Football Preseason Practice Schedule
2025 Preseason Schedule for Week 1 (Week 0)
First Legal Day of Practice – August 11 (August 4)
- No Contact
- Helmets and mouth guards are permitted
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Second Legal Day of Practice – August 12 (August 5)
- No Contact
- Helmets and mouth guards are permitted
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Third Legal Day of Practice – August 13 (August 6)
- Contact above the waist is permitted (form tackling)
- Helmets, mouth guards and shoulder pads are permitted
- Contact with blocking sleds and tackling dummies may begin
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Fourth Legal Day of Practice – August 14 (August 7)
- Contact above the waist is permitted (form tackling)
- Helmets, mouth guards and shoulder pads are permitted
- Contact with blocking sleds and tackling dummies may begin
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Fifth Legal Day of Practice – August 15 (August 8)
- Contact above the waist is permitted (form tackling)
- Helmets, mouth guards and shoulder pads are permitted
- Contact with blocking sleds and tackling dummies may begin
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Sixth Legal Day of Practice – August 16 (August 9)
- Full person-to-person contact may begin
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Sunday (Day 7) – August 17 (August 10)
- No practice or contact with athletes allowed
Seventh Legal Day of Practice – August 18 (August 11)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Eighth Legal Day of Practice – August 19 (August 12)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Ninth Legal Day of Practice – August 20 (August 13)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Tenth Legal Day of Practice – August 21 (August 14)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Eleventh Legal Day of Practice – August 22 (August 15)
- Scrimmage against other schools is permissible on this date.
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Twelfth Legal Day of Practice – August 23 (August 16) OR August 24 (August 17)
- Schools can practice on either Saturday or Sunday this week but not both days
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Thirteenth Legal Day of Practice – August 25 (August 18)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Fourteenth Legal Day of Practice – August 26 (August 19)
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
- One practice, four hours of total coach/athlete contact allowed; maximum of three hours of physical activity is allowed
Fifteenth Legal Day of Practice – August 27 (August 20)
- First day schools are allowed to walk-through in the morning and then have one practice, maximum of three hours after school.
- Full person-to-person contact is allowed
First Legal Playing Date – August 28 (August 21)
It is intended that the local school could have more than 14 days of acclimatization and the local administrator, because of heat, Labor Day, or other matters, would have the choice whether or not to practice. A weekday is considered Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Team weightlifting sessions do not count as a stand-alone practice or hours allowed during a practice session. No team weightlifting session can occur on Day 7 (August 17 (August 10)) or the day opposite the twelfth day of practice (August 23/24 (August 16/17)).