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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll say this as the parent of a D1 track athlete. There’s only so much a high school coach can do. So much of it is just your kid and their own progress and ability and training on their own. There’s no magic outside club that will help.

If the high school coach isn’t helping you, there’s really no need for an outside coach, you can just train on your own.  Run and train more than the average high school team based on YouTube and other obvious training resources for college athletes.

My kid was running 50+ miles a week, including a 10 or 11 mile run on weekends, for his distance team. That should be plenty to train. Plus, lots of flexibility and stretching and weightlifting exercises.  He probably worked out 2 to 3 hours a day—  two with the team and one on his own.

You can run unattached as part of USATF if your kid is hitting the national qualifying times.  
If your kid is that good, your high school coach should be able to send them to the national meets (Nike, new balance, etc). Even if the rest of the team isn’t going.  [/quote]

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