Coach Adams
Six-man fan
Just curious how many private schools have spring football? If you do, what do you do during your practices? Did you wear pads & helmets or just shorts and maybe helmets?
Spring Football
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Coach Adams
Six-man fan
Here are TAPPS guidelines for spring football:
Spring Football
a. Calendar
1. 14 Days of instruction
2. 21 Days from first to last day of instruction
b. Participation
1. Students not yet in High School may not participate in contact
drills, scrimmages or games with or against High School students
2. Students not enrolled and attending the TAPPS member school
may not participate in Spring Football
c. Non-Contact
1. Shorts and T-Shirts
2. 8
th Graders may participate
d. Contact
1. Football equipment as listed in NCAA Rule 1.4.3-4.
2. 8
th Graders may not participate
e. Competition
1. Schools may practice with another school
2. Schools may have an inter-squad scrimmage or game
3. School may not have an inter-school game or scrimmage
Spring Football
a. Calendar
1. 14 Days of instruction
2. 21 Days from first to last day of instruction
b. Participation
1. Students not yet in High School may not participate in contact
drills, scrimmages or games with or against High School students
2. Students not enrolled and attending the TAPPS member school
may not participate in Spring Football
c. Non-Contact
1. Shorts and T-Shirts
2. 8
th Graders may participate
d. Contact
1. Football equipment as listed in NCAA Rule 1.4.3-4.
2. 8
th Graders may not participate
e. Competition
1. Schools may practice with another school
2. Schools may have an inter-squad scrimmage or game
3. School may not have an inter-school game or scrimmage
coachbronk
Six-man fan
We generally go just 10 days for Spring Practice. We go shorts and t-shirts because almost all of our players play 3 sports and by this time of the year their bodies are beat up and worn down, so going pads would possibly lead to unnecessary injuries. We use this time to team build and teach concepts. With our move to six-man for the 2015 season, Spring Practice has a little more importance this year.
RRCA Coach
11-man fan
This spring has been very important for us as we are transitioning systems. We only run 8 days of spring workouts due to a very packed end of the year school calendar. only shorts and t-shirts. Two-a-days and regular season practices are filled with skill development, so this year we have opted to utilize spring as a teaching time for system terminology, schematics, and concepts.
