Iowa Athletic Association Plans To Ban Two-A-Days

March 19, 2013 /
Des Moines Register

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130314/SPORTS08/130314038/Changes-in-Iowa-high-school-football-practice-rules-draw-concern?Sports&nclick_check=1

The Iowa High School Athletic Association plans to ban two-a-day football practices, starting this season, in a series of new regulations aimed at player safety.

The changes, which also limit total practice time, will be outlined in a presentation by IHSAA executive director Rick Wulkow to athletic directors later this month.

Wulkow said in an interview with the Des Moines Register the actions “will be in the best interest of the kids as far as heat illness.”

Wulkow declined to provide specifics but did say eliminating two-a-days would be one of the changes. But notes from a March 8 IHSAA Board of Control meeting, obtained by the Iowa City Press-Citizen, outlined the changes that were adopted.

Actions approved by the nine-member board included the following:

— No more than one practice per day.

— Total practice time may not exceed three hours of physical activity.

— Helmets only (no pads) for the first two days of practice.

— No full contact until the sixth practice.

— No practices on Sunday.

— No full-contact scrimmages until 10 practices have been completed.

The changes brought criticism and concern from coaches around the state.


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