Braves (Student-Athletes and Parents/Guardians),
If you are receiving this email it is because you student
has signed up to participate in outdoor track this season. I was excited to see
so many at our first day of practice yesterday and look forward to a great
season with some great kids. If you are receiving this in error, please let me
know and I can remove you from the list. I will use this email list to send out
updates and reminders.
Please view our website for information from the initial
meeting, the meet schedule, and the link to register my athlete. www.bravestrack.blogspot.com
Here are a few things you need to know in the short term as
we get started.
We will have a time trial on Friday at 1 PM to get our
season started. Our first meet is on March 11th at Box Elder, (bus
departure time tbd). In order to compete in that meet (and all the others)
there are several things you MUST do to be allowed on the bus.
- Be covid tested on
Thursday at 1 PM in the fieldhouse.
- The state mandates that
all participating in extracurricular activities must be tested once every
two weeks. These tests will be offered at the school. Those who miss the
tests cannot participate in afterschool activities, including practices
and meets, until after they are tested again. There are options to do a
“make-up” test, which I can send out as needed, but again, in the
meantime you will not be able to participate in after school activities.
- If you have not been
tested at the school before, then you need to fill out the parent
permission form and bring it to testing. This only needs to be done once.
I have attached that form here.
- Complete register my
athlete https://www.registermyathlete.com/login/
for track and field. If you participated in a sport earlier this school
year, then you should log in using the account you made previously and you
just need to go click on track and field and complete the process. If you
have an account but this is your first sport this year, just log in and
complete the registration process. If this is your first time, create a
new account and complete the registration process.
- In order to complete
registration, you need a physical. You CANNOT compete until this is done.
Other sports won’t even allow kids to try-out without first having a
physical, but because we don’t have try-outs our date is extended to the
first meet.
- If you are unable to
get an appointment with your own physician to get the physical, there are
a number of places that typically have allowed walk ins, so you can look
those up if needed. They do however incur a cost greater than going
through your own insurance.
On Fridays, when we do not have school, we will practice at
1 PM. Make sure you have all your work done with your teachers before coming to
practice. Do not tell a teacher that you can’t meet with them or come in due to
track practice. That isn’t true.
That is it for now, but I’m sure there will be something
that I missed. Feel free to email me with any questions.
Coach Jacobson
1. Coaches
a.
Coach Stevens – Jumps
b.
Coach Lake - Sprints
c.
Coach Berntson – Sprints/Hurdles
d.
Coach Munk – Throws
e. Coach Jacobson – Distance/Hurdles
3. Team
Philosophy
a. TEAM
i. Your
value to the team will be measured by how good of a teammate you are, not how
great of an athlete you are.
ii. A
great teammate is reliable, dependable, supportive, encouraging, driven,
positive, consistent etc.
A great teammate finds joy in others’
success, pushes their teammates to work harder by encouraging and challenging
them, and constantly seeks to improve themselves as a teammate and athlete.
b.
Enjoy the journey
i.
The season looks like it won’t be over for a long
time (it ends two weeks before school does), but it will end quicker than it
seems.
4.
Expectations
a.
Be here ready to get better every day; missing
practices = missing meets
b.
Multi-sport athletes
i.
If you participate in multiple sports and have
organized team activities in those sports, come talk to me ASAP and we will see
how we can work with your schedule so you can participate in both.
5.
Logistics
a.
PRACTICE
i.
Monday/Wednesday at 2:40 in the South West Bleachers
ii. Tuesday/Thursday:
1.
Those with the class 1:10 in the South West
Bleachers
2.
Those without the class: ASAP after school so you
can hop in the workout (2:30s)
iii. In case of
a snow covered track then we will meet in the commons
iv. Come
dressed to work out – prepare for bad weather
1.
If you have injuries come to practice and we will
have you talk to the trainer/cross train
b.
Meets
i.
If you miss practice, or leave early, don’t
expect to compete at the meets; meets are the reward of hard work
ii. Event changes
1.
Utah has decided to do away with the medley
relay, and instead has opted for the 4x200m AND 4x800m relays.
c.
School Fees
i.
$90 in the office for track fees (These are fees
the district mandates).
6.
Questions?
a. bjacobson@dsdmail.net
