Spring Sports - Two Weeks Prior

Two Weeks Prior Restrictions

Schools, please remember to adhere to the two-weeks prior restrictions as we approach spring sports. Boys Soccer, Boys Tennis, 1A Boys Golf, Girls Golf, Baseball & Softball are in two weeks prior from February 15th-28th. The first day of practice/team selection is February 29th for these sports.

Please view the below excerpt from the UHSAA Handbook regarding the two weeks prior restrictions.

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A. “Two Weeks Prior” to Start Date Restrictions

1. To create a more level playing field, the “Two Weeks” prior restrictions are in place to identify the start of a season and the official tryout date.

2. “Two Weeks Prior” to Start Date Restrictions apply to current 9th -12th grade students.

3. Any potential player shall not be required to attend. This is an optional attendance period.

4. The following restrictions are in place during the “Two Weeks Prior:”

a. Coaching is prohibited.

b. No practice sessions, no drills, no scrimmages with other schools, no review of tape with athletes, no team offense or defense nor chalkboard X's and O's are allowed.

c. An athlete may not attend a clinic or camp hosted or sponsored by a member school withintwo weeks of the starting date. This includes sending teams to team camps or competitions outside of the school.

5. The following are ALLOWED during the “Two Weeks Prior:”

a. Weight lifting and conditioning.

b. Sport specific exercise (i.e. pitchers and quarterbacks throwing) is allowed without instruction from the coaching staff.

c. Open gym, court, pool or field is permitted as long as there is no coaching, no participation fee of any kind, nor team selection taking place. “Open” means freely available to the students of the school which has the gym, court, pool or field. If participation in the “open” event requires registration or a fee, whether paid to the coach, the school or a third party, the event is a clinic or a camp and is prohibited in the “two weeks prior” to the start date of such sport.

d. An individual may attend an outside camp, clinic or competition, as long as the high school coach does not coach them.

The “Two Weeks Prior” restrictions do not apply to track & field