what are the big d1 schools doing in the post season , do they train hard evryday, what kind of training are they doing this time if yr
Some play an indoor season of some sort while at the same time training/working out in the gym and then once March(when it starts getting warmer in most palces) comes around they start playing some "exhibition" games against various other schools around the region. Now there are some exceptions for those schools who are lucky and have a large budget and the coach has some contacts over in Europe. Once there, they will usually play the reserve sides and youth teams of some top clubs and get some sightseeing in as well.
It's my understanding there are specifics to the number of hours a week, or even total hours in the winter a coach can physically have contact with a team--I believe when they have their foot on the ball. I'm sure someone actually knows the specifics about this though and it would be interesting to read. It would be a whole heck of a lot eaiser to read it here then to try and find it at the NCAA website.
I'm sure this will help clarify what the NCAA allows (UCONN's NCAA Compliance link): http://www.uconnhuskies.com/MainLinks/NCAACompliance/definable.html
That was very helpful. Thanks! I wonder, while reading the compliance list how a team might travel during the winter to play foreign teams and still stay within the guidelines established. I'm sure it's possible, but probably takes a lot of juggling and stat taking to stay within the guidelines.
I am currently a junior at a D1 school that has been in and out of the top 25. Our training schedule is as follows. . . We lift weights Mon-Fri, except for wednesdays. This is with the strength and conditioning coach so it doesn't count against time with the coach. In addition to this we train everyday. Mondays is conditioning for an hour. Tuesdays is a 4v4 tournament. Wednesday mornings is 7v7 and afternoon is technical stuff. Thursday is conditioning/technical. Friday is usually 3v3 or 4v4. On average I spend about 3 hours with the team each day in spring, sometimes more. We start up exhibitions in about a month as well, same schedule except matches on saturdays. One thing that you will notice from talking to a lot of players at competative programs is that the NCAA rules are not always followed. Coaches find ways to say they aren't with the team or title the training something else so that there is more time available to train. Hopefully this helps, let me know if u have any questions
My son plays D I and some form of training takes place everyday, Mon. - Fri. Friday is "play day". The team is split into 2 time slots and they play 7 v. 7 for an hour. The rest of the week they train daily from 10:30 AM to 12:00. This is a combination of weight training with the S & C coach and agility/endurance sessions. As has been mentioned, there are rules on the amount of time teams can spend with a coach present, but that does seem to be worked around. Joe
You should check out the link about and see how far above the guidelines you guys are. Weight training with the S&C coach DOES count towards your time. 8 hours a week. 8. If you are at 3 hours a day I'd guess you are about 7 hours over the limit. Sounds like you guys are way over. And once you start playing on weekends you need another day off. We were just talking about this very thing over on the womens board. I am laughing because I am sure every school in the country is doing the same thing, you were just being helpful. Best wishes to you. Train hard.
It depends on when your spring begins and ends. Some teams in the south start now and end the end of March. They would be allowed to be in a 20 hour a weeks. In addition any time the players play without supervision - captain's practice - do not count. So rules may not being broken afterall.
Yeah, I just realized that if the team's 10 week spring season had started then they would be under the 20 hour rule, not the 8. I forgot that until I walked away from my computer. Thanks for the heads up too. Out west here most spring season's haven't started yet, but are getting ready to.
Yea I realize that we are over quite a bit. We started training the first day of class and will train until finals week. I think the reason that there is not too much complaining is the fact that a lot of the players here want an opportunity to play professionally. And although I personally think we condition/ weight train a little too much in the spring, i enjoy training so it's not a big deal. One more thing i forgot to mention. . . players have "optional" position specific trainings once or twice a week as well. This is with one of the coaches and 2-3 players per session. These last about an hour so add another 2 hours to the training regiment. Btw "optional" means if you choose not to attend one you will get a call from at least one of the coaches asking why you don't want to be a good soccer player, and these calls can last as long as a short session haha, so they are not optional at all, just labeled like that for NCAA reasons. any other questions let me know