Team Philosophy:
To develop the best track and field team possible! A successful track program is founded on excellent coaching along with the athlete’s commitment, dedication, and competitiveness.

Practice:
Practices are Monday through Fridays from 2:45 – 5:00 pm,
and Saturdays 10am – 12pm (when there is no Saturday meet)
- Be at practice every day! If there is a conflict or you are going to miss a practice, you must clear it with the coach (school or family conflicts only)
- Be Prepared! Come to practice with equipment: shoes, spikes, sweats, etc.
- Be able to complete practices
- Listen to your coaches

Meets:
Meets are on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Saturday meets are generally for Varsity athletes and some upper-level JV.
- You must be wearing issued TPHS track uniforms at all meets – NO EXCEPTIONS
- You may not leave a meet early – even if you are done competing
- Thursday meets start at 3pm and end around 6:30pm
- At the end of HOME meets there will be a clean up session and then a short team meeting before leaving
- For away meets we are limited to taking 150 athletes. There will be busses to and back from meets.
- You may go home with parents when the meet is over.
*We expect all athletes to treat all teammates with respect
as well as teams we compete against*
**If you are unable to follow these rules and guidelines, then Falcon track and field is not for you

Creating a Successful Track Season
1. Practices
- Come to practice each day—don’t make excuses to cut practice
- Do the workouts—deal with being tired and having sore muscles at times
2. Event Specialization
- Choose an event area you want to be in, or think you can be good at
- What are your strengths? (speed, endurance, power, jumping) Each strength leads to a specific event area
- The learned (technical) events (hurdles, jumps, pole vault, throws, and even distances) take time to master—you must be persistent!Sprints Hurdles Jumps Distances Throws
100m 100 HH (G) Long J 800m Shot Put
200m 110 HH (B) Triple J 1600m Discus
400m 300 IH High J 3200m Pole Vault
Relays: 4x100m and 4x400m – open to all event areas
*Be careful not to try and master too many learned (technical) events in the first year—they are time consuming
**If you are a sprinter you should attempt to jump or hurdle. If you are fast in the 100m you can also long jump!BE COMPETITIVE - SET GOALS - TRY NEW THINGS - GO FOR IT