2.  First things first………………find common training traits with the events (drills, physiological systems needed, etc….)  Speed, speed endurance, strength, special endurance  Have something to work on in warm-up for off-event/s each day (great place to stay in touch)

3.  Monday – speed development/light technical drills as part of warm-up for jump/weights  Tuesday – technique day for a jump  Wednesday – medium to strong circuit/weights (mostly recovery day)  Thursday – light technical jump day w/speed endurance work  Friday – pre-meet work, approaches, blocks, but not many of either really  Saturday – COMPETE, TRAIN, LEARN!

4.  Coach and athlete have to be okay with maybe not training all events every week (tough mentally to get a handle on sometimes)  Sometimes it’s better, depending on event, to train it every other week from a technical standpoint  Give the body time to absorb ideas  Competition simulation (changing shoes, hustling from one event to another?)

5.  Concept needs to be understood in every event (it can happen differently in different events)  More ways to get hurt (communicate and listen to athlete?)  Very easy to fall into trap of training every day without real and/or quality REST

6.  Reps are great, but quality reps are better  Let the “natural” come out in the athlete, don’t train/talk it out of them (less brain, more athlete)  No when to say when  “Just one more coach” can be one too many  Mental ability to focus and make changes from one rep to the next is imperative with shortness of season