Two-A-Days (football)
Encyclopedia
Two-A-Days, sometimes referred to as Hell Week or Double Sessions, is a term in American football
to describe when a team holds practice twice a day: once in the morning, and once in the afternoon or evening. For high school football
, Two-A-Days are usually toward the end of summer vacation and the beginning of the season. Some Two-A-Day sessions are held on a daily basis, even after the school year begins, with teams holding practice before and after school.
Two-A-Days is used primarily to get in shape for the season, and learn new strategies
.
In the National Football League
, two-a-days were eliminated in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/08/01/camps/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=hp_bn10 Previously, teams ran double sessions and sometimes triple sessions for several weeks during the pre-season. Those practices are called Training Camp, and most teams travel to distant locations to hold their preparations.
featured a show entitled Two-A-Days
from 2006 to 2007 which featured the football team of Hoover High School
in Hoover, Alabama
. The show chronicled the team's players' social lives as well as their involvement in the football team.
have also called for the end of two-a-days as part of their collective bargaining.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
to describe when a team holds practice twice a day: once in the morning, and once in the afternoon or evening. For high school football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, Two-A-Days are usually toward the end of summer vacation and the beginning of the season. Some Two-A-Day sessions are held on a daily basis, even after the school year begins, with teams holding practice before and after school.
Two-A-Days is used primarily to get in shape for the season, and learn new strategies
American football strategy
American football strategy concerns the deployment of offensive, defensive, and special teams players in American football.-Offensive strategy:The goal of offensive strategy is to score points...
.
In the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
, two-a-days were eliminated in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/08/01/camps/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=hp_bn10 Previously, teams ran double sessions and sometimes triple sessions for several weeks during the pre-season. Those practices are called Training Camp, and most teams travel to distant locations to hold their preparations.
In the media
MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
featured a show entitled Two-A-Days
Two-A-Days
Two-A-Days is a show on the United States cable television channel MTV. The show chronicled the lives of teens at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of nearby Birmingham...
from 2006 to 2007 which featured the football team of Hoover High School
Hoover High School (Alabama)
Hoover High School is a public high school in Hoover, Alabama, USA, serving grades 9-12. It was built as a replacement for W. A. Berry High School. It is currently one of the two International Baccalaureate schools in the Greater Birmingham Area...
in Hoover, Alabama
Hoover, Alabama
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...
. The show chronicled the team's players' social lives as well as their involvement in the football team.
Criticisms
Recent years have marked an increase in player injury and death being brought about by heat related causes. Heat stroke has become a major concern to football and "two-a-days" are being red flagged as a risky practice in places that experience traditionally hot weather in the summer. To address heat concerns, the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 2003 prohibited two-a-days on consecutive days and during the first five days of practice. The National Athletic Trainer's Association suggested similar guidance in June. Guidelines for high school football vary by state. Players in the National Football LeagueNational Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
have also called for the end of two-a-days as part of their collective bargaining.