Track CommandCoaching guides
Practical guides for track and field coaches.
Practical checklists for head coaches and event staff: set up the program, keep useful practice records, coordinate a meet, and review what you share.
Guides and templates
Choose the task in front of you.
- Program setup
A first-year head coach’s track program checklist
A practical order for getting the roster, staff, first practice, and first meet organized without building a system you cannot maintain.
- Field practice
How to keep a useful field-event practice log
A throws log needs more than an athlete’s best mark. Keep the attempt order and implement context so the next review still makes sense.
- Field practice
A clear attempt log for jumps and pole vault
Preserve what happened on each attempt, including the height and outcome, without turning a practice note into an official competition result.
- Meet operations
A meet-week checklist for entries, relays, and results
Give each deadline and handoff an owner, then reconcile the team’s results against the organizer’s records after the meet.
- Staff coordination
Coordinate assistant coaches across event groups
Make responsibilities visible before the program spreads across the track, throws area, jumps, and weight room.
- Recruiting records
Review a recruiting profile before sharing it
Check the source, context, and sharing choices behind each result before sending a profile or program packet to someone outside the team.
Keep the program’s records together.
Explore Track Command when you’re ready to put this process into practice.