University of Minnesota Athletics
Typical Day
6/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Typical Day of a Gopher Golfer
The NCAA has the following rules regarding practice and competition. They limit the number of practice and competition days and how many hours you can practice on those days. These rules are the same for all Division I Men's Golf programs.
In Season
September 1st to November 10th
and January 25th to June 1st
- NCAA limits 20 Hours of Practice per week
- No more than 4 hours per day
- One required day off (can be a day that you travel)
- Days of competition are included as 3 hours towards the 20 hours
November 1st to January 25th -
No Practice is allowed over winter break
- NCAA limits to 8 hours of practice per week
- 8 hours can be used for strength and conditioning or voluntary skill instruction (Limit of 2 hours per week for skill instruction)
- During this time, there is no mandatory skill work (with golf clubs) allowed
- However, a student-athlete may request to work with the coach voluntarily.
Being a collegiate golfer requires excellent time management. Here is an example of what some typical days are like here at the University of Minnesota.
| In-Season | |
| 7:00 AM | Wake up and Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Go to classes |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM | Practice or play golf |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Study |
| 9:00 PM to ??? | Socialize and Go to Bed |
Typically we will practice Monday through Friday and have Saturday and Sunday off, unless we are traveling. In the case that we are traveling, the first day back from a trip will be a day off to take care of school work and rest.
| Off-Season | |
| 7:00 AM | Wake up and Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Go to classes |
| 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Team Strength and Conditioning Workout |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM | Study |
| 9:00 PM to ??? | Socialize and Go to Bed |
During the off-season we have team workouts 3 days a week for 2 hours. The other two days we have completely off.
