Dakota Ridge XC Track and Field

Staying Happy in Track and Field....and Life Dakota Track, For those of you who run Cross Country and attended our team camp last summer, you saw a bit of how I am evolving as a coach. I have become a TED talk nerd. This is thanks in large part to becoming a school counselor. Which now that I am getting my feet wet at Summit Ridge a couple days a week, my passion for seeing students, and people in general achieve within their own context is enormous.  My hope is that once every few weeks at random (when I have the time) I will share something from outside Track and Field that we can apply to Track and Field. Of course, I also figure that these musings of mine will apply to the larger context called life. Read and watch at your leisure.  To begin I simply want to cover being happy, and how that pertains to my vision for our program. I want too borrow from the late Sam Berns to make a few points on my philosophy and how we all can have a happy season. If you hav...

Track Parents and student athletes here is a brief outline of the main points for track and field.. you can find information at this blog site online..... dakotaridgexctf. blogspot.com its rough no doubt because I don't spend a ton of time designing it but you can click around on there and find information thats been emailed and some other fun stuff.  TEAM RULES See  http://www.dakotaridgexctf.com/general-information.html PRACTICE If your student athlete cannot make it to practice or a meet for some reason, I NEED AN EMAIL FROM A PARENT STATING WHY THEY ARE MISSING. Its also a good idea to include in that email any other coaches the student athlete works with. See the rules, but if student athletes are missing and they are not excused absences, they won't last long on the team. We want student athletes here who want to be here. If you are in another sport, student athletes need to communicate that to me so we can work out schedules.  ...

Web Videos.... One of the most important things about Track and Field is learning about Track and Field. I want our team to have an idea what we are trying to teach about the sport and how to do it. So when we are teaching you these things in practice these videos will hopefully give you a frame of reference for what we are doing. RELAY EXCHANGES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMqGB1fawY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bc7UFj_RrU WALL DRILL http://track.coachesdirectory.com/article/sprinting--wall-drill--adrian-wheatley--univ-of-il-video.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl3NO6eGQTw FORM WORK DRILLS Seated Arms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nMMAxE_TI A March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHZ8UAyewaM Sprint Drill Progression ( a good look at basic mechanics we are going for) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0zLW6b_04s Sprint Mechanics Drills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtLsvd1QNs https://www.youtube.com...