Last weekend I saw a coach pacing/rabbitting one of his athletes. Is this legal? I have noticed this a lot the past couple of years. Some instances it has just been a graduate assistant which I'm sure is fine, but an assistant or head coach doing it doesn't seem right. Does anyone know if there is a rule pertaining to this?
Z-money wrote:
Last weekend I saw a coach pacing/rabbitting one of his athletes. Is this legal? I have noticed this a lot the past couple of years. Some instances it has just been a graduate assistant which I'm sure is fine, but an assistant or head coach doing it doesn't seem right. Does anyone know if there is a rule pertaining to this?
The graduate assistant would actually be under the same rules as the other coaches if it was an official position on paper with the team.
I have heard it wasn't allowed, but have seen it done by college teams
How about an athlete pacing a coach?
Instead of complaining about what others are doing, concentrate on training your athletes as best you can. Read up on the latest physiological research, study logs, talk with other coaches about training topics, spedn some time talking with your athelets and lsetting up training progressions. These are things that will help your athelets improve, not whinning about someone else being paced.
Gerald Johnny Juaquim wrote:
Instead of complaining about what others are doing, concentrate on training your athletes as best you can. Read up on the latest physiological research, study logs, talk with other coaches about training topics, spedn some time talking with your athelets and lsetting up training progressions. These are things that will help your athelets improve, not whinning about someone else being paced.
No. No need for that scientific crap. 20 miles a day. When the season gets close make some of that 20 miles be some sprinting. When it gets time to race cut that mileage and taper. Bam. You'll beat the coach paced athletes.
Z-money wrote:
Last weekend I saw a coach pacing/rabbitting one of his athletes. Is this legal? I have noticed this a lot the past couple of years. Some instances it has just been a graduate assistant which I'm sure is fine, but an assistant or head coach doing it doesn't seem right. Does anyone know if there is a rule pertaining to this?
Yeah, in AAU Jr. Olympic races this will get the athlete DQ'd. It is amazing but true that running alongside an athlete for 20 meters of a 3000 meter race gives an athlete a major, unfair advantage. The offending athlete and coach should be banned for 1 year on first offense, 2 year on second offense, and banned for life on the third offense. The Three Strike Law of Pacing! Perhaps beheading?
Fah Q. wrote:
Z-money wrote:Last weekend I saw a coach pacing/rabbitting one of his athletes. Is this legal? I have noticed this a lot the past couple of years. Some instances it has just been a graduate assistant which I'm sure is fine, but an assistant or head coach doing it doesn't seem right. Does anyone know if there is a rule pertaining to this?
Yeah, in AAU Jr. Olympic races this will get the athlete DQ'd. It is amazing but true that running alongside an athlete for 20 meters of a 3000 meter race gives an athlete a major, unfair advantage. The offending athlete and coach should be banned for 1 year on first offense, 2 year on second offense, and banned for life on the third offense. The Three Strike Law of Pacing! Perhaps beheading?
What you are describing is different than what the OP is talking about. The OP is talking about a coach entering a race and then pacing his athlete. To me this seems legal if the coach was legally entered in the race. Most meets allow unattached athletes to compete, so there would be no rule against this as far as I am aware.
On the other hand, I do agree with the rule that you cannot run alongside one of your athletes during a race when you are not entered in the race, even if it were for only 20 meters. Can you imagine if every athlete had a coach trying to run alongside him for even 20 meters. It would get a little hectic.