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Saturday April 27, 2024
MHSAA Announces Changes For Football Practices

EAST LANSING---The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced changes to how football practices will be run starting this fall. Essentially, the changes mean fewer days of full-out contact drills will be allowed before, and during, the season.


The MHSAA Representative Council made the following changes:

1. During the first week of practice of the season, only helmets are allowed the first two days, only shoulder pads may be added on the third and fourth days, and full pads may not be worn until the fifth day of team practice.

2. Before the first regular-season game, schools may not schedule more than one “collision” practice in a day. A collision practice is defined as one in which there is live, game-speed, player-versus-player contact in pads involving any number of players.

3. After the first regular-season game, teams may conduct no more than two collision practice days in any week, Monday through Sunday.

4. No single football practice may exceed three hours, and the total practice time for days with multiple practice sessions may not exceed five hours.

Neither strength/weight training activities nor video/classroom sessions are considered practice for the purposes of the three or five-hour limits.

CLICK HERE to see the specifics of the new football practice policy.


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