sprint coach is a lunkhead

200, 400 are not "cross over events" If he's the sprint coach, leave them alone. He's probably writing the same stuff about you on a sprint message board somewhere. It's not a great situation, but that's why you work towards being a head coach some day. then he does it your way or you can his ass.

Ray, you make a good point, but these 200, 400, 800 kids are cross overs by necessity when you have a small team. For example, one girl has run 27.31 in the 200, 59 and change in the 400, but I train her in cross country and she's my number 2 girls with a PR of 19:52. Seems like she'd have potential to do well in the 800.

My concern is that kids like this will get burned up doing index card hamburger drills and never reach their potential.

Ultimately, you are correct--I'm not the head coach and should probably be happy that I get to plan some part of their training.

There still is one question, though. Should a kid like this focus on strength and speed development and hope he can hold on in the second 400 of the 800, or should he develop aerobically and rely on his genetic speed in the 200?

2 ways to do this.

1. Make a bet with him. Tell him to handle the sprinters this season. if they have a successful season im talking dropping huge PR's and performing the best when it counts, than youll let him have complete control of the sprinters the rest of his time as sprint coach. If they have a bad season, little or no success, you will have the say so next season.

2. Ask the kids who they want to train them. After all theyre the ones being directly affected by this. Ask them who do you want to train you, me or that juiced up queer {or whatever his name is}. If they choose him, fck'em, if they choose you cool.