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Title: Introduction to Playing and Practice Seasons


1
Introduction to Playing and Practice Seasons
  • Brandy Hataway and Doug Healey
  • Academic and Membership Affairs

2
Overview
  • 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.

3
General Information
4
Guiding 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

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Countable 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

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Countable Athletically Related Activities
  • Exclusions
  • Administrative meetings (e.g., compliance forms).
  • Activities incidental to participation (e.g.,
    injury rehabilitation, ankle taping).
  • Bylaw 17.02.1

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Monitoring Strategies
  • Real Time Information
  • After the Fact Information
  • Random polling of SAs.
  • Comment box.
  • Observe practices.
  • Exit interviews.
  • Open forums.
  • Practice logs.
  • Educational meetings.

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Voluntary 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

9
Playing 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

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Segments 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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Length 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

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General 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

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Declaration 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

15
In-Season Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations
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Definition 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

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In-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

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In-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

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In-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

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In-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

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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

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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

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Case 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

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Case 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

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Out of Season Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations
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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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

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Out-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.

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Out-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

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Case 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

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Case 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

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Safety Exception
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Safety 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

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Safety Exception - Applicable Sports
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Preseason Practice
  • Dates and Calendars

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Preseason 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).

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Formula 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

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Mens 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)

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Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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Mens Water Polo - First Practice Date
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Womens 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

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Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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Womens Volleyball- First Practice Date
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Resources
  • Compliance assistant.
  • Academic and membership affairs.
  • Interpretations phone line.
  • Conference contact program.
  • Coaches/peers.

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Summary
  • General information.
  • In-season activities.
  • Out-of-season activities.
  • Safety exception.
  • Preseason practice calendars.
  • Resources.

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Questions?
  • Thanks for participating!
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