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
PRACTICE
• Space Requirements
– Size of Team
– Size of Coaching Staff
• Split Programs
– Hours of Use
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
HORIZONTAL AND
VERTICAL JUMPS
• Access to and From
• Staging of athletes when not
jumping
– In Spikes
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
• Drinking Fountain
– With Surfacing
– Adjacent to Finish Line
– Multiple People at once
• Recovery/Access
MEET
MANAGEMENT
• Location of Clerk
– Close to track and Warm
Ups
– Access to Track
• With Surfacing
QUESTIONS
A COACHES PERSPECTIVE Best and Worst Facility Features.
Chris Chisam
916.346.8543
Duffy Mahoney
317-713-4673