Central Ohio Track Coaching
Build your competitive edge during your offseason
Private and small group track coaching is our specialty
Now enrolling for Winter sessions.
We help middle school, high school, and collegiate athletes of any skill level get season and race ready. Our current athletes range from new sport athletes to state, national and collegiate-level athletes. In addition to training, we help athletes achieve a life-long love of running and physical fitness by developing a love towards training and self-improvement.
We are a USA Track and Field club as well as a member of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Important Dates:
How we help:
1:1 Private Track Coaching
We have very limited 1:1 spots for Winter session due to high demand and the number of returning athletes. If interested in 1:1 training please contact us asap. We fill up every year as early as mid-October/early November.
1:1 Training is the highest level of training and support we offer. With 1:1 training, everything is 100% customized as we build your athlete’s entire training program around them. Contact us for more details.
Small Group / Semi Private Track Coaching
Photo: Ty Munroe – New Balance Outdoor Nationals 4×800, 4th place, All-American, Now running at the University of Akron (D1) – Track
We work with runners from dozens of Central Ohio school districts, including Olentangy, Dublin, Worthington, Westerville, Delaware, New Albany, Big Walnut, Johnstown-Monroe, Northridge, Centerburg, Hilliard, Columbus, Columbus Academy, Columbus School for Girls, Bishop Ready, Bishop Watterson, Clearfork, Grandview Heights, Bexley, Gahanna and Upper Arlington plus numerous middle schools across these districts.
Our coaches don’t just complete a “weekend certification”. Our coaches seek out continuing education programs and regularly attend national training clinics to make sure we are up to date on the latest training modalities and sports science.
All training is applied based on an athlete’s current ability and experience as well as where they are in the offseason, or preseason training. We follow periodized training principles and apply the latest/proven sports science and sport performance methodologies. We don’t just “run” or do “busywork”.
Additionally, we occasionally use slow-motion video analysis and electronic timing systems to capture form, technique and accurate timing for sprints. Our electronic timing systems are accurate down to 2/100s of a second and can simulate “set commands” and simulated starter pistols.
Events we coach
We work with a wide range of Track and Cross Country athletes. We specialize in all running events, from sprints to mid/long distance individual and team relays. We do not coach hurdle technique, however we can help with power, speed and endurance.
Sprints
We coach the following Sprint distances:
Boys / Girls – 100M Dash
Boys / Girls – 200M Dash
Boys / Girls – 400M Dash
When we work with Sprinters, we focus our training around four primary phases of Sprint mechanics:
1. Starts (Including standing and block starts)
2. Acceleration
3. Drive phase (Top speed)
4. Deceleration*
*The name Deceleration is misleading – Here, we are not trying to actively slow down, but rather this is where we have to work harder to stave off fatigue factors that slow us down – for example, working on our anaerobic endurance)
Relays
We coach the following Relay distances:
Boys / Girls 4x100M
Boys / Girls 4x200M
Boys / Girls 4x400M
Boys / Girls 4x800M
Mid-Distance / Distance
Boys / Girls 800M Run
Boys / Girls 1600M Run
Boys / Girls 3200M Run
Events we don’t coach
We do not coach the following events:
Hurdles (although we CAN coach starts, acceleration, and speed/endurance – just not hurdle technique)
Jumps
Throws