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Track Tryouts

by Christina Blair

Jan 28, 2014

I am new to coaching the track team. Can someone give me some ideas on how to conduct track tryout? Any advise greatly appreciated.

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Bobby Stanley On 1/28/14, Christina Blair wrote: > I am new to coaching the track team. Can someone give me > some ideas on how to conduct track tryout? Any advise > greatly appreciated. Hi Christina, Oh! Tryouts are the best. What I would recommend is starting out with a warm-up. This can be a 10 to 15 minute run with some light stretching after. Or yo...See More

Jan 31, 2014

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Bobby Stanley On 1/30/14, Linda wrote: > On 1/28/14, Christina Blair wrote: > >> I am new to coaching the track team. Can someone give me >> some ideas on how to conduct track tryout? Any advise >> greatly appreciated. > > I've coached track for years and have never ever thought of > doing > tryouts for the track team. I've al...See More

Jan 31, 2014

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Apr 14, 2014

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Rosalyn On 1/31/14, Bobby Stanley wrote: > On 1/30/14, Linda wrote: > >> On 1/28/14, Christina Blair wrote: >> >>> I am new to coaching the track team. Can someone give me >>> some ideas on how to conduct track tryout? Any advise >>> greatly appreciated. >> >> I've coached track for years and have ne...See MoreOn 1/31/14, Bobby Stanley wrote: > On 1/30/14, Linda wrote: > >> On 1/28/14, Christina Blair wrote: >> >>> I am new to coaching the track team. Can someone give me >>> some ideas on how to conduct track tryout? Any advise >>> greatly appreciated. >> >> I've coached track for years and have never ever thought of >> doing >> tryouts for the track team. I've always let the kids >> pick what >> events they were going to attempt with the >> knowledge that when it >> comes to the meets there is a limit >> to the number entered in any >> one event...except usually the >> distance runs. A couple days >> before the meet if there are >> too many who want to do an event >> there is either a race, >> throw off, jump off or whatever. If the >> athlete does not >> qualify they have the option of running the mile >> if there is >> no limit for that event. The kids who don't qualify >> for an >> event don't travel to out of town meets-one reason being >> that if they don't have something to do they usually distract >> those who do and the coaches end up babysitting. If it is an >> in- >> town meet those who do not qualify are the meet >> workers...pit >> rakers, runners, whatever needs to be done. If >> they don't make an >> event they know they have to work harder >> at practice if they are >> going to qualify...that's athletics! > > My high school track team never had tryouts either. The result > was athletes in events they should not have been in. I wish > that > coaches would treat track and field like football, > basketball, > volleyball, or soccer and have actual tryouts. If > the kid isn't > good enough, they don't make the team. Simple as > that. I do > believe that each student should be able to tryout > for each event. > But if they can't sprint, they shouldn't be on > the "sprint team." > If they can't throw shot very far, they > shouldn't be on the > "throwing team." This is just my personal > opinion based on the > things I experienced when I ran track. > I'm a former track athlete and coach. At the middle school level, I had every athlete do the following: 100, 400,800, long jump, high jump ( mechanics of) and the shot. I then placed them in events according to the results. There was some overlap with higher skill athletes, and those who didn't quite have a specialty yet were placed in an event that wouldn't "tramatize" them. For example, getting lapped in the mile can have a very negative affect. A specific process also helps when parents question why their kids are in the assigned events. Since middle schoolers tend to want to do what is easier, if you let them choose, most of them will choose the 100, and there aren't that many true sprinters. This also prevents students from trying other events and potentially missing their true calling. If a lesser skilled athlete wants to transfer to a new event, I wouldn't say no, but they would need to earn a spot at the meets. The developmental gap is largest at the middle school level, so you never know when someone is going to reach their potential. As far as cutting: Since football, basketball, volleyball,etc. usually have "A and B" teams, I wouldn't cut anybody from track if I didn't have to. This means that some may be part of the team but never compete.

Apr 14, 2014

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We did it!!!! I can't walk up to people on the street and tell them, but my team just won the first state championship in track and field in the history of our school!!!! I feel like painting a sign and putting it on the front lawn!!!! (We did get a nice write-up in the local paper).

Now to the question: We don't have formal tryouts, but during the firs...See More

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