Word: off-season
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...seven week no-activity period is an expansion of the previous policy that prohibited required athletic activities during final exam periods and limited practice during the off-season...
Looking for a travel bargain this summer? Like the heat? Follow the trail of the Rat Pack to Palm Springs, Calif. Its posh spas, golf courses, restaurants and casinos are much roomier in the off-season. And starting in June, rates at resorts like the plush Miramonte fall from as much as $350 a night in peak season to just $89 a night. There is a catch: average temperatures hover at 105[degrees] and can go as high as 122[degrees] midday. But locals swear the golf courses are still playable in the morning. Families can spend the heat...
...according to their sports’ demands. While waiting for the lacrosse season to begin, Melissa, a pre-med, would wake up at 5:45 a.m. to leave the Quad in time for her morning workout and would still make it to her 9 a.m. class. Even during the off-season, Lindsay’s basketball practices consumed at least five afternoons a week. My roommates came home with every injury imaginable—broken noses, aching backs, separated shoulders—and they continued to play without complaint. They couldn’t miss practices, sit on the bench...
Fried pointed out that while Rolston might be leaving, the off-season training program that has sparked significant improvements during his tenure will remain firmly in place...
...notes that sports with no traditional season—such as crew—envelope the entire academic year and leave athletes with little time for anything else. In sports with a clear off-season, such as football, Lewis worries that “the off-season is almost as burdensome as the season...