<p>Can anyone give me some info on how academy athletes (intercollegiate, not intramurals) interact into the system. My understanding is that all cadets must participate in some form of physical fitness, sport, etc… everyday. So, in other words, is the athletes’s physical training just in place of where everyone else is doing their couple hours a day of physical fitness, sports, etc…? Do intercollegiate athletes have some different type of schedule during the day; outside of classes? What about during BCT? Is that the same for all cadets; athletes and non-athletes? etc… Any info would be nice. Thx… Mike…</p>
<p>BCT is the same for everyone.</p>
<p>ICs practice in the afternoon (usually), and have all of their classes in the morning. An IC's practice usually goes from 2:00 until 5:00-6:30. I don't know the exact times. Non-IC's can have afternoon classes. Intramurals are every other day from about 3:30 to 5:00 or 5:30. ICs spend significantly more time practicing.</p>
<p>some teams (swim) also practice in the morning. so as ramius said, ICs spend much more time (on average) with their sport than non-ICs spend with intramurals or working out/running on their own.</p>
<p>Pretty normal for IC's to not get back to the squad till ACQ (7:10 or 7:40) once they've gone to dinner and finished practice. It's a busy life!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Are the "Off-Seasons"; e.g January-May, Football, a little different, or do they maintain practice schedules all year around? From a "Social" perspective, are IC's looked down upon or treated differently? Such as some feeling they don't contribute as much to the "Collective Good" of the flight, dorm, floor, etc...? I'm sure that IC's have a very demanding schedule. But I'm curious how they fit in with the rest of the cadets on the normal day to day activities. Thanks....</p>
<p>You're pretty much a normal cadet in every way, except when you have like practice or competitions at the same time as other stuff that the Wing is doing. I'm not going to lie, there is definitely some negative stigma against IC's, and a lot of the time it is warranted. I am an IC, and sometimes I get seen in a different light because of it, but I also get angry when I see other IC's slacking and not caring. If you do your job while you're back in the squad and help out, people will respect you all the more for being a cadet as well as an athlete and taking care of business all at the same time.</p>
<p>There is something called the "Terrazo Gap" between IC's and other cadets. They are typically looked down on because many don't participate in the squads and often let military stuff slide. The few that really put forth the effort are given a lot of respect, but many cadet don't like ICs because of their lack of participation in every day cadet life and many attempt to get out of training because of their sport. That's just the impression from a typical cadet, the ICs on here will have other opinions as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, some ICs take advantage of their sport to get out of stuff. Most are just really busy, but non-ICs don't always see that. I think the "Terrazo Gap" is most prevailent during 4* year, because most of the 4* stuff happens either in the morning or afternoon (two times when practices occur).</p>