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DEVELOPING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIRLD PROGRAM so the athlete does not get mixed messages. •Head coach needs to meet with different event kids periodically so they hear the same message from different people (not just their event coach). •Have a coache’s social with spouses before/after season •Meet weekly with your coaching staff or communicate with them about goals for the upcoming meet (emphasize individual events vs. relays…moving kids up, trying to win the meet, using it as a workout, dealing with Prom…) •Must allow asst. coaches to be their own head coach and make their events their own, but they should clear new strategies/ techniques with the head coach first so that it is consistent with the team’s philosophy. •Insist that they continually better themselves by attending clinics/speaking at clinics. •Volunteers…Make sure they know their role in the program and that they have the same philosophy. Make them feel important and include them. Treat them as one of the paid coaches and recognize them as often as possible. ACKNOWLEDGING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Everyone likes to be recognized. Take the time to give an “atta boy” as often as possible. It doesn’t cost anything and goes a long way to make the athlete feel good about themselves. •Recognize PR’s (in team meeting after a meet by a show of hands) •Send weekly e-mails to parents about all the great things that happened at the last meet, including Gray Shirt winners. •Display Record Boards •Post top 10 performances in each event (all time) •Post State Meet Placers (all time) •Post results and/or top marks for the season (weekly) on the bulletin board •Get names of athletes in daily announcements if possible when they win or break records MEETS During the indoor season, Wheaton North runs 1 meet/week and during the outdoor season 2 meets/week. We have a Tuesday dual/triangular meet where everyone competes and the weekend meet is an invitational with limited entries. Many of our meets are “non-scoring.” The only meet we try to win every year is our conference meet. •Our goal for EVERY meet (including the state meet) is for everyone to get a PR. Team points will take care of themselves if everyone gets a PR. •Get as many kids into meets as possible…your stars will shine anyway and you won’t overuse them (they need to get to the end of the season healthy). •Enter meets/develop meets that have a lot of participation (we developed a Best 4 Invitational where each team enters their “Best 4” in each event (except relays, only one relay) and treat each level like a separate meet with one grand team total). This way the #3 and #4 athletes (which usually don’t get into invites) feel that they’ve contributed to the teams performance. Surround yourself with good people and let them help you develop and maintain your program. You cannot do it all by yourself. It takes a lot of time and energy to develop and maintain a quality program, but the lives you impact by teaching them lifelong lessons are well worth it. GRAY SHIRTS We started this tradition 27 years ago. We bought simple gray t-shirts that said “Wheaton North Track and Field” on them and gave them out to athletes who really distinguished themselves in one way or another. We only awarded about 12 year. When I became head coach, I decided that I would get a lot of them and have every athlete (or most) try to earn one. We developed a criteria for the boys to earn a Gray Shirt (see below). They wear them as badges of honor around school, at practices, and meets. They cannot buy them, they must earn them. Every year I have one of the varsity athletes design the shirt so it’s different every year. We award them at team meetings after each meet. Each coach talks about the shirt winner and how they’ve earned the shirt. GRAY SHIRT CRITERIA •Good week of practice, good meet effort (usually a Personal Record (PR)). •Represents Wheaton North Track and Field in a positive manner both in and out of the classroom •Allows themselves to be coached •Unselfish with their talents (puts the team before any personal agendas) 46 techniques AUGUST 2011
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