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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm looking for a private track coach to work with my 13 year old 7th grade daughter. She is a AAU Junior Olympian and All-American, training to qualify again this summer. She trains with the Seven Locks Running Club but needs some 1:1 coaching for form & technique. Her events in the Junior Olympics are the 800m & 1500m. [/quote]
This is probably my dream coaching job. I'd do it for free.

Youngsters with this kind of skillset are relatively rare because these races are just too demanding.

I was fortunate to be a full D1 scholar T&F/XC athlete. Specialized in the 800m, but was competitive starting at 400m up to XC distances.

Wish I could help. Here are a few general tips I'll share:
1. [b]Most importantly[/b], make sure she's always enjoying the sport. She's very young, and these are super challenging distances to race/train for. It's so easy to get turned off if it becomes overwhelming or job-like.

2. Drink a crap-load of water, increasing the amounts around competitions.

3. Work to strengthen her core--the rest will come. Try to find fun ways to do so--swimming, jump rope, cycling, random stop-drop-and-plank moments like the punch-buggy days, etc.

4. Stretch all the time. While in bed. At the dinner table. Before/after workouts. At her desk in school...

5. Run distances shorter (sprints) and longer (XC) than your specialty races. This is good physically, but for me, it was probably most helpful mentally. So much about running competitively is being tough mentally.

6. Teach her to visualize her races. All runs have phases. We feel and perform differently in each phase. The more she becomes familiar with those phases and how she's feeling, the better she'll be at tweaking/improving her performance. Having someone video a few of her races and methodically breaking them down with her (as part of her training) could be amazing.

You've got a gem, there. Good luck![/quote]

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