NCAA rule question???

[montréal perche]

Hi everyone,
I beleive there is a rule for high school track that you cannot start trainning for the season before a certain date. Is there such a rule in the NCAA? That you could not, for instance, start vaulting in practice before a certain date before the indoor season? Anyone could comment about that?

[rainbowgirl28]

Yes, there are NCAA rules that relate to that sort of thing. It varies depending on division and possibly by conference. It's rather complicated and I am not up to date on the latest rules, so I am not going to try to explain because I am sure I would be wrong about half of it.

[joebro391]

I think the rules (at least in NCAA) apply to using school equipment (track and weight-room's excluded) for training purposes. I think for D3, you can start having team-practices and using the vault-pits around the 3rd - 4th week of September. -6P

[PVJunkie]

There are a total # of DAYS you can conduct offcial practices each year. I think it varies from division to division but I have only ever been involved at D-I. The coaches have to count back to determine when they can have their first official practice. There is also a limitation on the # of hours a week they can have an athlete involved in practice activities. I do not know the exact # of days, but there is a time during "pre season" where there is a limited (8 hours a week I believe) amount of time.

There are also rules limiting the amount of "technique practice hours" during the pre season.

It is simple yet complicated, typical of the NCAA.

[montréal perche]

Thank you for your answers. Some more feed back: division 1 and MAC conference......

[rainbowgirl28]

Thank you for your answers. Some more feed back: division 1 and MAC conference......

I am not sure what else you want to know? It's up to each school to determine how they apply the rules. Some start vaulting earlier than others.

[montréal perche]

Me neither I guess, I am just surprised such rule exist. thank you.