Coaches

any ideas?

events?

PRs?

and why do you think you coaches are bad?

What events do you run..?

Well I've run all 3 sprints and relays and long jumped but I don't even know if that would be what I'm best at because I'd like to do the heptathlon. I'm home schooled now so I don't deal with the school coaches anymore but they were awful because they wouldn't let you try anything and didn't know how to coach sprinting. We never got into shape and they didn't ever really let us practice field events. I never really was even taught how to long jump, just that I was supposed to jump far or that I was supposed to run fast. They're excuse is that you don't need to practice field events. Then my coach told me that I'm not much of a 100m sprinter even though I was the only athlete on our team to place at leagues and it was my first time EVER running it.

What are you asking..??....be clear ..be concise

How do I go about finding a coach other than my previous High School coach, sort of like a personal coach but not necessarily. That's as clear as I can make it.

ok so what were your PRs for:

100m-??

200-??

400-??

why don't you train with the club coach? you said that was a good experience right?

One place to start would be to go to usatf.org, click on clubs, and the "find a club." This will help you to find a club in your area, and most have coaches.

I think I would do better with a coach that can give more individualized training because I'm really behind. He's dealing with 40 other athletes and it makes it tough. But we'll see what I can find, thanks for the help everyone!

i guess you can hire a private coach that seems like a bit of overkill at the high school level but i guess whatever floats your boat and your parents wallets

you mention you're "behind" and you've avoided all questions on this thread about your times. in sprinting altough you can get much better with conditioning and working on form and start there is a certain amount of raw speed one needs. if scoring in your league meet (unless your school is in the same league as LBP & LBW in cali) is a big deal but there is no mention of making the state final, or even making it to the state meet you may not have the raw speed. you may want to think about moving up.

just for giggles what is your 100m PR your 200m PR??

See I said I'm homeschooled now so that's why I was thinking about coaching because I won't be running the HS circuit. I've never really had a decent coach or anyone coach me so my times are very raw. I did talk ot MSU coaches and they think I should try high jump and stick with sprinting so I'm not too sure. My best 100m time was 13.0 and my best 200m time was 27.1. The 100m time was the only time I'd ever run the 100m except for relays because that's all my coach would let me run even though I had the fastest time on the team... But I would consider running longer races if that would suit me better, I'd really like to try the heptathlon which is kind of why I'd need a coach because there's no club in my area that competes the heptathlon.

go to school! that is why you are bitching - nothing is right for a home-schooler. Go get some social skills

quit being a whimp and go to school!

Well your just a moron aren't you... I went to school for 12 years and decided that the homeschool program had better courses and would allow me to take college courses whereas my high school wouldn't. There's nothing wrong with homeschool and I do have social skills, and if you went to "regular school" that taught you the "social skills" you have than that bolsters my decision even more. If you're just going to be a jerk then get a life and quit ruining the message boards for everyone else.