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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jumping into this thread on a slightly unrelated topic, Dc is now training with a coach during pre season through some local running club. He says he’s getting much better training than anything from his high school and is thinking about withdrawing from his high school team for training when winter season comes, and continuing training with this club. He says he’d still wear his school jersey at high school meets to compete, but he’s worried his HS track coach will flip and make things rough on him. Anyone btdt? [/quote]

Could he arrange to work out with the team some days and the club other days, and then compete with his HS team?  That might be more acceptable to his HS coach. DD knows some kids who do that. [/quote]

Interesting. And the coaches let them?

That seems like a good compromise to me, but dc is fairly adamant that his HS track coaches haven’t been good with sprinting or hurdles and have ‘held [him] back’ and he wants to train pretty much solely with this coach. Of course I take this with a grain of salt… he’s a hot headed teen. [/quote]

Why does he want to compete with his HS team? At some point, he may have to choose which is more important, competing for his HS or training with the new coach. If he can approach the HS coach respectfully, he may have some compromise options, and then he’ll have to decide what his priorities are. [/quote]

He loves his high school, the kids, etc. I think he’d be sad to not represent for them. But you’re absolutely right. He’s got to figure out how to discuss this respectfully with his high school coaches-  one of whom is also his teacher so it adds a layer of stress for him. But you’re correct. It’s all about communication and compromise. Not his strong suits unfortunately and he is adamant that parents stay out of it. [/quote]

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