Weekly Practice Record Process
Document week in upper right-hand corner. Weeks run Sunday through Saturday. See checklist that provides all weeks in which practice records must be submitted.
List all student-athlete's names in the column "Athlete's Name".
Document daily practice times and activities (i.e., meetings, on-court activity, conditioning, weight training, individual skill instruction, etc.) on the appropriate day and total daily hours. NOTE: You must provide one day off each week defined as Sunday through Saturday.
Out of season: A separate sheet must be attached listing the days and times each individual student-athlete is involved in individual skill instruction.
Total weekly hours.
Obtain all student-athlete signatures. Please note it is important that all student-athletes sign the practice records, yet if you are unable to obtain a couple student-athletes' signatures before the day they are due, please note the reason in the signature column. This is okay as long as it does not continue to happen every time.
Coach signs the practice record.
Submit to the compliance office by the following Wednesday.
Playing and Practice Season Rules
Practice during your sport's season is limited to:
No more than four (4) hours per day (Bylaw17.1.5.1).
No more than 20 hours per week (Bylaw17.1.5.1).
¨ 17.1.5.1.2 Golf Practice-Round Exception. A practice round of golf may exceed the four-hours-per-day limitation, but the weekly limit of 20 hours shall remain in effect. A practice round played on the day prior to the start of a collegiate golf tournament at the tournament site shall count as three hours, regardless of the actual duration of the round.
One day off per week from all required athletically related activities, except rehabilitation activities (Bylaw 17.1.5.4).
Countable athletically related activities include:
1. Required practice.
2. Competition (always counts 3 hours).
3. Required weight training and conditioning.
4. Participation in a departmental physical fitness class or individual workouts.
5. Departmental review of athletic practice or contest films or videotapes.
6. Required camp, clinic or workshop participation.
7. Athletically related meetings.
8. Required on-court/on-field activities.
* Refer to Bylaw 17.02.1 in your NCAA Manual or the Playing and Practice Season Limitations sheet for more specifics regarding countable athletically related activities. *
Practice outside of your sport's playing season is limited to:
You are allowed to participate in a maximum of eight (8) hours per week only in the following athletically-related activities (Bylaw 17.1.5.2):
Required weight-training and conditioning activities held at the direction of, or supervised by, a member of the athletic department staff (Bylaw17.1.5.2.2).
Individual skill-related instruction in sports other than football is permitted outside the institution's declared playing season, provided no more than four (4) student-athletes from the same team are involved in any one activity simultaneously and the student-athletes request the instruction. In addition, not more than two (2) hours per week may be spent on the individual skill-related instruction (Bylaw 17.1.5.2.1).
Physical fitness class conducted by a member of the athletic department staff.
All countable hours must be recorded daily for each student-athlete and submitted to the Compliance Office (Bylaw 17.1.5.3.4). Refer to the Weekly Practice Record Process for an explanation on documenting practice hours.
