When can you run during an official visit?

I remember the coach "ending practice" after stretching on official visit days so the recruits could run with athletes.

Some official visits are well organized and some are not. The organized ones will have time built in and the disorganized ones will have a bunch of downtime.

in the know! wrote:

I remember the coach "ending practice" after stretching on official visit days so the recruits could run with athletes.

This makes sense. Ours were pretty diorganized. I remember running on my own.

To the kids on here, per NCAA rules like half of your practices are "voluntary" and your coach can't be there. If it's not an official practice the NCAA rules don't apply.

Hey, remember that if they bring you in on a visit, that are interested and they want to impress you. They will cater to you. Just politely email whoever reached out to you and politely ask for time to do whatever workout you need to do. If your HS coach has a spesific workout planned, do it. This shows the college coach that you are coachable and have integrity.

On my team, the coach normally has a few guys do an easy run with the recruits to show them some cool trail.

For better or worse, I was injured on my official visit, eliminating this concern.

The coach just made sure my daughter ran in the different direction than the team.

runn wrote:

The coach just made sure my daughter ran in the different direction than the team.

If she was doing a workout and the coach was present or within eye sight of her running that workout in the opposite direction, he is in Violation of recruiting rules. He would technically be able to “evaluate”

Your daughters running mechanics while present in a controlled environment and even compare her times to those of his own athletes (even though she is not running with them)

Recruits should absolutely run with members of the team and even have them help with their workout needs while visiting, however, the coach can’t be anywhere near the workout.

When I did my official visits, some schools had time scheduled for me to run independently, and on others, the coaches had me go with a group on a long run, so that they couldn’t see me. You can practice with the team as long as the coach doesn’t watch.