Doherty Track & Field
Where
Players Play, Coaches Coach, and Parents Cheer
Thomas B. Doherty High School
4515 Barnes Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80917
719-520-2609
DOHERTY TRACK 2009 SEASON
TO THE PARENTS OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS:
Welcome to the 2009 Spring outdoor track season
at Doherty High School. First and foremost, the safety and well being of the athlete are the top priorities
of our coaching staff. Each coach is CPR/First aid certified and is also required
to possess a working knowledge in specific areas of Track and Field. We sincerely believe every team member has something
positive to contribute, and we will do our best to make this experience enjoyable and fulfilling for the athlete.
Practices are after school and usually will last two hours. There is a special schedule for bad weather days, so we expect your child to attend. JV meets are on Tuesdays and Invitational meets are on Fridays and Saturdays. Points scored on the invite meets will count toward letter points. The Saturday meets usually restrict entries to two or three per event; consequently, not all of our team
members will compete on Saturdays. We do request their support at as many meets
as possible. A complete schedule has been handed out to your student at the start
of the season.
The
support of your student/athlete is vital to his/her well-being. I am asking for
your help ensuring that your child gets the proper rest and nutrition. This will compliment their academics as well as their athletics.
On behalf of the entire track coaching staff
at Doherty High School,
thank you.
Rob Duensing
Debra K. Brown
Andy Colgate
Bill McCormick
Cydney Creech
Track and Field Coaches
Thomas B.
Doherty High School
SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR PARENT/COACH COMMUNICATION
Parents and coaches are important role models for students; they both provide
necessary guidance to young adults in their development and in their understanding of the world in which they will live and
work as adults. By understanding and respecting each other, parents and coaches, working together, can greatly benefit
children. When your children become involved with the athletic program at Doherty High School, you, as parents, have
a right to understand the expectations that will be placed upon them. Clear communication between parents and coaches
facilitates this understanding.
The following information is intended to be used as guidelines to establish
an environment in which open communication and mutual respect are fostered.
Communication You Should Expect From Us
1. Philosophy of the coach
2. Locations and times of all practices and contests
3. Explanation of athletic department training rules
4. Team requirements (i.e., special equipment, fees, off-season conditioning
recommendations)
5. Procedures if your child is injured during participation
6. Explanation of excused and unexcused absences from practice/contests
7. Discipline that results in denying your child a participation opportunity
Communication Coaches Expect From Parents
1. Concerns expressed directly to the coach rather than passed from parent
to parent to child...
2. Notification of any schedule conflicts well in advance
3. Specific concerns regarding a coach’s philosophy and/or expectations
Appropriate Concerns To Discuss With Coaches
As your children become involved in the athletic program at The Doherty, they
will experience some very rewarding moments. It is important to understand that there also may be times when things do
not go the way your children wish. Some are appropriate to communicate with coaches.
1.
The treatment of your child—mentally and physically
2. Ways to help your child improve
3. Concerns about your child’s behavior
Issues Not Appropriate To Discuss With Coaches
It is very difficult to accept that your child may not play as much as you
hoped. Coaches are professionals. We make judgment decisions based on what we believe is best for all athletes
involved. As you have seen from the list above, certain things can be discussed with your child’s coach. Other
things must be left to the discretion of the coach.
1. Playing time
2. Play calling
3. Other Athletes
There are situations that may require a conference between the coach and
the parent. It is expected that you will call the coach first to set up an appointment. If the outcome of the
meeting warrants a third party, call the Athletic Director's office to set up a meeting.
Appropriate Behavior
for Spectators (Three simple rules)
Cheer, Cheer, Cheer.
Save the Jeer, Jeer, Jeer for private meetings with coaches. Nothing
will counteract the intense work these kids and coaches have put into building this team than hearing people in the stands
degrading their effort or that of the officials or coaching staff.
PROCEDURES FOR CONCERNS
-
Call
to set appointment. Please do not attempt to confront a coach before or after a meet or practice. These can be emotional times for both parent and coach. Meetings
of this nature do not promote resolution.
-
The
next step if a satisfactory solution was not achieved would be to seek the input of the principal or a school athletic director.
Research indicates that participation in other
activities has a great impact on success in adult life. Many of the character
traits required to be a successful participant are exactly the same that will promote a successful life after high school. We hope this information will help in enabling your child and you to have a positive
experience with this program.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Coaches
Rob Duensing
520-2609
Cell: 321-7007 (Emergency Only)
Deb Brown
964-7830
Andy Colgate
328-6425
Cydney Creech
641-6426
Bill McCormick
330-7981
Chris Noll
328-6443
Athletic Director
DOHERTY TRACK TEAM POLICIES
We follow the guidelines of School District 11, the Colorado State
High School Activities Association and the following rules:
ELIGIBILITY
1. Two F’s on grade checks taken once a week makes you ineligible
2. Mandatory AE until F grade is brought up, though you are getting help
it may effect your next meet.
3. 6:40 AM mandatory study tables if ineligible for entire week missing one
day takes you out of next meet.(This is Doherty Athletics Policy)
4. Three weeks on ineligible list with 2 F’s or more, your season is
over
5. Our goal is for each student athlete to learn and practice balancing a
highly competitive training with academics.
6. By letting yourself down academically you end up letting down the team.
ATTENDANCE
1. If late to practice a note
must accompany. You must make up missed time.
2. An unexcused absence pulls
you out of the next meet.
3. All absences must be made
up. See Coach Duensing before your next practice.
4.
An unexcused tardy will be made up completing a Spartan Reminder. Excused tardies will be made up at the beginning
of practice.
5.
All training room activity must be completed by 3:30 with clearance through Coaches
6.
If calling in an absence from school, Please have attendance people place a note in Coach Duensing’s mailbox
to notify me of absence.
7.
Not having appropriate clothing in which to practice constitutes an unexcused absence.
8. All athletes who miss practice to compete in other activities the week of CSML or State will not compete
for the remainder of the season. CSML is May 8 and 9. DO NOT MISS A PRACTICE THAT WEEK OR YOU WILL NOT COMPETE
IN THE CSML MEET.
ATTITUDE
1. Be honest and compete fairly.
2. Have pride in the knowledge that you did
your best and that you can do even better.
3. You are a member of a team. They will support you, you will support them.
4. You are expected to do your best. By cheating yourself
you cheat your teammates
5. Do not do anything that will embarrass yourself, your school, your family or your
Teammates.
PRACTICE/MEETS/LOCKEROOM
- You must be at practice every day and you must
be on time. If you cannot do either, you MUST notify one of the coaches before
practice in writing. Failure to do so can result in not participating
in the meet. You also run the risk of being dropped from the team. Excused absences need to be communicated to the coach.
2.
We
leave early for some Saturday meets. YOU must be on time as the bus will leave
those athletes who are not there. If you miss the bus you don’t compete.
- You must take care of all the equipment that
is checked out to you. You will be charged replacement cost for any lost items,
repair costs for damages.
- You are expected to travel with the team to meets
that are scheduled out of town. You should bring money and/or food. Team members are allowed to return home with parents only. When
this is the case, you must report to one of the coaches who will personally dismiss you to your parents, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THIS RULE ABSOLUTELY.
- When you are not at your locker, keep it locked!!
- Keep the locker room clean and locked
PRACTICE
EXPECTATIONS
The coaching staff has spent years fine tuning our event and strength programs. The programs are periodized into four parts to properly train each athlete to be strong enough and ready
to progress to the next part of the season. Any outside training without our
knowledge will be detrimental to the athlete. That is why all work outside of
practice or in place of one of our programs MUST
BE CLEARED BY THE COACH. The following is a guide:
1. Athletes are required to use our training and strength programs.
2. Any variance of our event or strength program must be cleared through the coach.
3. Though you may sign a variance form through the Athletic Director’s Office
to work with other sport club coaches, NO OUTSIDE COACHING ON YOUR EVENTS without clearance through the coach.
4. It is in the Athlete’s best interest to buy into our program in order
to progress and peak at the appropriate time. Training without our knowledge
could be detrimental to the athlete.
TRANSPORTATION
POLICIES:
1. Busses are provided for Cherry Creek, Mullen, and Woodland
Park meets
2. Arrange for you own transportation for El
Paso County meets.
3. Arrange for your own transportation to ALL practices.
4. We will pre-determine the practice site (consult calendar), it is the athlete’s
responsibility to get there on time.
5. Parents need to call if there
are transportation problems.
6. Garry Berry practices are scheduled in advance. Coaches are not responsible for transportation.
MEET DO’S AND
DON’T’S
1. Arrive when
directed by your coach
2. Warm up 30 minutes
prior to your event keeping warm, loose, mentally focused
3.
Be independent (you don’t need to ask a coach where you need to be, when you
need to be there or where the check in is for your event.)
4.
Drinking 8 oz of water an hour in cool to warm weather and 12 oz an hour in hot to extreme hot weather
5. Bring complex
carbohydrates and protein
6. Stay in the
shade on warm and hot days when not running
7. No Jewelry.
Beads, bobby pins, or hard objects in hair these count as jewelry
8. No belly button
showing
9. Shorts are on
the hips or above
10. Warm ups remain on until
the starter directs you to take your warm ups off.
11. Doherty warm ups only are to be worn to meets
and kept on until the starter tells you to take them off.
12. Uniforms must be worn as intended.
13. No electronic devices on field at all.
14. You may be disqualified for warming up at
a field event, getting steps, if there is not a coach or the field event judge present.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY
In addition to the School District 11 substance abuse
policy:
1. Any use of drugs, alcohol
or performance enhancing drugs will be immediate
grounds for dismissal from
the team.
2. The athlete will be asked to hand in their uniform and they will be off the
team.
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT (For Meets and Practice)
- You will need an adequate pair of running shoes
for practice. A separate pair of shoes in which you will lift.
- You will also need a pair of spiked shoes (1/8
inch) for most running and jumping events
- A large athletic bag is recommended for team
travel.
- Some practices and meets will be very COLD. Be sure to bring enough layers to keep you warm and dry (Hat, gloves, sweatshirt and
LONG PANTS warm muscles work best)
- Swimsuit and towel
- Water bottle
- Lots of Food (always try to eat a protein source
within 30 min of workout or event completion.)
PROPER ATTIRE
Dress warm for every practice and every meet.
You can always peel layers of clothing off if you are too warm. Bring
gloves, hats, sweats. Missing practice for improper attire counts as unexcused.
No Club T-Shirts or Uniforms Allowed During
High School Season at Practice or Meets
UNIFORMS
- Each member will be issued a uniform and sweats
in a mesh bag. Each item in the bag has corresponding numbers with the bag and
the athlete is responsible for turn in of all items and the corresponding bag immediately after the Regional Meet or the following
week. The following charges will be place on a obligation account in that athletes
name for anything that is not turned in by May 23, 2009
Gray Hoodie
$20.00
Gray Sweats
$11.00
Warm-ups
$75.00
Singlet
$25.00
Speedsuit
$35.00
Compression Top
$20.00
Shorts
$20.00
- It is the Athlete’s responsibility to wash,
keep track of, and return all parts of the uniform in the bag with the correct numbers originally issued to that athlete.
- WASHING : Wash your uniforms in COLD WATER SEPARATELY from other clothes. We have too many
baby blue panels on our uniforms that should be white. This causes a problem
for relays. Uniforms that do not match, even if it’s because the colors
ran, constitute a disqualification.
TEAM PICTURES
We will have team picture
taken in early April after spring break. Team and individual packages are available
at various price levels.
VARSITY COMPETITION
Top
three athletes in each event will compete Varsity. Some meets will allow only
top two in each event, while still other meets will only take the best times or jumps from all schools that send entries.
Girls Varsity Athlete Minimum Times
Boys Varsity Minimum Times
Minimum Competitive
Minimum
Competitive
1 100m
o 14.5
13.5
12.5
11.5
2 200m
o 32.0
27.2
24.0
23.0
3 400m
o 1:10
1:04
55.0
52.0
4 800m
o 2:55
2:35
2:25
2:05
5 High Jump o 4’2”
5'0"
5’6”
6’0”
6 Long Jump o 14’0”
16' 0"
18’5”
20’0”
VARSITY LETTER
1. Individual athletes earn fifteen points in varsity
meets. Relays count as a quarter of the points earned by a team of four. Alternates
do not earn points toward their letter. Points do not roll over to the next season.
2. Qualifying for the State Track Meet
earns you a letter.
3. Competing for four seasons earns
you a letter
FUNDRAISING
Our
budget covers meet entry fees and one single bus trip. We need to supplement
our budget with club funds for the remainder of our needs.
2009
Needs:
- Three additional bus trips outside of El
Paso County
- Hotel stay for the State Track Meet
- Replacing uniforms and warm ups as needed
- Pole vault poles
- Additional warm ups
March: We will be selling cookie dough. The minimum expectation is 20 boxes per athlete. Top seller
earns $50 or $1 for each item sold, which ever is more, Second highest seller earns $25, anyone selling more than 20 boxes
is put in a drawing to win $50.
VIDEO
Doherty Track and Field will have over seventy five athletes this year in nineteen
events. We have five events coaches to cover these events. Since digital analysis of athletes is essential to helping improve athletes, we will be videotaping starts,
hurdles, relay hand-offs, jump progressions, and many other particulars. Some
of the video will be saved on a hard drive. Though it will not be possible for
us to make individual edited versions of each athlete’s year, we will make a highlight video at the end of the season.
This video is made with footage gathered only for analysis. If you have tape you would like added. Those tapes need to
be cued up and brief and given to Coach Duensing at the meet or by May 19.
BASIC FOOD
GUIDE
You would never
put cheap gas in your car, don’t put cheap food in your body.
Good foods include: breads, grains, pastas, a variety of fruits, poultry, lean red meats, non fat dairy
products. Try mostly whole foods without processing. Lots of fluids of which the most important is water but can include juices,
avoid carbonated sugar drinks especially during the season. Vitamin supplements
are good, Calcium is especially important to young women.
Foods to avoid: high fats, fried foods, sweets, salty food, (chips). Pre-competition
foods: complex carbs, grains, pastas, (limit protein immediately before races
4 hours on digestion but not after), lots of fluid. Try not to change your routine
before you compete.
If you need further clarification
please feel free to contact one of the coaches
Drinks: Keep hydrated with
water or sports drinks. Do not consume any ENERGY DRINKS ie. Rock Star, Spike,
Red Bull… or any caffeinated beverages.
SPARTAN
SPORTS MEDICINE
Jennifer Tomme, ATC
Athletic Training Room # 328-6491
Cell # 719-331-7459
Training Room Schedule
o
2:30- the end of daily practices or competitions
o
Be in training room immediately after school to allow for rehab/treatment first come first served
Player Injury/Rehab Procedures
If an athlete goes to see
a physician about an injury they need to bring the trainer a note from the physician before they can be cleared to participate
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
Make it your way of life
10 COMMANDMENTS OF TRACK
Your ATTITUDE will shape
your SUCCESS
Optimism is contagious
Negativism works all
the time
Always raise the expectations
of yourself
Clarify your goals
Believe in yourself;
Your coaches do
Be a risk taker, play
to win
Help your teammates
and respect them
Take problems seriously;
Yourself lightly
Every day is “track
day”
