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You can now view all the entrants plus their performance mark from the section qualifier for this weekend's CA State Track and Field ... -
Bumping this back up to the top. The list has not been updated in a few years so if you have athletes that you think deserve to... -
Below is the schedule for the 2013 Cross Country season. If you see any errors, additions or can confirm any dates, please email me at alb...
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Central Coast Section Results: http://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/2017Meets/ccsxc17/ Sac-Joaquin Section Section Finals: http://timerhub....
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Just added: Info for Ghebray Invitational on September 22nd. With one extra Saturday in September next year, I started to hunt down the d...
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Bold meets are confirmed for 2014 season. Non bolded dates are from 2013 season. August 2014 8/22 Ryan Bousquet Memorial Run at Yorba Reg...
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I will start with one: “Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.” — Tom Fleming What...
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If you are an athlete and you have a question about race strategy, training or anything else that is pertinent to Track & Field and/o...
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I will continue to update this list throughout the year. Please feel free to add others in the comment section below. I know I do not hav... -
I am very sad to report that Bob Shor passed away this morning after battling illness for the past few year...
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Kids need to be more active when they are younger. And quit year round stuff that causes these kinds of injuries. Between private coaches, gun-ho parents, over-zealous HS coaches these injuries are what results. And props to Patrick for letting the spiny coach get the pub. You never see that in the college ranks and not very often in HS.
I am assuming you meant sprint coach.
Haha. Yes. "Sprint." Dang t and y next to each other on the key board. All respect to the Bell coaches, they have a great thing going there.
"Year round stuff, private coaches, gun-ho parents and HS coaches" are NOT what caused the injuries. These things are all great to keep someone in shape year round. Playing a rough physical contact sport like football - that's what causes the injuries. They even mentioned it in the article. Maybe you skipped that part or chose not to read it.
Year round sports for youth IS what leads to overuse injuries, burnout and an odd number of injuries that only used to be seen at the professional level. There's plenty of references out there on this, even on this blog.
Maybe not the case here but it is a problem in youth sports today.
That said runners need to run year round, just the way it is. I'm sure other sports feel the same. The key is to give some down time and let the kids be kids. As a coach we have to inspire rather than artificially push our drive for success.
Injuries happen, it's the unfortunate side effect of hard work. Glad these kids are back healthy and finding their good form. It's good for the sport and the section!
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