At the end of the school day athletes go to their school lockers to get their track bags, stop at a water fountain to fill their water bottles, and head to a locker room to get dressed for practice. Boys and girls varsity locker rooms are available for t&f athletes to use.
Girls need to be at the south end of the visitor-side bleachers by 2:45pm. Boys need to be in the Track Barn south of the track by 2:49pm. When practice plans need to be adjusted due to the weather, the girls will start in the mat room and the boys begin in the competition gym. On such days the routines will stay the same, but the locations and activities will be adjusted. Regardless of what the weather looks like at 7am, we live in Michigan. Athletes should bring clothes for any and every possibility. Also, everyone needs a towel and a water bottle. When choosing shoes, all athletes should have trainers, AKA traditional "running" shoes. Event-specific shoes like spikes and throwing shoes are also recommended. Spikes especially. Click HERE for a good website you can surf to see what we're talking about. On a normal day we'll start with check-ins and announcements, we'll take attendance, and be on the track at 3pm. Each team has their own start-of practice routines that may include build-ups, leg swings, and jumping jacks. Each team does a sort of cheer to bring some focus to the day's training. After that the teams break into event groups. Starting from the time we leave our team meetings we often play music, and maybe even hold a dance-off, to set a light but focused mood. At Western High School we have two teams (girls, boys) but one program. With some event groups the boys and girls train alongside one another during this part of practice. Also, some event groups work together depending on that day's training theme. For instance. throwers train with the sprinters on maximum velocity days, but they'll either go to the weight room or work on shot put and discus technique on sprint capacity days. Practice end times vary, but will never be later than 4:30pm. Still, coaches are around until 5pm for athletes who want or need more technique work or instruction. Important: at the end of each practice day, each athlete needs to "check out" with their team's head coach. This gives the coach a chance to get a feel for what progress was made that day and to give any end-of-day reminders. It also gives the athlete a chance to ask questions.
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