Friday, March 10, 2023

SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE RULES 17.11.9 B - rule change as of 10/18/22

 FYI


17.11.9 Out-of-Season Athletically Related Activities. Student-athletes and members of the coaching staff shall not engage in countable athletically related activities outside the playing season, except for the following:


(a) Conditioning Activities. Student-athletes may participate in conditioning activities in accordance with Bylaw 17.1.6.3.2.


(b) Spring Practice. Fifteen postseason practice sessions (including intrasquad scrimmages) and the spring game are permissible. An institution is not required to count as one of its 15 designated days any day during which countable athletically related activities are limited solely to required conditioning activities and/or review of game film. Practice sessions must meet the following conditions: (Revised: 1/10/05)

(1) All practice sessions must be conducted within a period of 36-consecutive calendar days, omitting vacation and examination days officially announced on the institution's calendar and days during which the institution is closed due to inclement weather. (Revised: 1/26/19)

(2) Any such practice sessions held during vacation days may not be of longer duration than those normally held when academic classes are in session.

(3) Only 12 of the 15 sessions may involve contact, and such contact shall not occur before the third practice session.

(4) The noncontact practice sessions may involve headgear as the only piece of protective equipment.

(5) Of the 12 permissible contact sessions, eight sessions may involve tackling, and not more than three of the eight tackling sessions may be devoted primarily (greater than 50 percent of practice time) to 11-on-11 scrimmages.

(6) An institution shall not conduct more than two consecutive days of full contact (tackling to the ground) practices. (Adopted: 10/18/22)

(7) An institution shall not conduct more than a total of 75 minutes of full contact (tackling to the ground) within any one on-field practice session other than the three tackling sessions devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages. (Adopted: 10/18/22)

(8) Tackling shall be prohibited in four of the 12 contact sessions. An institution has the discretion to determine the practice activities (other than tackling) that may occur during the four contact nontackling sessions as well as the protective equipment to be worn by the student-athletes.

(9) If an institution conducts a "spring game" per Bylaw 17.11.8.3-(h), the game shall be counted as one of the three sessions that can be devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages.

(10) A student-athlete's participation in countable athletically related activities, including conditioning activities and review of game film (see Bylaw 17.02.1), during the spring practice period shall be limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week. (Revised: 1/10/90, 1/10/91, 1/10/92, 1/16/93, 1/11/94, 1/11/95, 1/9/96, 1/13/98, 1/14/02 effective 8/1/02, 4/29/04)

(11) All countable athletically related activities shall be prohibited during one calendar day per week.



Two rules were put in the manual in the middle of your season last year regarding spring football practice

(6) An institution shall not conduct more than two consecutive days of full contact (tackling to the ground) practices. (Adopted: 10/18/22)

(7) An institution shall not conduct more than a total of 75 minutes of full contact (tackling to the ground) within any one on-field practice session other than the three tackling sessions devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages. (Adopted: 10/18/22)

Guess we need the clock on for the 75 minutes of contact during the 3 tackle days


Sean McAndrews, MA
Assistant AD Compliance, Facilities, Game Administration
3047664122 office
West Virginia State University
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