bylaws 17.1.6.2 and 17.1.6.5
27Out-of-Season Hour Limitations
- Permissible activities
- Weight training.
- Conditioning.
- Football film review.
- Maximum of two hours per week.
- Sports other than football - skill instruction.
- Maximum of two hours per week.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.2
28Out-of-Season Hour Limitations
- Conditioning drills all sports
- May simulate game activities provided
- No offensive or defensive alignments are set up
and - No equipment related to the sport is used.
- Exceptions Ice hockey (skates for on-ice
conditioning) and swimming and diving (e.g.,
starting blocks, kickboards and pull buoys). - Bylaw 17.1.6.2.4
29Out-of-Season Hour Limitations
- Skill instruction sports other than
football/baseball. - No limit on number of SAs.
- September 15 - April 15.
- Limited to four SAs.
- First day of classes to September 15 and
- April 15 until week prior to final exams.
- At any one time in any facility.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.2.2
30Out-of-Season Hour Limitations
- Skill instruction - baseball only.
- No limit on number of SAs.
- September 15 until one week prior to fall final
exams. - January 15 - April 15.
- Limited to four SAs .
- First day of classes until September 15.
- First day of classes for second term until
January 15. - For institutions that begin classes prior to
January 15. - April 16 until one week prior to final exam
period. - At any one time in any facility.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.2.3
31Out-of-Season Hour Limitations Skill
Instruction Publicity
- Skill-related instruction
- Shall not be publicized and
- Shall not be conducted in view of a general
public audience. - Bylaws 17.1.6.2.2 and 17.1.6.2.3
32Out-of-Season Hour Limitations Football
- Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
- Activities between last contest and January 1
- Weight training, conditioning and film review.
- January 1 and the start of preseason practice
- Weight training, conditioning and film review.
- Eight weeks designated as SA discretionary time
(on file). - No required workouts and no recommendations to
engage in strength and conditioning training. - Strength and conditioning coach may monitor
facility for health and safety purposes. - Limited to eight hours per week, with not more
than two hours spent on film review. - Bylaws 17.1.6.2 and 17.9.6
33Out-of-Season Hour Limitations Football
- NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
- Last contest and the start of summer
conditioning - Weight training, conditioning and film review.
- Limited to eight hours per week, with not more
than two hours spent on film review. - Bylaw 17.1.6.2
- Summer conditioning (FBS/FCS).
- Nine consecutive weeks between end of year and
first permissible reporting date. - One week of SA discretionary time and eight weeks
of nonmandatory weightlifting and conditioning. - Spring practice (FBS/FCS).
- Bylaws 17.9.6.1, 17.9.6.2 and 17.9.6.4
34Out-of-Season Vacation Periods
- CARA is prohibited outside the playing season
during a vacation period. - Includes summer vacation.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.2.1
- In individual sports, coaches may participate in
individual workout sessions with SAs from their
team. - SA must initiate/request the assistance.
35Out-of-Season Vacation Periods
- Department-wide strength and conditioning coaches
may design and conduct specific workout programs
for SAs, provided such workouts - Are voluntary and
- Are conducted at the request of the SA.
- In FCS football, certified strength and
conditioning coaches may also be countable
coaches. - Bylaw 17.1.6.2.1
36Case Study 3
- FBS football coach wants to focus on his teams
football IQ during the off-season. - Coach plans to have his SAs spend four hours per
week doing weight training and four hours per
week watching film. - Is this permissible?
- No maximum of two hours per week out of season
doing film review. - Bylaw 17.1.6.2
37Case Study 4
- Mens basketball team loses in the conference
championship game March 12. - Not selected for NCAA Tournament or NIT.
- Coach plans skill instruction before the NCAA
championship game, which is scheduled for April
4. - Is this permissible?
- Yes. Out-of-season skill instruction is
permissible before conclusion of NCAA
championship. - Is the skill instruction limited to four SAs?
- No. No limit September 15 to April 15.
- Bylaw 17.1.6.2
38Safety Exception
39Safety Exception
- Coach may be present
- During voluntary individual workouts.
- In the institutions regular practice facility.
- Involving use of sport-specific equipment.
- Coach may provide safety or skill instruction but
cannot conduct the individuals workout. - Bylaw 17._.7
40Safety Exception - Applicable Sports
41Preseason Practice
42Preseason Practice Start Dates
- NCAA fall championship sports (other than
football/volleyball) - 21 practice units prior to first contest.
- Football
- 40 practice units prior to first contest.
- Not more than 29 on-field practices.
- Womens volleyball
- 29 practice units prior to the first contest or
September 1 (whichever is later). - Mens basketball
- Not earlier than 5 p.m. of the Friday nearest to
October 15 (e.g., October 14, 2011). - Womens basketball
- Not earlier than 5 p.m. on the date that is 40
days prior to the first regular contest (no more
than 30 days of countable athletically related
activities ). - All other sports
- September 7 or the first day of classes
(whichever is earlier).
43Formula for Determining Preseason Practice
- One each day beginning with the opening day of
classes. - One during week of first scheduled contest,
each day classes are not in session. - Two other days in the preseason practice
period. - Exclude Sundays.
- Bylaw 17.02.11
44Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
- Date that permits 21 practice units.
- Before the first scheduled contest.
- Shall not occur prior to the first Saturday in
September. - Bylaw 17.26.2-(a)
45Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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46Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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47Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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48Womens Volleyball First Date of Practice
- Date that permits 29 practice units.
- Before the first contest or September 1,
whichever is later. - If first competition is before September 1, use
one practice unit for each day from September 1
first scheduled competition. - Then, use practice-unit formula.
- Bylaws 17.25.2 and 17.02.11
49Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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50Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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51Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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52Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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53Resources
- Compliance assistant.
- Academic and membership affairs.
- Interpretations phone line.
- Conference contact program.
- Coaches/peers.
54Summary
- General information.
- In-season activities.
- Out-of-season activities.
- Safety exception.
- Preseason practice calendars.
- Resources.
55Questions?
- Thanks for participating!