Steve

I have been coaching for 2 years now and would like to incorporate some new games into the practice. We have a few that work well but it would be nice to change it up once in a while. So any suggestions would be much appreciated.

I have been coaching Jr. High for 2 yrs now and I have found that the best way to handoff was by having the recieving kid place his/her left hand down tight against the body and put the hand in an upside down "V" shape with fingers together. If the arm is kept tight to the body during take off then kid handing off (from their right hand) can usually slap it upward into their hand. This also allows for the kid handing off to aim for the leg and the baton will slide up into the hand. This only works if the hand/arm is tight against the body. When we start we usually run the kids in the order they are going to run in the meet and start about 50 meters apart then run at full speed towards the handoff spot. Then we have the kids yell go when they get close. The reciever then looks forward and takes off fast without looking back. As they continue to practice this eventually they dont have to yell go anymore and can do it visually. If worked for us in high school and we ran the 4x1600 in 3:29.8. If it doesnt work there are always other methods.

I am a 20 year old Jr. High Track and Field coach and this is my second year doing it. I had a question I was hoping some of you might help with. On days when we dont have a hard practice we like to incorprate some type of game into practice before we work on field events or something. I would like a new game to play. Right now we play something similar to tag called battleship and that keeps everybody running and we have fun at the same time. We also play relay races and something i came up with using a frisbee ( thought that one needs some fine tuning) Anyway any replies will be appreciated.