coachpeters
11-man fan
When does everyone start spring ball?
Coach Peters
Fulton School
Athletic Director
Coach Peters
Fulton School
Athletic Director
Spring Ball
- Thread starter coachpeters
- Start date
freeagent
Six-man pro
coachpeters":3fmprt7o said:
I believe we'll start it sometime in mid-May (after state track). For those who don't know, TAPPS allows ALL schools to have spring football practice (UIL allows it in 4A/5A only), but the rule is (or at least was a couple years back) that you had 14 consecutive days (that is, if you start May 1, you're done on May 14) and must be completed by the end of your school year. Don't quote me on this, but I don't think you can have current 8th graders (becoming 9th graders in 2010-2011) participate in spring practices.
Summer training/conditioning/weight training is permitted, but it cannot be required for participation.
TAPPS also is adding a DEAD WEEK for the last week of July and prohibits any high school student from participating in voluntary workouts, camps, schools cannot provide equipment or open gyms, no parent meetings, etc. You can have junior high camps that week, but you can't use the high school kids to help out in camps that week. This is starting to become more common in other states ... I just read that Montana is requiring a "dead week" for summer activities at all schools; they are allowing each school to designate the week.
