Cut from team

There's a difference between not developing athletes and being conservative with their progression

Lol tomorrow is our DVC meet, one guy has to go to do asvab and stuff with marines, she says that he has to go to the meet or else she'll call the marines and tell them "do you really want a quitter?"... The thing is at 10am while he runs at 9am... I'm going to go out and support my team tomorrow, my friend that quit got his mom called and the coach told his mom that he has to run and she'll have his jersey for him, he's not going to run but we will cheer the rest on

You are so cool. Nice troll btw.

I'm being dead serious... Lots of stuff is going down right now

The coach is an a**, which unfortunately is common.

I'm glad to see you're dealing with it well.

He is in HS. Not college, where adults can start the tough guy power trips on young people. HS, his parents should be there to deal with these pricks.

You got to watch these HS teachers and coaches always around your kid in HS. They are freakin out of their minds and most all of them should be doing some other job or be behind bars.

Like someone already said, everyone on here seems to assume that ALL high school coaches know what they are doing. I'm sure that's probably because a lot of you are high school coaches, and I'm sure most of you are good high school coaches, but the fact of the matter is some high school coaches are not good. Some have no experience and no logic behind their methods, but are very arrogant about "their methods." If the OP is telling the truth about what his coach's plan for him was then she sounds like one of these coaches. In high school I had one of these coaches it was extremely frustrating. OP wants to do what's best for his training, and while I agree that skipping practice was not the way to go about this, I know from experience to know how annoying it is to know you're not getting the best training that you can be.

High school Runner wrote:

My coach also gives insane workouts like 800m repeats at 2:15 one minute rest, she wanted 8 of those... I just chilled it 2:40s keep I mind I'm only a 16:57 5ker, but I'm number two all time on my team... But yeah think I'm done, pretty glad to be done and just going to focus on track... Going to schedule a meeting with athletic director and principal on what I think is the best for the team along with the other varsity members, we all mutually agree...

That still doesn't excuse walking away from a practice. If you think she's out of line be a man, try to get her to change the session. If she won't and you decide it's something you simply can't or won't do, tell her you're skipping a practice and why.

I love how this forum automatically sides with the coach no matter what. Your coach is an idiot, if I had to put up with that type of training I would leave on my own.

I've already told her several times, it's why my other friend quit too, he tried saying sorry so that she'd listen to him on why we should have long and slower repays with less rest but she just talks about how she knows what she's doing and that she has books/ magazines that we can read about it... She said she wants us to learn the pace doing 400s the moving up to 800s and etc... I just dedicated a lot of time to trying to be good so it's extremely frustrating... I always tell her tho and she just basically says I'm wrong ...

Just run the 440's your own pace, and keep up a fast jog in between them, which makes a much better session as well. Can make a game by trying to hide from her during jogging the intervals.

High School runner, your coach sounds awful and bigoted and I would continue the route you are headed, plus get these parents involved with the meetings. The one runner who can't make the meet because of the asvabs, get his parents involved too and get them to explain what they said to their son.

High school Runner wrote:

I've already told her several times, it's why my other friend quit too, he tried saying sorry so that she'd listen to him on why we should have long and slower repays with less rest but she just talks about how she knows what she's doing and that she has books/ magazines that we can read about it... She said she wants us to learn the pace doing 400s the moving up to 800s and etc... I just dedicated a lot of time to trying to be good so it's extremely frustrating... I always tell her tho and she just basically says I'm wrong ...

I hate to break it to you, but you do--in fact--sound like a cancer to the team. I would cut you too.

It does sound like your coach does know what she's doing.

1.) She's providing sources of information for you to learn the spot. Borrow those books & magazines she's talking about. Then, you can be informed about her training system.

2.) She has a progression in her overall system too. "She wants us to learn the pace [by] doing 400's, then moving up to 800's, and ect." That's a very good coaching approach used by many coaches, including Brad Hudson.

You think you know what you're doing because you found letsrun.com, but your immaturity & self-righteous attitude smacks of someone who can tear a team apart.

Furthermore, your rallying your teammates around you in some juvenile revolt is doing nothing but showing your true colors.

You did wrong. There are consequences. Get over yourself. Move on.

I do hope that you will--at some point in your life--reflect back on this moment with a better clarity & understanding, & see that the coach was doing the right thing for the team & for YOU.

Quitting and telling the coach why is respectable. Buggering off on your own and then whining when you have to deal with consequences of doing so is not. How good or bad a coach you have is not the issue. Which of you is right is not the issue.

The kid is right, did the right thing and is responding in a dignified manner.

The coach is a jerk, was wrong and is irresponsible.

Any time coaches aren't acting in the best interest of the kids then they shouldn't be coaching, and I wouldn't run for a coach that doesn't do so.

Found you little bitch, ima fuk u up m8