I'm coaching XC for the first time (been coaching Track for several years), and to my surprise the team is very big - 82 athletes. Our quality is mostly league-average, so I'd love to take advantage of any psychological edge we might get by having such a large squad.
We have a practice meet coming up against the neighboring school, and we'll be running to and from the course. Thought it might be fun to add a military style running cadence or song - just a simple call-and-response. Could be fun, and likely intimidating to our much smaller rival team. Is this something you've ever seen a team do, would it be fun, or just hokey/silly?