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A COACHES PERSPECTIVE Best and Worst Facility Features. Chris Chisam [email protected] 916.346.8543 Duffy Mahoney [email protected] 317-713-4673
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A COACHES PERSPECTIVE Best and Worst Facility Features.
Chris Chisam
916.346.8543
Duffy Mahoney
317-713-4673
CHRIS CHISAM
• Competed for UC Davis for 5
years
• Two time Independent
National Champion in the
Javelin
• Assistant throws coach at
UC Davis
• Worked for USATF High
Performance Center at 2004
Olympic Trials
• Family Members coached at
UCLA, Stanford, CAL &
Harvard
• 8 Years of Experience on the
design side.
DUFFY MAHONEY
• 21 Years of Coaching
experience, 9 High School,
10 college, 2 international
• 23 Years in athletic
administration with USA
Track and Field
• Extensive Meet management
experience at each coaching
and administration level,
including U.S Nationals and
Olympic Trials, NCAA and
H.S Championships
OUTLINE
• Practice
– Space Requirements
– Facility Requirements
– Gathering Spaces
– Field Events
– Running Events
• Competition
– Management/Setup
• Gathering Spaces
• Warm up areas
• Maintenance
Facility Type
PRACTICE
• Space Requirements
– Size of Team
– Size of Coaching Staff
• Split Programs
– Hours of Use
PRACTICE
• Type of Facility
• Joint Use/Exclusive Use
• Land Locked
PRACTICE
• 4/6/8/9 Lanes
• Different Homestretch
• Entire Oval
PRACTICE
• Gathering Spaces
• Team Meetings
– Size of Team
• Stretching
• Warm Ups
– Split Program
• Recovery During Workouts
– Size of Team
THROWS
• Size of Team
– Staging of Athletes
• Amount of time for practice
• Visibility
• Location of Rings
– Proximity
• Amount of Rings
THROWS
• Amount of Rings
– HS Team can have over 40
Kids
THROWS
• Amount of Rings
– High School throws team
can have over 40 Kids
MISC PRACTICE
AMENITIES
• Lack of Time, How to get it
all in
– Concrete Pads
– Concrete Walls
HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL JUMPS
• Amount or Runways
• Proximity
HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL JUMPS
• Access to and From
• Staging of athletes when not
jumping
– In Spikes
HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL JUMPS
• Run Throughs
HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL JUMPS
• Adjacency
– High Jump
– Pole Vault
– LJ/TJ
MISC PRACTICE
AMENITIES
• Downhill Runways
MISC PRACTICE
AMENITIES
• Pole Vault Bars
– Various Sizes
– Sleeves/Tie Down in Track
MISC PRACTICE
AMENITIES
– Storage
– Access for Carts
MISC PRACTICE
AMENITIES
• Sand Box
– Strength/Conditioning
– Plyometrics/Drills
– Rehab
RUNNING EVENTS
• Warm up Space
– Hurdlers/Sprinters
– Sprints/Jumps
– Throws
– Distance
– Split Squads
RUNNING EVENTS
• Pre-Season training
• Non-track Workouts
– Infields
• With and Without Field Events
– Adjacent Fields
• Track that is set up for
performance
• Change in Stimulus of
material to protect ankles
and limbs
RUNNING EVENTS
• Track Workouts
– Access to start of interval
• Jogging/Cool Down Lanes
RUNNING EVENTS
• Speed Work
• Strength Work
• Conditioning
RUNNING EVENTS
• Drinking Fountain
– With Surfacing
– Adjacent to Finish Line
– Multiple People at once
• Recovery/Access
MEET MANAGEMENT
MEET
MANAGEMENT
• Team Tent Locations
• Warm-Up Areas
MEET
MANAGEMENT
• Location of Clerk
– Close to track and Warm
Ups
– Access to Track
• With Surfacing
MEET
MANAGEMENT
• Event Locations
• Staging of athletes between
events
MAINTENANCE
• Quick Coupler Locations
• San Catchers/Lids
• Communication Boxes
QUESTIONS
A COACHES PERSPECTIVE Best and Worst Facility Features.
Chris Chisam
916.346.8543
Duffy Mahoney
317-713-4673
