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Playing & Practice Seasons Practice and Competition Seasons, bylaw 17.1.1: The playing (i.e., practice and competition) season for a particular sport is the period of time between the date of an institution's first officially recognized practice session and the date of the institution's last practice session or competition, whichever occurs later. An institution is permitted to conduct officially recognized practice and competition each academic year only during the playing season as regulated for each sport in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw. Length of Playing Season: In sports other than football and basketball, a specific number of days will determine the length of an institution's playing season, as follows:
Institutions are provided the opportunity to conduct two distinct segments within the playing season. The two segments (each consisting of consecutive days) may exclude only required days off per NCAA bylaw 17.1.5 and official vacation, holiday, and final examination periods, during which no practice or competition shall occur. Daily and Weekly Hour Limitations: During the declared playing and practice season, a student athlete's participation in countable athletically related activities shall be limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week. Skill Instruction: Outside the playing season, during the academic year, student athletes are limited to eight hours a week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spend on individual skill instruction. Chapter Related Forms: A summary of forms related to playing and practice seasons. Declaration of Playing and Practice Season (Men's/Women's Basketball): Each coach must submit and have on file in the Director of Athletics' office prior to the beginning of the institution's playing season, a declaration of the practice and competition seasons for his/her particular sport. These must be in accordance with bylaw 17.1, General Playing Season Regulations. Declaration of Playing and Practice Season (Individual Sports): Each coach must submit and have on file in the Director of Athletics' office prior to the beginning of the institution's playing season, a declaration of the practice and competition seasons for his/her particular sport. These must be in accordance with bylaw 17.1, General Playing Season Regulations. Declaration of Playing and Practice Season (Team Sports except basketball): Each coach must submit and have on file in the Director of Athletics' office prior to the beginning of the institution's playing season, a declaration of the practice and competition seasons for his/her particular sport. These must be in accordance with bylaw 17.1, General Playing Season Regulations. Division I and II Playing and Practice Seasons: First and last dates must be in compliance with figure 17-2 guidelines as they are published each year in the NCAA Manual. Maximum Number of Contests and Dates of Competition for Each Sport: Minimum and maximum numbers of contests are checked and approved for each sport by the specific sport's supervisor. A chart, Figure 17-1, showing the playing and practice seasons for an academic year is included in this manual. Membership Requirements, bylaw 20.9.3.3: In each sport the institution's team shall engage in at least a minimum number of intercollegiate contests (against four-year, degree-granting collegiate institutions) each year. In the individual sports, the institution's team shall include a minimum number of participants in each contest that is counted toward meeting the minimum contests requirement. Weekly Calendars: As a method of monitoring weekly and hourly practice sessions, days-off, study sessions, weight-training conditioning, and other athletically related activities, each coach must submit a weekly/monthly schedule to the Assistant Director of Athletics, Compliance. Skill-Related Instruction: To expedite the recording of skill-related instruction outside the playing season, each sport coach must keep an accurate, up-to-date record of each student-athlete's involvement in this activity. The reports are to be signed and sent weekly to the Assistant Director of Athletics, Compliance for monitoring. Record of Individual Hour Limitations: Countable hours must be recorded on a daily basis for each student athlete regardless of whether the student athlete is participating in an individual or team sport.  |
