Question: what's going on in KY right now regarding football practice? Are teams allowed to practice with pads/full-contact right now, or what? If so, when did this begin, and are there any "dead periods" from now until the start of football season?

Now you are allowed to: participate in 7 on 7 competitions, have organized weight lifting and conditioning, players are allowed to attend camps. Practice in pads is not allowed.

 

Dead Period: June 25 - July 9.

 

After Dead Period: organized practice may begin, you must have five practice days without pads to become acclimated to the heat. July 15 orginized practice may begin.

Bylaw 25. Limitation of Seasons

 

Sec. 5) Sports Specific Limitations -

Football - Boys

(1) Organized non-contact practice shall not begin prior to

 

July 15. During this non-contact period, a helmet,

shoulder pads and shoes are the only football

equipment that may be worn. The first date of practice in

 

full pads shall be the earlier of seven (7) week days (not

 

counting Saturdays and Sundays) prior to the opening

day of school (which shall defined as the day prior to the

classes starting for the student body) or August 1 but

under no circumstances shall be prior to the fourth

Friday before the first regular season playing date. After

contact practice (practice in pads) has begun and prior

to the first day of classes for the students, no school

may conduct multiple on-field practice sessions in pads

(e.g., two-a-days or three-a-days) on consecutive days

(e.g., two-one two-one format). After the opening dayl of

the school year, no school may conduct multiple on-field

practice sessions in pads (e.g., two-a-days or three-adays)

on a day in which school is in session. All schools

shall submit all required documentation to verify the

proper execution of the practice regulations, including

scrimmage, contact, and heat/safety regulations.

[Organized contact practice in pads shall not begin prior

to August 1.]

 

(2) There shall be no more than two (2) scrimmages or

 

practice games per member school (grades 9-12) prior

to the opening varsity game of the season with players

other than members of the squad.

(3) The first game shall not take place prior to eleven (11)

weekends prior to the weekend of the first round of the

state playoffs.

(4) A maximum of ten (10) regular season games may be

played.

(5) The

opportunity to play regular season contests] regular

 

season] ends at all levels of play (grades 9-12) on the

Saturday preceding the first KHSAA Tournament

 

(District, Region or State), with the exception that the

varsity team may practice and play through its

elimination from KHSAA sanctioned tournament play.

Following elimination, there shall be no further practice

or play during the remainder of the academic school

year.

(6) Each player, in order to be eligible to participate against

another school, shall have taken part in a minimum of

ten (10) practice periods extending over a period of ten

(10) days during the preceding three weeks.

(7) Every player must have five (5) days of practice without

pads to become acclimated to heat conditions

immediately prior to the first day of practice in pads.

(8) Each football school may conduct ten (10) practice

periods of not more than two (2) hours in length and not

more than one practice per day over ten (10) days

during the three calendar school weeks following the

school’s elimination from post-season play in basketball.

All equipment authorized by the football playing rules

may be used during this period. There can be no interschool

competition during this period, and all

participants must be eligible according to all KHSAA

eligibility rules.

 

 

 

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