Practice Guidelines

Practice Guidelines

With the increasing number of Middle School through varsity level athletic contests, the amount of time needed for academics, along with the multitude of extra-curricular activities, it is necessary to develop a practice schedule that will meet the needs of the student athlete as well as maintain the necessity of family cohesiveness. The following for practice will apply:

1. No practice on Sunday.

2. No required Wednesday practice will take place later than 6:00 PM. (No JH Athletics practice as well)

3. No organized 6-12 practice will exceed 9:00 PM on school days.

4. Morning practices during school days will be based on need. This will be determined by the Activities Director and coaching/advising staff (i.e. facilities are not available after school, etc.).

5. Allowing for split afternoon practices: Split practices will be permissible on an as needed basis. An example of a split practice would be practice from 3:30 – 5:00 PM and from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. There will be no split practices on Wednesdays. An as needed basis for split practices would be determined by the Activities Director and coaching/advising staff (i.e. overlapping seasons, weather conditions, etc.)

6. During school vacations, holidays and special events coaches/advisors must excuse players from practice for excused and pre-arranged family absences. Excused absences may impact playing time per coaches/advisor discretion.

7. Two weeks prior to the start of the school year, practices for volleyball, football and cross- country must be coordinated with the Activities Director to attempt to eliminate overlapping transportation. However, all sports are different and require different amounts of practice time. Any practices scheduled by the coaches that are not coordinated with the other sports and Activities Director are considered not mandatory and attendance must be judged accordingly.

Please note that practices are for the betterment of the programs. Too many limitations can be detrimental just as excessive practices can. Excessive practices will not be tolerated.